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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 166. 1908. 155 the year, including such increased pay as is now or may hereafter be provided for retired officers regularly assigned to active duty, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Pay of enlisted men, active list: Pay of noncommissioned officers, Enlisted mmmusicians, and privates, as prescribed by law; and the number of enlisted men shall be exclusive of those undergoing imprisonment with sentence of dishonorable discharge from the service at expiration of such confinement, and for the ex nses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under orddrs, and including additional compensation for enlisted men of the Marine Cor s regularly detailed as gun pointers, cooks, messmen, signalmen, or holding good-conduct medals, pins, or bars, including interests on deposits by enlisted men, and the authorized travel allowance of discharged enlisted men and for prizes for excellence in gunnery exercise and target practice, both afloat and ashore, two million one hundred and two thousand six hundred and eight dollars: Provided, That so much of the foregoing appropriation §¤wi¤¤- md { as is needed to pay the additional enlisted inen of the Marine Corps imfiiisiiiiiziy uvgiii provided for in this Act shall be immediately available. “*"°· For pay and allowances prescribed by law of enlisted men on the R¤¤¤¢<¤ ¤¤ri¤¢¢¤ retired list: For three sergeanbmajors, one drum-major, seventeen m°ii' gimnery~sergeants, seventeen quartermaster-sergeants, fourteen first sergeants, forty-nine sergeants, eleven corporals, seventeen first-class musicians, one drummer, one trumpeter, and forty-three privates, and for those who may be retired during the fiscal year, eighty-four thousand four hundred and sixty-nine dollars. That from and after the passage of this Act, and in order to further m2,§“ “““‘°‘ increase the ediciency of the United States Marine Corps, the follow- 27;} S-. sgghlw. r- ing additional officers, noncommissionod officers, drummers, trumpet- ‘°m°° ` ers, and privates to those now provided by law for said co are hereby authorized and directed, namely: One major-generallPii:om— §‘fg{ff,Q;{‘{’g,§f·p_,,, mandant, in lieu of the present brigadiengeneral commandant; one ¤¤¤<>¤d¤<i· i ' colonel; one lieutenant-colonel; two majors; eighteen captains; seven first lieutenants; fourteen second lieutenants; one assistant adjutant and inspector, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; one assistant quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; one assistant quarter- , master, with the rank of major; and three assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; one assistant paymastcr, with the rank of major; one assistant paymaster, with the ran * of captain; two sergeantmajors; fifteen quartermaster-sergeants, five of whom are to serve in the ay department; twenty first sergeants; fifty sergeants; one hundred) and twenty-five corporals; ten drummers; ten trumpeters; and _ tive hundred and eighteen privates: Provided, That hereafter the §K{QZ{§§; U, (.,,1,,,,,, number of enlisted men in the United States Marine Corps shall be ¤¤‘¤· such as the Congress may from time to time authorize. _ _ _ That the vacancies now existing in the line and staff departments of F‘m"“ ““`“"°‘°" the United States Marine Corps and those created by this Act shall be filled in the manner provided by law. _ _ To meet the increase in pay of the Marine Corps provided in the c,Qfl,‘;i{},°§§l._ f" '"` Act making approgyiation for the support of the Army for_the fiscal {gf-s¥;c{‘l§,,,_p_,,3_ year ending June t irtieth, nineteen undred and nine, and m section ' sixteen hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for officers on the active list, officers on the retired list, enlisted men on the active list, and enlisted men on the retired list, eight hundred and two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and fifty- 1mm_ five cents is hereby appropriated: Bwided, That so much of the Amcqnrinrdprwnr • · · » • _ _ y€B.1' 1I11K1C IBEGIY foregoing appropriation as is needed to pay the increase for the ,,.,m,,.m,,_ remainder of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred - and eight, shall be immediately available.