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 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 397. 1907. 863 Sec. 9. That on and after the a roval of this Act the coast artiller .P°"m““"”* “°¥’°'°‘ zpdxtheifhelddartipeiy shall be pggmanently separated, the separatioii iiiiliieiyciast md md e ec as o ows: All officers in the present Artillery Corps shall remain on one list *"°”°“°'“- as regards promotion until sufhcient romotions shall have been made, as far as the present number of officers permit, to Iprovide in each grade, together with the officers remaining therein, the total number of officers of the radgprovided for in this Act for the coast and Held artillery combined. ter such promotion they shall, in each grade, c€¢s°£;';fg:gt*g_°Q; be assigned by the President to the coast artillery or to the iield rude. ew. P artillery, according to special aptitude and qualifications and agreeably to individual preference, so far as may be practicable and for the good of the service, such assignments to be permanent; and all officers promoted or appointed in the artillery thereafter shall be commissioned as officers of the coast artillery or the iield artillery, as the case may be, and shall be romoted by seniority in their own branch, subject to the provisions of the laws governing promotion in the Army at large. Sec. 10. That all vacancies created or caused by this Act which can Fm*¤¢ '•°¤¤°i°¤~ be filled by promotion of officers now in the Artillery Corps shall be iilled by promotion according to seniority, subject to examination as now prescribed by law. Of the vacancies created or caused by this Act which can not be filled by promotion of officers now in the Artillery Corps, one—fifth in each branch shall be filled in each fiscal year until the total number of officers herein provided for shall have been attained. The vacancies remaining in the grade of second lieutenant . shall be filled by apgointment in the following order: First, of graduates of the United tates Military Academy; second, of enlisted men whose fitness for advancement shall have been determined by competitive examination; third, of candidates from civil life; and all such appointments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of exxstin aw. ' Sec.g11. That the regimental and battalion noncommissioned staff _,j",,°;’,g’é’°'g¤*°“°¤°° oificers herein authorized for regiments of field artillery shall have the Pnymdulowmwi. pay and allowances of corresponding grades in the cavalry; the battalion quartermastersergeant shall have the pay and allowances ot S€l‘g€8Ht1IDR]O1', ]l.1lllOI' grade, of the Artillery (,orps;_the chief mechanic the pay and allowances of sergeant, andthe mechamcs of held artillery the pay and allowances of artilicers of field artillery; engineer, sixty- five dollars a month and allowances of ordnance-sergeant; electriciansergeant, iirst class, forty-five dollars a month and allowances of ordnance-sergeant; electriciamsergeant, second class, thirty-five dollars a month and allowances of ordnance-sergeant; master gunner, the pay and allowances of ordnance-sergeant; fireman, thirty dollars a mont and allowances of ordnance-sergeant; and that the rates of pay of all other enlisted men of the coast and the Held artillery shall be as now pmvidod by law: Provided, That casemate electricians, observ- iggitrmn t ers, first class, and plotters shall receive nine dollars a month in ,i,,,,,.id,,,,_ ,,’§’ ° addition to their pay; that chief (planters. chief loaders, observers, · second class, gun commanders, an_ gun pomtcrs shall receive seven dollars a mont in addition to their pay, and that hrst-class gunners shall receive two dollars a month and second-class gunners one dollar a month in addition to their pay: Prvvzded further, That the number °,Ltf;fémgt’;‘_b°' of casemate electricians shall not exceed forty-four; that the number of observers, first class, shall not exceed one hundred and seventy; · . that the number of plotters shall not exceed one hundred and seventy; that the number of chief planters shall not exceed forty-four; that the number of chief loaders shall not exceed forty-four; that the number of observers, second class, shall not exceed one hundred and seventy; that the number of n commanders shall not exceed three hundred and seventy-eight, angtlhat the number of gun pointers shall not exceed