PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 512-AUG. 7, 1947
as his new running mate the line officer who is the running mate of
the officer of the same grade in his corps immediately senior to such
staff officer in the position to which advanced; if there be no such
senior staff officer, the staff officer who is so advanced shall have
assigned as his new running mate the line officer who is the running
mate in the grade concerned of the staff officer of the same corps imme-
diately junior to such staff officer in the position to which advanced.
(13) The line officer running mate assigned a staff officer pursuant
to this section shall, if the staff officer be one designated for limited
duty, be an officer also designated for limited duty; in all other cases
the running mate shall be a line officer not restricted in the perform-
ance of duty.
(14) Officers of the staff corps serving in the grade of rear admiral
shall receive the pay and allowances prescribed by law for rear
admirals of the upper half from the date on which their respective
running mates enter the upper half of the list of rear admirals, but
not prior to the date of the vacancy the staff officer was promoted to fill.
Line officer running
mate.
Payandallowances.
RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS BELOW THE GRADE OF REAR ADMIRAL
Applicability.
SEC. 312. (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable only
to officers holding permanent appointments on the active list of the
Regular Navy.
Captains.
(b) Captains of the Medical Service Corps shall be placed on the
retired list on June 30 of the fiscal year in which they complete thirty-
one years of total commissioned service, and captains of the line and
of each other corps whose names, on June 30 of the fiscal year in which
they complete thirty-one years of total commissioned service, as defined
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for line officers in section 102 of title I and for staff officers in section
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202 of title II of this Act, are not on a promotion list, shall, subject
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to the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection 311 (c) of this title,
if not otherwise retired pursuant to law, be placed on the retired list
on that date: Provided,That an officer who has lost numbers or prece-
dence shall not be placed on the retired list by reason of completion
of thirty-one years of total commissioned service as so defined until
June 30 of the fiscal year in which he completes five years of service
in the grade of captain: Providedfurther, That captains not restricted
in the performance of duty whose names, on June 30 of the fiscal year
in which they complete thirty years of total commissioned service,
are not on a promotion list, shall, subject to the provisions of para-
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Ant,
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graph (1) of subsection 311 (c), if not otherwise retired pursuant to
law, and if they shall have twice failed of selection for temporary
promotion to rear admiral, be placed on the retired list on that date:
CoSintinuation on Provided further, That not to exceed the following numbers of cap-
tains, recommended for continuation on the active list in the report
of a selection board as approved by the President, may be so continued
until the report of the next succeeding selection board is approved but
no such captain shall be continued on the active list beyond June 30
of the fiscal year in which he shall have completed thirty-five years
of total commissioned service as so defined: Ten designated for engi-
neering duty, five designated for aeronautical engineering duty, ten
designated for special duty, twenty-two in the Medical Corps, twenty-
two in the Supply Corps, twenty-five in the Chaplain Corps, seven
in the Civil Engineer Corps, and twelve in the Dental Corps: And
provided further, That a captain so continued on the active list shall,
if not again recommended for continuation on the active list in the
approved report of the next succeeding selection board, thereafter be
carried in excess of the number authorized to be so continued and
shall be placed on the retired list on June 30 of the then current fiscal
year.
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