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3504 PROCLAMATIONS, 1936. DeclBringdesignat:Jd NO\V, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- artic1esas. dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said .joint resolution of Congress, and pursuant to the recommendation of the National Munitions Control Board, declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after June 1, 1936, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 2 of the said joint resolution of Congress: Categories. Oategory I (1) Rifles and carbines using ammunition in excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those weapons; (2) Machine guns, automatic or auto-londing rifles, and machine pistols using ammunition in excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those weapons; (3) Guns, howitzers, and mortars of all calibers, their mountings and barrels; (4) Ammunition in excess of caliber .22 for the arms enumerated under (1) and (2) above, and cartridge cases or bullets for such am- munition; filled and unfilled projectiles for the arms enumerated under (3) above; propellants with a web thickness of .015 inch or greater for the projectiles of the tlrms enumerated under (3) above; (5) Grenades, bombs, torpedoes and mines, filled or unfilled, and apparatus for their use or discharge; (6) Tunks, military armored vehicle~, llnd armored trains. Oategory 11 V~ssels of war of all kinds, including airemft carrierH lind sub- mannes. Oategory I I I (1) Aircraft, assembled or dismantled, hoth IH'avier and lighter than air, which are designed, adapted, and intended for aerial combat by the use of machine guns or of artillery or for the carrying and dropping of bombs, or which are equipped with, or which by reuson of design or construction are prepared for, any of the npplilmces referred to in paragraph (2), below; (2) Aerial gun mounts and frames, bomb racks, torpedo curriers, and bomb or torpedo release mechanisms. Oategory IV (1) Revolvers and automatic pistols using ammunition ia excess of caliber .22; (2) Ammunition in excess of caliber .22 for the arms enumerated under (1) above, and cartridge cases or bullets for such ammunition. Oategory V (1) Aircraft, assembled or dismantled, both heavier and lighter than air, other than those included in Category III; (2) Propellers or air screws, fuselages, hulls, wings, tail units, and under-carriage units; (3) Aircraft engines, assembled or unassembled. Oategory VI (1) Livens projectors and flame throwers; (2) Mustard ~as (dichloret!Iylsulphide), lewisite (chlorovinyldi- chlorarsine and dlchlorodivinylcWorarsine), ethyldichlorarsine, methyl- dichlorarsine, ethyliodoacetate, brombenzylcyunide, diphenolchlor- arsine, and dyphenolcyanoarsine. PormerecYroclamation This proclamation shall supersede the proclamation of September su='P. a.m . 25, 1935, entitled "Enumeration of Arms, .Ammunition, and Imple- ments of War", on June 1, 1936.