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 SIXTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 166, 167. 1911. 957 thereof. For the obtainin of the necessa engm` ee data the D*“°*’°m E“gi"°°’ commission is authorized togcall upon the Corys of E rs, United Corps' States Army, and said corps shall furnish saiii)data upon the re uest ·of the commission, and the expense of obtaining the same shrill be paid from the appropriation made by said Act. Sec. 5. That the orps of Engineers of the United States Army is §§§§§,,.,, Corp, iu. hereby increased by five colonels, six lieutenant colonels, nineteen °’$,“jfd3% 263 majors, seventeen captains, and thirteen Erst lieutenants. The 'p` ` increase in each grade hereby provided for shall be extended over a' e§§*=¤d¤d 0**9* me period of five years as nearly as practicable, and the original vacan- Y original vacancies. cies hereby created in each grade shall be filled by promotion from the next lower grade in accordance with existing law: Provided, 5*3%*08- . d That officers of the Corps of E eers, when on duty under the narmriiriiiegigrdide Chief of Engineers, connected solely with the work of river and §§,°f§,, *§,¥’,§‘Q*’““"°" harbor improvements may, while so employed, be aid their pay and commutation of quarters from the appropriations ilor the work or _ _ works upon which they are employed: romded further, That when- ,,,]§,§*f,2§Sf" *“`“S“‘“‘ ever it shall be necessary, in order to pro erly prosecute works of river and harbor improvement, the Chief oi) Engineers is authorized to detail for duty in charge of river and harbor districts oras members of boards of engineers any assistant engineers in the employ of the _ _ _ Engineer Bureau of the War Department. Vacancies in the ade ,,,FQ,Q{,‘ggO}’““g,“€’g§;°_§ of second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers shall hereafter be {filled, 1i¢lL¤;¢¤¤¤¢;k H, t as far as may be consistent with the interests of the military service, Acaagriiy. I my by promotions from the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military F W M Academy: Provided, That vacancies remaining in any fiscal year after mm °` °` the assignment of cadets of the class graduating in that fiscal year may be filled from civil life as hereinafter provided: And  mi t { d further, That the proportion of any graduating class assigne to the aii¤ggé$$E_° gm u` Corps of Engineers s all not be less than the proportion which the total number of officers authorized at date of graduation for that corps bears to the total number of officers authorized at same date for all branches of the Ar·my to which cadets are eligible for promotion upon graduation, except when such a proportionate number is more t an the number of vacancies existing at date of graduation plus the number of retirements due to occur in the Corp; of Engineers prior to the first day of the following January. To come eligible `§’Q,§#,},‘;§§};>}r,f,Q,’cg¥g, or examination and appointment, a civilian candidate for the me a pointment as second lieutenant must be an unmarried citizen of the lihited States between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-nine, who holds a diploma showing graduation in an engineering course from an approved technical school, and is eligible for appointment as a _ _ `unior engineer under the Engineer Bureau of the W ar Department. E‘“’”‘““"°“"·*"°· Selection of eligible civilians for appointment, including term of probation, shall be made as the resu t of such competitive examina— _ tion into the mental, moral, and physical qualifications, and under such rules and regulations as shall be recommended by the Chief of Engineers and approved by the Secretary of War. Approved, February 27, 1911. » CHAP. 167.-An Act For rebuilding and improving the present light and fog F°b*'¤°¤’ ?Y» 1911- signal at Lincoln Rock, Alaska, or for building another light and fog-signal station [9*125*] upon a different site near by. [r>¤b11e,No.·12c.] Be it enacted by the Semzte and Hmtse of Re£n·esentat&ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Com- A,Li{¤¤<>¥-¤’· Rock merce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized to rebuild and _§;»$1iig1a,em.,m- improve the present light and fog signal at Lincoln Rock, Alaska, or t‘°“ f°'· establish a light and fog—signal station upon a different site near by. P·>¤*·r*·*43°· at a cost not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. Approved, February 27, 1911.