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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 79—81. 1919. 12].]. CHAP. '79.—A:n Act To authorize the resum tion of volun enl1stm' Fe 1919. Regular Army, and for other purposes. P tary cm m the · N. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United gym, in 309] States of America in Congress assembled, 'lzliat so much of sections veguiiiazymimmsne seven and fourteen of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the '°§°§,‘,‘Q°",§‘;,‘§,‘§p°,jQ,'°°‘ President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of I ’ ` the United States/’ approved May eighteenth, mneteen hundred and seventeen, as impose restrictions upbn enlistments in the Regular Army, are hereby repealed in so far as they a ply to enlistnients and reenlistments in the Regular Arm after the date of a proval of this Act: Promlled, That from and aiyter the approval of tgis Act, Prana:. one-third of the enlistments in the Regular Army of the United s¤i:1liidZ$`;'$i°isi°irsti¤li° States shall be for a period of one year, and the remaining two-thirds _ thereof shall be for the period of three years. Any person enlisf noiegiqixiireiii mms under the provisions of this Act shall not be required to serve the reserves. The pay of the men enlisted hereunder shall be the Psy established. same as that provided by the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Aw. D-82- President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States/’ approved May 18, 1917: Promkled further,. That Di¤¤h¤¥s¤ ¤¤ ¤pp1i- after the expiration 0 one year those enlisting for the period of §v°q,2¤?°“°°°y°"°‘ three years may be discharged in the discretion of the Secretary of War under suc rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him after one year of service. ‘ Approved, February 28, 1919. CHAP. 80.-An Act To amend section four of Chapter V of an Act entitled "An F¢b¥¤¤¤’¥ 2% 1919· Act  appropriations for the su(pport of the Army for the    ending   ‘ June thirtieth, nineteen hundred an nineteen, " approved July nm, nineteen [1>ub1ic,Nc.s10.1 hundred and eighteen, and to make said amendment retroactive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat·ives of the United Am States ij America in Congress assembled, That section four of Chapter <>hi¤lri¤¤rse’s pay in- V of an Act entitled ‘ ‘An Act making a propriations for the support °"’,E‘,._ Sys mms. of the Army for the fiscal year ending 5,une thirtieth, nineteen hun- °d· dred and nineteen," approved July ninth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, be, and the same hereby is, amended, to be effective as of and from July ninth, nineteen hundred and e`¤·hteen, by changing the clause "c ief nurses, $120, in addition to the pay o a nurse, to "chief nurses, $360, in addition to the pay of a nurse." Approved, February 28, 1919. · Februar 28,1 1. CHAP. 81.-An Act To amend the fiftieth article of war. [H· R?i3*l37?l9 b1'c N. . Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous;dof Representatlves of the United [Pu I O im] States of America in Congress assembl, That article iifgy of section §{{§§é,0,“.m_ thirteen hundred and forty-tWo of the Revised Statutes 0 the United t_-yngndment to Ar- States, as amended by the Act entitled “AnAct making appropriations “vii.`ss,p.s¤s,sm¤¤e. for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, “· nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other pur}i)oses," a&proved August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, e, and e same is hereby, amended to read as follows: _ _ "An·r. 50. Mrrronuon on nnmssron or SENTENCES.—·rI'i18 power S,0’*,fi*§§°f;,?,';,‘;,',,,g‘f”’,‘,S; to order the execution of the sentence adjudged by a court-martial authority orderingshall be held to include, inter alia, the power to mitigate or remit the whole or any part of the sentence. "Any unexecuted portion of a sentence adjudged by a court—martial ,,,§,§*"°°“‘°d P"` may be mitigated or remitted by the military authority competent to appoint, for the command, exclusive of penitentiaries and the United