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 190 SLKTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. he shall have reached the e of thirty-two years, a first lieutenant after he shall have mtheaif the age of thirty-six years, a_captam after he shall have reached the age of forty years, or a major after H°¤°*¤b*¤9i=°h¤8°· he shall have reached the age of forty-five years. When an officer °°°"°“g°hm“' of the Reserve Corps shall reach the age l1m1t fixed for appomtment or reappointment in the grade in which commissioned e shall be honorably disch ed from the service of the llnited States, and be entitled to retaififgis official title and, on occasions of ceremony, to wear the imiform of the highest giilade he shall have held in the Offi- P*°·**=<>- . cers’ Reserve Corps: Provided, at nothing in the foregoing prougtgwaiifimtmmw visions as to the es of officers shall apply to the appointment or reappointment of iéicers of the Quartermaster, Engineer, Ordnance, Signal, Judge Advocate, and Medical sections of said Reserve Corps. c0¤·d{¤:¤0uS,§3¤¤*v· One year after the passage of this Act the  Reserve Corps x?d.ae,p.as.` as now constituted by law, shall cease to exist. » Members thereof may be commissioned in the OfHcers’ Reserve Corps, suebiiect to the provisions of this Act, or may be honorably discharg from the UN 0* M ¤·¤}¤¤· service. The Secretary of War may, m time of peace, order first °m°°lm°d’°°1°°°° °u` lieutenants of the medical section of the Officers’ Reserve Corps, with their consent, to active duty in the service of the United States in such numbers as the public interests may require and the funds a propriated may permit, and may reheve them_from such duty they shall receive the pa. and allowances, including pay for period; of sickness and leaves og absence, of officers of corresponding rank . and length of active service in the Regular sig? °f °°m°”` The commissions of all officers of the Officers Reserve Co shall _ _ be in force for a period of five years unless sooner terminategs the R°°°"”’““’°“’· discretion of the President. Such officers may be recommissioned, either in the same or higher grades, for successive periods of Eve rms. years, subject to such examinations and qualifications as the Presi- R°*“"~ dent ma prescribe and to the age limits prescribed herein; Pmvided, That offfbers of the Oil?icers’ Reserve Corps shall have rank therein in the vgriqus sections rg said Rieserve Corps according to grades and to len t 0 service in their a es. .i,.l£‘Z,‘P€LY’ my m Sac? 38. Tm: 0Fl·`ICERS,%ESERVE Corrs nv wan.—In time of actual or threatened hostilities the President ma order officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps, subLect to such subs uent ph sical examinations as he may prescribe, to temporary eduty with the Regular Army in grades thereof which can not, for the time being, be filled by promotion, or as officers in volunteer or other organizations that ma be authorized by law, or as officers at recruit renm.¤r,p¤y.ew. dezvous and depots, or on such other duty as the President ma prescribe. While such reserve officers are on such service they shall, y virtue of their commissions as reserve officers, exercise command alppropriate to their grade and rank in the organizations to which t ey may be assigined, and shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the correspon ing grades in the Regular Army, with increase of p{ay for lengt of active service, as allowed by law for officers of the PWM egular Army, from the date upon which they shall be required by Torankamongtbcm- the terms of their orders to obe the same: Provided, That officers so 5°’"S‘ ordered to active service shallytake temporary rank among themselves,_and in their grades in the organizations to which assigned p according to the dates of orders placing them on active service; and ‘“’°“'°"°”*· they may be promoted, in accordance with such rank, to vacancies in volunteer organizations or to temporary vacancies in the Regular Y _ _ Army thereafter occurringein the organizations in which they shall · ""’“’°'““‘="‘°· be servm : Promdedfurt, That officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps shall not be entitled to retirement or retired pay, and shall be entitled to pension only for disability incurred in the line of duty and while in active service.
 * "*’#°‘“· wlhen their services are no longer necessary. While on such dut