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 670 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 418. 1916. hmm for sbmw. the President or by sentence of gdgeneral court-martial; and in time of i°$$1?s,m;T peace no officer shall be dismiss except in pprsuance of the sentence of a courtJmartial or in mitigation thereof; ut the President may at any time dro from the rolls of the Army any officer who has been absent from dliity three months without leave or who has been absent in confinement in a prison or penitentiary for three months after final conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction. Raukampmaaeucg "A1z·r. 119. RANK AND rnncmnaxcn AMONG REGULARS, MILITIA, AND }_’§‘§?g,,,,dH{;°§{‘1,,;’{'{’,;,§l" voLUN•rm:as.——That in time of war or public danger, when two or m;*;g’€;¤¤,,, *,°,' *g°m· more officers of the same grade are on duty in the same field depart- ` ment, or command or o organizations thereof the President may assign the command of the forces of such field, department, or_ command, or of any organization thereof, without regard to seniority of 0rd¤r ¤¢·¤¤rwis¤. rank in the same grade. In the absence of such assignment b the President, officers of the same grade shall rank and have precedence in the following order, without regard to date of rank or commission as between officers of different classes, namely: First, officers of the Reiner Army and officers of the Marine Corps detached for service wi the Army by order of the President; second, officers of forces P,,,,,,,_ drafted or called into service of the United States; and, third, officers 0mP&=¤¤»,$¤¤ ¤f A;-gg of the volunteer forces: Provided, That officers of the Regular Army ° holdin commissions in forces drafted or called into the service of the Unitef States or in the voimteer forces shall rank and have prece- _ dence under said commissions as if they were commissions in the Regular Army; the rank of omcers of the Regular Army imder commissions in the National Guard as such shall not, for the purposes of this article, be held to antedate the acceptance of such officers into the service of the United States under said commissions. ‘{,*;¤_,g§,'j "A1z·r. 120. Comumi wmm DIFFERENT conrs on comrarms mr- ¤¤¤¤1¤¤¤1¤1¤¤¤t<> i¤i¤. PEN T0 J0rN.—When different corps or commands of the military forces of the United States happen to `oin or do duty together the officer highest in rank of the line of the Regular Army, Marine Co s, forces drafted or called into the service of the United States or {Idlunteers, there on duty, shall, sub`ect to the provisions of the last preceding article, command the wlhole and give orders for what is C mm t needful in the service, unless otherwise directed by the President. ,,,f‘3,,,,_ ° ‘°"` ‘fAm·. 121. Courumrs or wr.oNes.——Any officer or soldier who beheves himself wronged by his commanding officer, and, upon due alpplication to such commander, is refused redress, may complain to t e general commanding in the locality where the officer against whom the complaint is made is stationed. The general shall examine into said complaint and take roper measures for redressing the wrong complained of; and he shail', as soon as possible, transmit to the Department of War a true statement of such complaint, with the proceedmgpvgiad thereon." ,,,g‘,_.§‘§§ff,§,,§’§,§°§f *“ Sec. ji. e provisions of section three of this Act shall take effect P,,,,,,_,,,_ and be m force on and after the first day of March, nineteen hundred Iawfgwmids i¤ and seventeen; Prmnkled, That articles four, thirteen, fourteen, fif- ` teen, twentyjnine, forty-seven, forty-nine, and ninety-two shall take Prior mmm om effect unmediatex urécn the approval of this Act. subject to previous SEG- 5·_ Tiliit; _ 0 GDSBS Opmmlttcd and all enalties, forfeitures, kw- nnes or liabilities incurred prior to the taking effieict of this Act, under any law embraced in or_modified, changed, or repealed by this Act may be prosecuted, punished, and enforced in the same manner and t1.¤ws rp W1S th; Sala? GHBCU 35 lfrishisféct had no; been · nc. . lawsan a o lawsinsoa ' with this Act are herebg repealed r as cy am mmuslstcut Approved, August 29, 1916.