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 348 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 71. 1914. mfggfg ‘°* P*°‘ law; and no distinction shall be made between the Regular Army ’ the organized militia while in the military service of the United St;ftes,_and the vgllunteer forspss  respect; tip promgglcén or gplsthe co errmgu no ceis ore te meno revetr me 0 honor, certiiildiites of merit or other rewards for distinguished service, nor in respect to the eligibility of any officer of said Army, militia, hmm or volunteexrglifitirces for service 1;pon_ anyT<;pu1r1:’-1gx1artial,_court 0; Lino aid si na] [Hq, OI' ary CO OD.: ’ 8 G O BHIZBUOH O ¤¤i*~¤· g all uumlyts of the line and of the signal troops of the v0Il§nteer forces shall be the same as that prescribed b law and r lations for the _m_¤j¤s¤¤¤¤» ¤iv¤<>¤¤» corresponding units of the Regular Xrmy: Pman% further, That when  conditions so require the President may organize the land forces 0 the United States into brigades and divisions and such higher units as he may deem necessary, and the composition of units ¥·¤-*°¤*¤¤=*=¤¤¤¤*¤- higher than the izgihment shall be as he may prescribe: Provided further, That to e_ regment of Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery and to each battalion of nggneers and Signal Corps troops organized under thisAct, there shall e attached the same personnel of the Medical Department as are attached to like organizations of the g,3,°§,,§"’“"°° °" gggulaf Alémy ¤ ¤‘0’¢·"id¢¤Z_(1fu;¢hi£;I1Thtgt th(§rganizationf4:i§11;hL(& (xm? eenses,o e-gun eac en,es hshmentso e e`ca gglpiirtrnent, rem01]?1t deppts, military té·ains,_se<iret·servti1i:e_agencief1, msons, es 0 communica on mc u eu- su depogyaiih of other adjuncts that ma be,necessai1-mln the prosldgii pionbof1war,S;.pJ<§ lthe o1§: o(p of whiclgrgs not oltherwise provided or y aw e as e 1 ent may m time to time direct. g§1u:,¤l<;•§¤th*:t1gr:;g; S;1to._5,di.l‘l:;)at excieptwali phthergise proyiided herginftlég Pgeesgdent is 4;, au orize an wi eavicean consen 0 e ate to Lim"- appoint all ydlugltegxii officesils lriequired bydthlis Act, ibut the nuniber an grade 0 suc officers a not excee e num er and ade of mS in m like officers provided for a like force of the Regular Army: Igrmvided, ¤.»-m,mnr¤z1m¤¤m1. That all appointments below the grade of brigadier general in the line of the volunteer forces shall  by commission in an arm of the SBYVICG and not by comm1ssion in anye particular regiment; and officers in each atrm of the serv1ce shall assigned to o anizations of that arm, and transferred from one organization to andlgher in that arm, as the interests of the service may require by orders from the ¤b§$°m,Q)1;1g{{*¤*¤¤¤°= Secretary of War: Pr0*v2:dedg`ur·ther, That no oiisicer above the grade of colonel shall be appomte under the provisions of this Act. ncggluntccr san or- Sec. $3. That to provide the staff officers that will be necessary in Apbummmu M,- the various staff corps and departments in time of war or while war “*°“"°· is unmment, and that are not otherwise provided for in this Act, the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent oihthe Sienlgteiasucp nizgibgriegfllvolgteer sta}-if officers of graesau orize wor e ar masema find g*g;*°;; mustn necessary for such cdrrps and departments: Provided, That thi? total mm. number of such staff officers so appointed, including all such officers of the orglamzed mrhtia called into the military service of the United States, s all not exceed_the ratio of one officer to two hundred stat; ;2a$2z&mt**.::t.v2;mt€mf.a¥ Orcé 2 zzwéaxo to number ximasa. e n1 a : u, the number of volunteer staff officersfgppointed in any grade in the various staff corps and departments sh not exceed H1 any staff cor s or department the proportionate strength of regular officers of) the vdmmm corresponging gradetas Fspibliihed lby xw for -’%1e;;L<ger;§spon7;die.7ng'g`f1aE corps or_ epar men 0 _ e egu ar _ rm : r iurt at the President may appoint by and with the advice add consent of the Senate, volunteer chaplams at the rate of one for each regiment of Volunteer Infantry, Cavalry, and F1eld Artillery, and one for every