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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. 197 _ into the service of the United States as volunteers for duty with the Army m the gradm held by them in the said corps, and shall be S°°°”"°y’°°°‘ entitled to the pay and allowances of the corres nding grades in the Regular Armly, with increase of pay for le tho of service, as now provided by aw for the Regular Army: Anlxlgprrwidcd further, That m§§,v::4i?d"gh°°°b° enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps shall not acquire by virtue of issuance of certificates of enlistment to them a vested right to be mustered into the volunteer service of the United States. Sec. 56. Mrrrranr Eqmrmmm AND INSTBUCTORS ar ormm lgvimw oquivmn sonoors arm ooL1.neEs.—Such arms, tentage, and equipment as the :§h0ols,etc. °°°°’°° Secretary of War shall deem necessary for proper military training shall be supplied by the Government to schools and colleges, other than those provided for in section forty-seven of this Act, having a 4M¢·P-1¤2· course of military trainingl prescribed by the Secretary of War and having not less than one undred physically iit male students above the age of fourteen years, under suc rules and regulations as he may _ prescribe; and the Secretary of War is herelg authorized to detail D°‘°"“'°'““'“"· such commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the Army to said schools and colleges, other than those provided for in section forty-five and forty-six of this Act, detailing not less than one such officer or noncommissioned omcer to each Eve hundred students under military instruction. ,,m,,,m m,,_,_,,_ Sec. 57. Courosrrrou or rnza m1.rrrA.—'1`he militia of the United mm 0, States shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens of the United pw ` States and all other able-bodied males who have or shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who shall be more than eighteen years of age and, except as hereinaftefplrovided, not more than forty-five years of a e, and said militia s all be divided into three classes, the National éuard, the Naval Militia., and the Unorganized Militia. Sec. 58. Comrosrrron or run Narroiur. GUAnn.—The National §.?El{,°E.?l,,?,E“0'2‘ Guard shall consist of the regularly enlisted militia between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years organized, armed, and equitgped as hereinafter provided, and of commissioned officers between e ages of twenty-one and sixty-four years. Sec. 59. Exmmrrrous mom MILITIA nU·rr.—The Vice President of mliE.{°,’}Y”"’°°°'° the United States; the officers, judicial and executive, of the Government of the United States and of the several States and Territorieséllpersons in the military or naval service of the United States; custo ouse clerks; persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mail; artiiicers and workmen employed in the armories, arsenals, and navy yards of the United States; p11ots;mari—· ners actuall emplo ed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United Sytates, shall be exempt from militia duty without Enmwm mm regard to age, and all persons who because of religious belief shall mmuantmyiate claim exemption from military service, if the conscientious holding §;‘}F° °‘ ““"°‘“ "°' of such belief by such person shall be established under such regulations as the President shall prescribe, shall be exempted from militia service in a combatant capacity; but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that the President shall q declare to be noncombatant. _ Sec. 60. Oaenxrzarroiv or Narroxar. Guam: m~zrrs.-—Except as U“’*°'*°‘““‘“°'* otherwise s cifically provided herein, the organization of the National Guard, incliiiding the composition of all imits thereof, shall be the same as that which is or may hereafter be prescribed for the Regular Army, subject in time of peace to such general exceptions as may be authorized by the Secretary of War. And the President may pre- smP;:*d¤* ¤· 1¤•· scribe the particular unit or units, as to branch or arm of service, to be maintained in each State, Territory, or the District of Columbia in order to secure a force which, when combmed, shall form complete higher tactical units.