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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. GH. 192. 1901 753 lar and Volunteer Army, in the proportion of not to exceed one for every one thousand of said Army, and not exceedin thirty in all. ”“”‘“·°*’°· Said dental surgeons shall be employed as contract fental surgeons under the terms and conditions ap(plicable to army contract sur eons, and shall be graduates of stan ard medical or dental colleges, trained in the several branches of dentistry, of good moral and professional character, and shall pass a satisfactory professional examination: Provided, That three of the number of dental surgeons to be emplo ·ed g§‘g’;§’°‘·‘° °"“°’“° shall be first appointed by the Surgeon-General, with the approval of the Secretary of Wa1·, with reference to their fitness for assignment, under the direction of the Surgeon-General, to the special service of conducting the examinations and supervising the operations of the ” others; and for such special service an extra com ensation of sixty dollars a month will be allowed: Provideréfurthw, That dental college ;j_‘§‘,§;'{§,§j’d {wm °X‘ crraduates now employed in the Hospital orps who have been detailed ` for a period of not less than twelve months to render dental service to the Army and who are shown by the reports of their superior officers to have rendered such service satisfactorily ma be appointed contract dental surgeons without examination: Prrovidgd, That the Secretary Stg§gj$;°gggh*;g;g§g¤* of War be authorized to appoint in the Hospital Co s, in addition to` the two hundred hos ital stewards now allowed byxldw, one hundred _ hospital stewards: Igvvided, That men who have served as hospital §$,$i,§'i.'§*i,.§,?p,§&*}{{{giil stewards of volunteer regiments or acted in that capacity during and since the Spanish-American war for more than six months may be a pointed hospital stewards in the Regular Arm : And ovided _ further, That all men so appointed shall be of good] moral cgaracter "°’“‘“"“““°“· and shall have passed a satisfactor mental and physical examination. Sec. 19. That the Nurse Corps {lfemale) shall consist of one_Su er- Iiume Corps (fe- • intendent, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, who shall Ee a mZ§`§.;m.,a0n_ graduate of a hospital training school having a course of instruction of, not less than two years, whose term of office may be terminated at his discretion, whose comgensation shall be one thousand eight hundred ·dollars per annum, an of as many chief nurses, nurses, and reserve nurses as may be needed. Reserve nurses may be assi ned to active duty when the emergency of the service demands, but sgall receive no complensation excelpt when on such duty: Provided, That all nurses in fggifgflkmené €x_ the urse Corps s all be apgointed or removed by the Surgeon—Gen- ¤mi¤ati¤¤,er¤.’ eral with the approval oft e Secretary of War; that they shall be graduates of hospital training schools, and shall have passed a satis-. actory rofessional, moral, mental, and physical examination: And prooideci) That the Superintendent and nurses shall receive transporta- Tr¤¤»¤g¤r¤»·¤¤¤. tion and necessar expenses when traveling under orders; that the pay P¤y.¤¢c- and allowances ofy nurses, and of reserve nurses, when on active service, ‘ shall be fort dollars per month when on duty in the United States · and fifty dollrars er month when without the limits of the United States. They shalil be entitled to quarters, subsistence, and medical -attendance during illness, and they may be granted leaves of absence for thirty days, with pay, for each calendar year; and, when serving as chief nurses, their pay may be increased by authority of the Secretary of War,`such increase not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month. Payments to the Nurse Corps shall be made by the Pay Department. _ Sec. 20. That the grade of veterinarian of the second class in cav- V°*°’m"i*m°· alry regiments, United States Army is hereby abolished, and hereafter the two veterinarians authorized for each cavalry re iment and the one veterinarian authorized for each artillery regiment sT1all receive the pay and allowances of second lieutenants, mounted. Such number of veterinarians as the Secretary of War may authorize shall be employed to attend animals pertaming to the quartermaster’s or other departments not directly connected with the cavalrgr and artillery regiments, at a compensation not exceeding one hundre dollars per month. voL xxx1———48