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 62 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 145. 1908. Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, each with the rank of a major in the Army and a lieutenant-commander in the avy, and who shall each have pay and allowances of a major in the Army: mmm Provided, That the position vacated by an officer appointed captain ,,,‘Q‘,§‘,,"},‘,‘f,‘_°' "“" “" commandant or engineer in chief shall be filled by promotion according to existing law. That any officer who shal hereafter serve as captain commandant shall, when retired, be retired with the rank of captain commaudant and with the pay of a colonel IH the Army on the retired list, and that an officer whose term of service as captain commandant has expired may be appointed a senior captain and shall be an additional number in that grade, but if not so appointed, he shall resume the lineal position he would have held in his previous grade, ummm: cr ansi- as an additional number: Pro/vided_further That any officer who shall “°°"‘ hereafter serve as engineer in chief shall, when retired, be retired with the rank of engineer in chief and with the pay of a lieutenantcolonel in the Army on the retired list, and that an officer whose term of service as engineer in chief has expired may be appointed a senior engineer and shall be an additional number in that grade, but if not so appointed, he shall resume the lineal position he would have held in his previous grade, as an additional number. Additional numbers in the grades o senior captain and senior engineer shall at no time exceed two in each grade on the active list. seiemcnn mule Sec. 2. That the captain commandant shall be selected from the i'"'" ’“"“Y°”'°‘ active list of line officers not below the grade of captain; that the six ` senior captains shall be made by promotion from the active list of cap- _ tains in the order of seniority; that the engineer in chief shall be selected from the active list of engineer officers not below the rank of first lieutenant; that the six senior engineers shall be made by promotion from the active list of engineer officers of the rankof first lieuten- V¤¢¤¤•=¤ ant in the order of seniority. When a vacancy occurs in any of the grades created by this Act, it shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this section. ireducuon inactive S1-zo. 3. That when the appointments herein provided are made the I"' active list of captains in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be reduced by six and the` active list of engineer officers with the rank of first lieutenant by six, and the said lists shall remain thereafter at thirty- one and twenty-eight, respectively. Exnrmgncons wr Sec. 4. That the examinations and requirements for promotion propriiiii?s·z,i».1oi. vided in section eight of the Act approved April twelfth. nineteen hundred and two., entitled “An Act to promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service," shall not be required for promotion to the grades created by this Act. gpgpvgagexy-Ul, Sec. 5. That any officer of the Revenue-Cutter Service with a credmmemem. itahle record who served during the civil war in the land or naval ‘ forces of the United States shall. when retired. have the rank and receive three—fourths of the duty pay and increase of the next higher grade; and the provisions of this section shall apply to officers of the said Service now on the retired list. d,§;;L¤:f ¤¤i¤*°* **1* Sec. 6. That the captain now on the retired list who served as chief mink. em. of the division of Revenue-Cutter Service for ten years and until March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and five, shall have the rank and receive three—fourths of the duty pay and increase of the highest grade provided for in this Act. g €;g1¤~¤~¢wr or M- Sec. 7. That a constructor or surgeon, with the rank of first lieuten- V ml and ,,,,,,,,.,,,,,_._ ant. after fifteen years’ service in the Revenue—utter Service shall have the pray and allowances of a captain. ggliyagdngggf Sec. 8. hat the pay of the enlisted force of the Revenue·utter ‘ Service shall be increased twenty per centum over the pav that they are now receiving. That all warrant and petty officers of the Revenue- Cutter Service shall receive ten per centum increase of pay for every tive years of service as such warrant or petty officers, such increase not