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list to be immediately advanced one grade___ Promotions authorized by section 2 of act to temporarily increase the grades___‒‒‒‒‒‒ Medical officer promoted to be head of Medical Department, not governed by law as to details

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Retired Army officers with certain Civil War service may be appointed and retired with increased rank ---Same-Advancement of brigadier general on the retired list, with certain Civil War service, one grade_---Same-Advancement of retired brigadier general who had certain Civil War service as senior colonel, etc-----Same-Advancement to grade of major general on retired list of retired officer who had certain Civil War service, etc. Same-Advancement of retired colonel one grade on retired list who had certain service in Indian campaigns, War with Spain, etc‒‒‒‒‒ Retired officer assigned to active duty as post commander during movement of troops, pay and allowances of..

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918a. Original appointments of second lieutenants, except cader graduates, to be provisional.--Hereafter all appointments of persons other than graduates of the United States Military Academy to the grade of second lieutenant in the Regular Army shall be provisional for a period of two years, at the close of which period such appointments shall be made permanent if the appointees shall have demonstrated, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, their suitability and moral, professional, and physical fitness for such permanent appointment, but should any appointee fail so to demonstrate his suitability and fitness, his appointment shall terminate; and should any officer become eligible for promotion to a vacancy in a higher grade and qualify therefor before the expiration of two years from the date of his original appointment, he shall receive a provisional appointment in such higher grade, which appointment shall be made permanent when he shall have qualified for permanent appointment upon the expiration of two years from the date of his original appointment, or shall terminate if he shall fail so to qualify. Sec. 23, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 181).

918b. Officers appointed in Army in time of peace to be citizens of United States.-No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for the salary or pay of any person hereafter, in time of peace, appointed an officer in the Army who is not a citizen of the United States.1 Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 649).

927a. Thanks of Congress tendered to certain officers of Army and Navy. The thanks of Congress are hereby extended to the following officers of the Army and Navy of the United States who, as members of the late Isthmian Canal Commission, have rendered distinguished service in constructing the Panama Canal, to wit: Colonel George W. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer; Brigadier General William C. Gorgas, sanitary expert; Colonel H. F. Hodges, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Sibert, and Commander H. H. RousSec. 1, Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1190).

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927b. Promotion of certain officers of Army and Navy.-The President is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to advance in rank Colonel George W. Goethals to the grade of major general of the line, United States Army; Brigadier General William C. Gorgas to the rank of major general in the Medical Department, United States Army; Colonel H. F. Hodges and Lieutenant Colonel William L. Sibert to the grade of brigadier general of the line, United States Army; and Commander H. H. Rousseau to the grade of rear admiral of the lower Nine, United States Navy. Sec. 2, id, 1191.

'Held, that this does not repeal the provisions of existing law authorizing the appointment of native Filippinos as officers of Philippine Scouts, and of native citizens of Porto Rico as officers in the Porto Rico regiment. (War Department Bulletin No. 28, Aug. 18, 1916).

927c. Same-Certain officers to be advanced one grade when placed on retired list.-Such officers of the Army and Navy as were detailed for duty with the Isthmian Canal Commission on the Isthmus of Panama for more than three years, and who shall not have been advanced in rank by any other provisions of this bill, shall be advanced one grade in rank upon retirement. Sec. 3, id.

927d. Same-Officers now on retired list to be immediately advanced one grade.-Any officer of the Army or Navy now on the retired list with similar service shall be immediately advanced one grade in rank on the retired list of the Army or Navy. Sec. 3, id. 927e. Promotions authorized by section 2 of Act to temporarily in crease the grades.-The numbers in such grades provided for in sections two and four1 of this Act, except where vacancies occurring in any grade by the provisions of this Act can be filled by such officers in a lower grade as are entitled to the benefits of this Act, shall be temporarily increased during the time such offices may be held. Sec. 5, id.

927f. Medical officer promoted to be head of Medical Department, not governed by law as to details.-The officer who may be advanced and appointed major general in the Medical Department, United States Army, shall thereupon become the head of such department, and the operation of so much of section twenty-six of the Act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, as limits the term of office of the head of the Medical Department, United States Army, shall be suspended during the incumbency of the head of the department who may be appointed under this Act. Sec. 5, id.

927g. Same-Rank of major general to cease and determine when officer so promoted is retired.-Whenever the head of the Medical Department appointed under the provisions of this Act shall become separated from the active list of the Army, by retirement or otherwise, the extra office or grade to which he shall have been so advanced or appointed shall cease and determine, and thereafter the rank of the head of the Medical Department, United States Army, shall be that of a brigadier general. Sec. 5, id.

927h. Promotions authorized not to retard promotion to which any officer is entitled under existing law.-Nothing in this Act shall operate to interfere with or retard the promotion to which any officer would be entitled under existing law. Sec. 5, id.

9271. Officers promoted to be junior to officers who now rank them when such officers reach same grade.-The officers advanced to higher grades under this Act shall be junior to the officers who now rank them under existing law when these officers have reached the same grade. Sec. 5, id.

'Sec. 4 authorizes the President to promote certain officers of the Public Health Service and is omitted from this compilation.

927j. Officers benefited by Act entitled to retirement at any time on application at seventy-five per centum of pay of active rank.-At any time after the passage of this Act any officer of the Army or Navy to be benefited by the provisions of this Act may, on his own application, be retired by the President at seventy-five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which he is retired. Sec. 6, id.

(See paragraphs 958i-958k, post.)

927k. General officers of the line who were promoted for service in constructing the Panama Canal to take rank over officers of same grades hereafter appointed.-The general officers of the line who were appointed as such pursuant to the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page eleven hundred and ninety-one), shall take rank in their present grades over all officers hereafter appointed to like grades. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 623).

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929a. Creation of for duty with the National Guard, etc.-On July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the line of the Army shall be increased by eight hundred and twenty-two extra officers of the Cavalry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, and Infantry arms of the service, of grades from first lieutenant to colonel, inclusive, lawfully available for detachment from their proper arms for duty with the National Guard, or other duty, the usual period of which exceeds one year. Said extra officers, together with the two hundred detached officers provided for by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven,1 shall, on and after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, constitute the Detached Officers' List, and all positions vacated by officers assigned to said list, and the officers so assigned shall be subject to the provisions of section twentyseven of the Act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, with reference to details to the staff corps. Sec. 25, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 183).

929b. Same-Proportionate number authorized for each grade.The total number of officers hereby authorized for each grade on said list entire shall be in proportion to the total number of officers of the corresponding grade now authorized by law other than this Act for all of the said four arms combined, exclusive of second lieutenants and of the two hundred extra officers authorized by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, and exclusive also of the additional officers authorized by the Act to restore

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