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 84 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 18-20. 1917. May 22,191% CHAP. 18.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "Ag1 Act making appropriations lH· R- 2337* for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thrrtieth, nineteen hundred and ieventeen, and for other- purposes," relative to enrollments in the Naval Reserve orce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {$‘§,Y`j’1§$,S°';?F§§$°; States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An ¤¤¢¤¤¤<i· ’ Act making appropriations for the naval service for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred_and seventeen, and for other purposes/’ approved August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding after the roviso under the heading "Naval Reserve Force/’ which reads as I“S"'°'¥’°“°“i°“‘ lbllowsz "Pro*mkied, That citizens of the insular possessions of the United States may enroll in the Naval Auxiliary Reserve," a further ,,§n‘Q,{y° ;{§§¤‘;“,fppf§,f proviso as follows: Provided further, That such persons who are not ins forviwmhiv- citizens of the United States, but who have or shall have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, and who are citizens of countries which are at peace with the United States, may enroll in the Naval Reserve Force subject to the condition that they Adm _ t me _ may be discharged from such enrollment at any time within the dissmpm$§§$,’§,§§`m,,s”§. cretion of the ecretary of the Navy, and such persons who may, °°¤°°· under existing law, become citizens of the United States, and who render honorable service in the Naval Reserve Force in time of war for a period of not less than one year may become citizens of the Unite States without proof of residence on shore and without further re uirement than proof of good moral character and certificate from (lhs Secretary of the Navy that such honorable service was actually rendered. Approved, May 22, 1917. iii? CHAP. 19.—An Act Granting consent to Ernest B. Denison, A. J. Barchtield, and Ethan I. Dodds to construct a bridgxilcross the Wabash River within or near the city limits of the city of Vincennes, In a. _ Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §§g@ih§§’§§;mm States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress and others may bridge, is hereby granted to Ernest B. Denison A. J. Barchfield and Ethan hncormes Ind. · . 7 f ’ I. Dodds, their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Wabash River at (_ a_ point surtable_to the interests of navigation, within or near the v‘g‘}?§,§‘}‘;}_‘§Q· city limits of Vincennes, rn the county of Knox, in the State of In iana, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regcirlato the construction of bridges over navigable waters/’ approved arch twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. ·*¤¤¢¤d¤¤¤¤¢- sc. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 22, 1917. May 2,1917. _ _ {H. R.s33o.]  20.-An Act To temporarily increase the commissioned and warrant and "H"`QPubHc,N°_ In enlisted strength of the Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes. Wav Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §;m§‘,$,d §,,,,,mh Stategpg America in Congress assembled, That the authorized enlisted pen, p. :14. from eighty-seven thousand to one hundred and tilfty thousand, including four thousand additional apprentice seamen. g2uh.,,,€é;0,pS_ Th Sec.  That the_ authorized enlisted strength of the active list Of tempojggilysigxggt the Marine Corps is herebytemporarily increased from seventeen ygigg, E. thousand four hundred to thirty thousand, this authorized strength pw;) pi Tir · being distributed in the various grades of the enlisted force in the
 * °Q3g{f*§¤K y7§j’°¤·*°d· stren _ of the active hst of the Navy is hereby tem orarily increased