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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 417.‘ 1916. 587 NAVAL RESERVE FORGE. F§.;'°' R °S°**° There is hereb§ established, under the Department of the Navy, E°°*”“='»’=*·*; ' a Naval Reserve orce, to consist of six classes, designated as fo‘lows and_as hereinafter described: CMM- Fust. The Fleet Naval Reserve. Second. The Naval Reserve. - Third. The Naval Auxiliar Reserve. Fourth. The Naval Coast gefense Reserve. Fifth. The Volunteer Naval Reserve. Sixth. N aval Reserve Flying Corps. _ The Naval Reserve Force shall be com sed of citizens of the €·‘.§',T‘*§{§’,§,"3,, um, United States who, by enrolling under regullstions prescribed by the °‘ "°·'· °*°· Secretary of the Navy or by transfer thereto as in this Act provided, obhgate themselves to serve in the Navy in time of war or during the existence of a national emergency, declared b the President: Provided, That citizens of the insular possesions of tie United States {’,¥.K°;m,,,g_ malylenroll in the Naval Auxiliary Reserve. - e Secretary of the Navy shall make all neeemary and proper m£L°1‘“°“ °° *’° regulations not inconéstent with law for the administration of»the provisions of this Act which relate to the Naval Reserve Force. Membem of the Naval Reserve Force may be ordered into active ,,§§§’,§f ‘°' °°*"¤ servicein the lx? by the.Presidentin time oiivwar or when, in his opm1on,.a nati eme§ency exists. . · a There shall be allow in the Naval Reserve Force the various R'·"*“·¤‘°'°·•°°- rating; grades, me ranks, not above the rank of lieutenantcomman, corresponding to thosein the Navy. Officers of the line may  °' °¤8‘¤°¤’i¤8 be appointed for deck or engineering duties, as they may elect. Members of the Naval Reserve Force appointed to commissioned P,‘§,g§‘,$*,f,f_}1*;¤¤ by grades shall be commissioned by the President alone, and members W ` of such force appointed to warrant g-Fades shall be warranted by °m"t ”°°°°‘ the Secretary o the Navy: Prmrided, at officers so warranted or {,",g•";&Wy commissioned shall not be deprived of the retainer tpag, allowances, ' or gratuities to which they would otherwise be enti e . Officers of R‘“"‘ °* °°‘°°”· the Naval Reserve Force shall rank with but after officers of correspondin rank in the N aviyil Enrolinent and reenro ent shall be for terms of four years, but Tm °' “°"'*°°· members shall in time of peace, when no national emergency exists, be discharged upon their own reqpest upon reimbursing the Government for any c othing gratuity t at may have been furnished them during their current enrollment. Persons enrolling shall be required to take the oath of allegiance °““* °‘ °“°¤*°¤°°- to the United States. When first enrolled members of the Naval Reserve Iforce, ex t m_l"°'***°¤°* ¤¤°•· those in the Fleet Naval Reserve, shall be gyen a provisional gum, rank or rating in accordance with their q ations determmed by im examination. They may thereafter, upon application, be assigned easppiaszma. to active service in the Navy for suc periods of instruction and training as may enable them to qualify for and be confirmed in such grade, rank or rating. _ No member shall be confirmed in his provisional grade, rank or ,,°Sgf,§‘$’$f*'*¤°· rating until he shall have performed the minimum amount of active service required for the class in which he is enrolled, nor until he has duly qualified by examination for such rank or rating under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. No person shall be appointed or commissioned as an officer in any °,§§,_“{*'}““°”’· °*°·· rank in any class of the Naval Reserve Force, or promoted to a higher rank therein, unless he shall have been examined and recommended for such appointment, commission, or promotion by a board of three naval officers not below the rank of lieutenant commander, nor until he shall have been found physically qualified by a board of