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 532 SIXTY·F1FTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-rs. 56, 57. 1918. N¤¤*l’°’ *“°'°*`“°‘*· tained; but the total number of active officers so detailed at educam§g{,§j,°f '°‘*“”°'“°”* tional mstitutions shall not exceed one thousand, and no officershall be so detailed who has not had at least one year’s commissioned ,m§§'j‘;f,dp,§"§,°;{“ °° service in the Army of the United States. Retired officers below ' the grade of lieutenant colonel so detailed shall receive the full pay and allowances of their ade, and retired officers above the grade of ma`or so detailed shalllreceive the same pay and allowances as a Dems I I.  retired major would receive under like detai . mm, ° Sec. 3. That during the present war the President be, and he 8uQ[,gf{°df'*°· P· ‘"· hereby is, authorized to detail for dutv at institutions where one or more units of the Reserve OfHcers’ Training Corps are maintained be. , such number of enlisted men, either active or retired, of the Army Nm rm of the United States as he ma deem necessary, but_ the active noncommissioned officers so detailhd shall have had at least one year’s I t Am active service, and the total number of such active noncommissioned meme  Y officers so detailed shall not exceed three thousand, and shall be ct’,§°’°°“"“°*‘“°p°’· additional in their res ective grades to those otherwise authorized ` for the Army of the lilnited States. While detailed under the provisions of this section retired noncommissioned officers of the Army _ . B t of the United States shall receive active pay and allowances. mlriiriiii-K¤z§i1s`f$)Zum€r Sec. 4. That during theéiresent war such arms, tentage, and equip- S°§,°g'f;°},‘;, P_ ,9,, ment as the Secretary of ar shall deem necessary for proper military ¤mend¤d· m training shall be supplied by the Govemment to schools and colleges v°1'3°’p' other t an those provided or in section forty-seven of the nationaldefense Act approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, having a course of military training prescribed by the Secretary of War, and having not less than one hundred physical] iit male stu- _ dents above the age of fourteen years, under such rules and regula- D°“‘”"°"" ‘""“" tions as he may prescribe; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized during the present war to detail commissioned and noncommissioned officers o the Army of the United States to said schools and _ _ colleges, detailing not less than one such officer or noncommissioned q_,*},,°*,§§',F¤,_s°"‘°° "" officer to each five hundred students under military instruction; but . no officer or noncommissioned officer shall be so detailed who has not ged at least one year’s active service in the Army of the United tates. Approved, April 17, 1918. i§T‘}£%&?ll‘ crmr. ev.-Au Act To give indemnity {er emma caused by American forces [Public, No. 133.] 3bmad° U m cs b xmm Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmtsgacif Representatives of the United can fm§qatrimi. _ States of America in Congress assemb, That claims of inhabitants ,0f*‘F”""‘“ °‘ °““““ of France or of any other Euroraean country not an enemy or ally of an eneitg for dam§•s caused y American  forces may be presen to any officer designated by the President, and when a proved by such an officer shall be paid under regulations made li; ` mm, mqlmd the Secretary of War. ‘ p‘ Sec. 2. That claims under this statute shall not be approved unless they would be payable according to the law or practice govern- X ro mtiomamp ing; the military forces of the country in which they occur. alilcrlpl P Sec. 3. That hereafter appro riations for the incidental expenses gf the 3uart§er·n1raster Corps shall be available for paying the claims . erem escrr d0£‘§§·,’.§`E`l°s °[ uk Sec. 4. That this statute does not su ersede other modes of indemnity now in existence and does not diminish responsibility of any member of the military forces to the person injured or to the United States. Approved, April 18, 1918.