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184 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. V 01 36 M authorized by law other than this Act for all of the said four arms va; erggjimj combined, exclusive of second lieutenants and of the two hundred at is $$3 °§'§”ZZ{2e3“i}‘u$’Q‘§2‘i b2L.ihZ1£2Z °i£i’“§'°i3S*Pé"3i'S?,d iihiiih p. . , xc iv e

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ug ess more ent romoio ; the total number of oHiee§sdullerebyIs;.uthorizdi1 fiilr-Fctgch macgwig esaldh of said arms on said hst shall be in the pro ortion gdrne by the number of officers now authorized by law otlger than this Act for such grade and arm the total number of officers now authorized by law other than this Act for the corresponding grade gn all of the PWM sand four arms combined, exclusive of the extra and additional officers rrmng 9,,,,,.,,;,, by last herembefore specified and excluded: Provided, That all vacancies P’°”‘°“°¤· created or caused y the foregoinglprovisions of this section in grades above that of second lieutenant s all be filled by promotion accord- Ag ts I do- mg to law existing on and before the date of approval of this Act, and ~·~·‘“““ ° 2:,:::;1i22b&‘;:1a::¤.i:,:$:t¤:¤.21¥:.;#i‘:1?1‘12y greg ‘zW·lAS ra 1 s ave een ma e be detached from each arm and assigned to the Detachhd gFEi?:eiis’ List a number of officers of each grade e ual to the number of officers of said grade by which arm shallqhave been increased by the foregoing provisions of this section; and thereafter any vacancy created or caused in any of the said arms of the service by the assignment of an officer of anylgrade said Detached Officers’ List shall be filledhsubltect to suc examination as is now or may hereafter be prescribed y law, by_tl1e promotion of the officer who shall be the eentgir in legnigth of 00 §)I\€d servicelpgahosg eligible to lpromotion in enex ower a em earmmw 8]] ; msaagaaizrpi maps, Provided further, ilhat no officer of anycofsggd Yifrisxgf Sthe stdifrilde ‘ ‘ shall be permitted to remain on said Detached OiHcers’ List for more than forty-five days unless he shall have been actually present for duty for at least two years out of the last preceding six years with an organization composed of one or more statutory umts, or the equivalent thereof, of the arm to which he shall belong. Any vacancy plreated in said list by the removal of any officer therefrom because e shall not have been present for duty as before fprescribed in this plrgggggzhggp Ellxzeibg) the trzpstfler to said list o agi officer having OD HH IICO 0 • . 8 g B t m agenflaiimma. I renioyal from said (lust iclgglluhave created saiiadmvixiiancgr Pbdgfgriilggz as _ e ore preseri e in 's proviso all Hi h dll assigned to said list shall remain thereonofogerlhgleslb ihan ¥:\lr1?;:z?1; from the respective dates of their assignment thereto unless in the mean time they shall have been separated entirely from the Arm , or mm i shall have been promoted or appointed to gghep 05564,5 0,- Shan [gave a.aai.;,°;&:r£ °‘ };¤¤¤ {awed ire? gémve £=:me§:DP»·m»21 jmrm, aime me, the ppor ionmen o o eers said etached Offi ’ Li t hall h Rexx; ligzgdleczslgzzéthergeg ighistgct, wheneveimsny sacincy slffdflll s e ‘ grade therefrom, such vacancy ghall gggemtltzion of m?b0fH98r of any preceding proviso, be filled by the detail End @1-BSigncmI.1e1iBl¤i1ln thalgst of an officer of the corresponding grade in that arm in wliicsliuthdie shall be found the officer of the next lower grade who at that time shall be the senior in length of commissioned service of all the officers gf tthe said lowerhgrade in all of the four arms hereinbefore specified; wo_ or more officers of different arms shall be found to have equal seniority m length of commissioned service in said lo d h qpestion of seniority shall be decided b th 1 'wer gm *6, t B lncreaseoleolonelsof t list of the · · y QU? T9 8·l31V€ on ems, me ima,-. Tgat with 8 €_¢¤1¤}ml§;¤>¤€d <>iH;§;s of the Army: Promded further , view ur er so eqn e inequalities in a t t' , of officers of the line of the Army, on July Hist, nj_¤gi;gI;shlIf;(éI1{;{Z1 $13