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 _752 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 192. 1901. Qgartermpsteps Department the Igresidglnt 3 authorized to gppoint 0 cers 0 vo unteers commissione in e uartermaster s e art- _ment since Apgill twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: ,,,,'§@‘{‘,}*‘gQ“,,'§,f,°§,’§{§;}j Provided fw:} That the Pres1dent is authorized to continue in wer ¤¤i<=*=r¤- service, during the present emergency, for duty in the Philippine _ Islands and on transports, twentg- our captams and ass1stant quarter- -Hm¤- masters of volunteers. This aut Oflty shall extend only for the period wlgm th¢?r gegvicis sérall be absogtely necessafgil f A C Subsistwcs Devm no. 1. at the u sistence e artment s consist 0 one ommiiiésnmusn. missary-General  th}? Eank oi pbiggadiier-geperalh three assistant commissaries-genera wit e ran 0 eo one, our e uty commissaries-general with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, nine lcommissaries . _ with the rank of major, twenty-seven commissaries with the rank of Sefggggmf=°mm“¤W· captain, mounted, and the number of comm1ssary-sergeants now authorized pj; law, who shall hereafter be known as post commissary- §':*£°éc," how sergeants: ooided, That all vacancies in the grades of colonel, lieumiss.tenant-colonel, and major, created or caused by this section, shall be "°“gi"“If gjllled by Hpfomotiori, accordingto ienioiggy, afs now prescribedl by at to ori `na vacancies in the gr e o ca tain, create b is Act, in the Sugiisistence Department, the President is authorizhd to appoint officers of volunteers commissioned in the Subsistence Department since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. mggeical Depart- Sec. 18. _ That the Medical Department shall consist of one gurgeouorgsnmnou. General with the rank of brigadier-general, eight assistant surgeonsgeneral with the rank of colonel, twelve deputy surgeons-general with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, sixty surgeons with the rank of major, two hnndred and foiitiy assistant surgeons with the rank of captain or PWM first lieutenantptlhe _ ospital Corps, as now authorized by law, and the V,,c,,,·,,i,,,, how lflurse Corps: ~ oozded, That all vacancies in the grades of colonel, ¤11¢¤- _%ut1e1_;ant-coloriel, and matjior c{;eated_or_ paused) hy*tthistS1ection shalilbe e y promo 1on accor in o sen1or1 y, su ec -0 e exam1na 1on ,‘,2°“§§“$e‘f,§f“§,'Y,'f now prescribed by law: Am? provided That tlie period during which g¤i{:m¤¤ mis °‘ any assistant surgeon shall have served as a surgeon or assistant sur· _ Pgeon in the Volunteer Army during the war wit Spain or since shall be counted as a portion of the five years’ service required to entitle géfluggcfauk “”°·f‘ him to rank of captain: Andprovided also, That nothing in this sec- ’ tion shall affect the relative rank for romotion of any assistant surgeon now in the service, or who may he hereafter appointed therein, as determined by the date of his appointment or commission and as fixed in accordance with existing law and regulations: Provided further,, m‘§,9,}{$§,c,;‘gfg°°““ That inl erpieggc-giciest the Suégeon-General of the Army, with the approva o el ecre ary o ar, may appoint as man contract surgeons as may be necessary, at a compensation not to excegrd one hundred ,P'$P;§,‘§,?'c;,{°' PML glndlfifty élollars per monthf Tlhat on tcir  the papsggegfiigris Act e resident may appoint or uty in e i ippine s n, surgeons of volunteers with the rank and pay of major, and one huiidred . and fifty assistant surgeons of volunteers with the rank and pay of cap- ···d*¤°h’”g°· tain, mounted, for a period of two years: Provided, That so many of these volunteer medical officers as are not required shall be honorably _ discharged the service whenever in the gpinion of the Secretary of War ,_,,’§“f,¥,@f,‘§‘“ "*‘°’“" their services are no longer necessary: ovidedafuriher, That assistant Vol.30,p.9S0- sburgleoris in ghe Volunteer Army of tig; Unite hS}tlates commissioned y the resident as captains, in accor nee wit the rovisions of an Act for increasing the efficiency of the Army of thepUnited States, and for other lpzurposes, approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, s ll be entitled to the pay of a captain, mounted, from the date of their accgptance of such commission, as prescribed by law: g°§Q}g§;”g§,§§gQ§ Su" Provided, That the urgeon—General_of the Army, with the approval of the Secretary of Vi ar, be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ dental surgeons to serve the officers and enlisted men of the Regu-