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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 413 -JUNE 16, 1942 When rental allow- No rental allowance shall accrue to an officer having no dependents ance not to accrue. post, p. 371. while he is on field or sea duty, nor shall any rental allowance accrue to an officer with or without dependents who is assigned quarters at his permanent station unless a competent superior authority of the service concerned certifies that such quarters are not adequate for the Deperdentsexcluded occupancy of the officer and his dependents, if any: Provided,That an from quarters. officer although furnished with quarters shall be entitled to rental allowance as authorized in this section if by reason of orders of com- petent authority his dependents are prevented from occupying such quarters. tniformity of regu- Regulations in execution of the provisions of this section shall be made by the President and shall, whenever practicable, in his judg- ment, be uniform for all of the services concerned, including adjunct forces thereof. Brigadier general, SEC. 7. The annual base pay of a brigadier general of the Army or Annual basepay. the Marine Corps, rear admiral (lower half) of the Navy, the Coast Guard, or the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Engineer in Chief of the Coast Guard, commodore of the Navy, an Assistant Director of the Coast and Geo- detic Survey, and an assistant to the Surgeon General of the Public Majorgeneral etc. Health Service, shall be $6,000; and the annual base pay of a major general of the Army or the Marine Corps and of a rear admiral (upper half) of the Navy, the Coast Guard, or the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall be Allowances. $8,000. Every such officer shall be entitled to the money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters authorized in sections 5 and 6 of this Act for officers receiving the pay of the sixth period. Viceadmiral, etc. Officers of the Navy serving in the grade of vice admiral, officers of the Army serving in the grade of lieutenant general, and cers officers of the other services mentioned in the title of this Act serving in corre- sponding grades, shall be entitled, while so serving, to the pay and allowances of a rear admiral (upper half) and to a personal money andira twanes. allowance of $500 per year. Officers of the Navy serving in the grade of admiral or as Chief of Naval Operations, officers of the Army serving in the grade of general or as Chief of Staff of the Army, and officers of the other services mentioned in the title of this Act serving in corresponding grades, shall be entitled, while so serving, to the pay and allowances of a rear admiral (upper half) and to a personal money allowance of $2,200 per year. Warrantofficers. SEC. 8. Warrant officers (junior grade) of the Army except first mates and assistant engineers of tile Army Mine Planter Service, and warrant officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, shall receive the base pay of the first period as established by section 1 of this Act and shall be entitled to the money allowances for subsistence and( for rental of quarters as established by sections 5 and 6 of this Act for officers receiving the pay of the first period. ArmyMine Planter First mates and assistant engineers of the Army Mine Planter First mates ad as- Service shall receive base pay at the rate of $1,950 per annum and sistant engineers. shall be entitled to the money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters as established by sections 5 and 6 of this Act for officers receiving the pay of the first period. ers, aant off Chief warrant officers of the Army except masters in the Army Mine Planter Service, and commissioned warrant officers with less than ten years of commissioned service, of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, shall receive base pay at the rate of $2,100 per annum and shall be entitled to the money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters as established by sections 5 and 6 of this romotions. Act for officers receiving the pay of the second period: Provided, That a commissioned warrant officer or chief warrant officer promoted from the grade of warrant officer or warrant officer (junior grade) 362 [56 STAT.