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PUBLIC LAW 349-MAY 5, 1954
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SEC. 202. Subsection 303(f) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 is amended by deleting all after the words "in each corps" and substituting therefor the words "a number no greater than a number appropriate to the number of officers in that corps serving on active duty, as set forth in the following table: 'Total number of officers in the corps on active duty Supply Corps: 2,600 3,000 4,000 5,000 7,000 9,000 11,000 13,000 15,000 17,000 Medical Corps: 3,000. 4,000. 5,000 7,000 9,000.. 11,000 13,000 15,000 Civil Engineer Corps 1,000 1,500 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 7,000 Dental Corps: 1,000.... 2,000 4,000 .7,000 Chaplain Corps: 500 1,600 .-. 2,800
staff Corps. Distribution. 34 USC 5a(f).
Number of rear admirals
13 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 15 18 19
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21 22 23 24 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7
When the total number of officers on active duty in any corps falls between two strengths shown in the appropriate table above the number of rear admirals shall be determined by appropriate interpolation between the numbers prescribed for the two strengths. When the number of officers on active duty in a corps is less than the least tabulated number in the appropriate table the authorized number of rear admirals shall be five-tenths of 1 per centum of the total number of officers on active duty in that corps: Provided further, That such a rear admiral serving as a chief of bureau shall upon termination of his tenure as chief of bureau be carried in excess until the next vacancy occurs in the grade of rear admiral in the corps concerned: And provided further, That the number of captains in the Medical Service Corps and the number of commanders and lieutenant commanders in the Nurse Corps shall not exceed 2 per centum, 1.75 per centum, and 7.75 per centum, respectively, of the total number of officers in the corps concerned serving on active duty at any one time."' S E C 203. That portion of subsection 303(g) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, occurring before the second proviso is further amended to read as follows: " (g) To determine the authorized number of line officers in each of the various grades above lieutenant, as provided in this section, computations shall be made by the Secretary of the Navy as of the date of approval of this Act and thereafter at such times that the needs of the service require but not less than once annually, and the resulting number in each of such various grades, as so computed, shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (k) of this section, be held and
34 USC 5a(g). Line officers. Determination of a u t h o r ! zed number.
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