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 890 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 143. 1918. m°°g,gf1th*'°l,,'“*¤U* one of the enlisted men at each main recruiting station who has been mdarry. detached for duty at such station under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, ma, in the discretion of the Secretaiiy of War, have the rank, pay, anal allowances of a first sergeant of nfantry. _ mpuzw Sec. 3. That the second paragraph of section twenty-four of said ed. ` Act down to th; third] proviso in said paragraph be, and is hereby, amendedtorea as o ows: §,`§,*§}{,'§,,,"‘j“°°“°*°’· "Vacaneies in the grade of second lieutenant, however arising, in cad any fiscal ear shall be filled by apppintment in the following order: °t°' (1) Of cadets graduated from the nited States _M1litary Academy durin the preceding fiscal year for whom vacancies did not become avail5>le during the Escal year in which they were graduated; (2) Bmw '°°°‘ under the provisions of existing law of enlisted men, including officers of Philip me Scouts, between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-four years, whose fitness for promotion shall have been determined by . mama owe and competitive examination; and of members, includinghofiicers, of the f§§Xf"m“°‘°'”’°"”°°' Organized Militia, the National Guard, or Naval `litia, between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-four years who have had at least ninety da s’ actual Federal military service durirg the calendar year nineteen lnmdred and sixteen, or subsequent ereto, and w ose mum, Gum, °m_ fitness for promotion shall have been_ determined by examination; im. (3) of commissioned officers of the National Guard,  the ages Omen, mm" of tw ty-one and twenty-sevegnyears, not otherwise provided or ce]?. herein; (4) of members o the cers’ Reserve Corps een the ,,,,,,,{,’, ,{,}f"" ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years· (5) of such honor graduates, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years, of distinguished colleges as are now or may hereafter be entitled to mmm preference lzogeneral orders of the War Department; and (6) of candidates m civil life, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years; and the President is authorized to make the _ `necessszg rules and regulations to carry these provisions into effect: Q'§"’°,;,,,,t ,,,,,,,, Prwzki, That the President is hereby authorized to waive the maxgwgruycmw ¤¤¤· imum age limit prescribed by law for appointment as second lieuaiuzjp. ra. tenant in the Regular Army in the case of any candidate for such appointment who has successful} completed or who may hereafter ummm successfullypomplete the  examination for such appointment '“ before arriving at the (prescribed maximum age limit; but no appointment of any such can idate shall be made to any vacanc which did m t not ex1st_ upon the date he successfully completed tile required °°°"‘”°‘“"‘”°“ ‘ examination for appointment; and persons a pointed under the provisions of this lproviso shall be appointed  the rank and date of rank with whic they would have been a pointed if their appointment   iaotlpeen prevented by reason oi) the maximum age limit rescrx y w." ,,,};°§,,‘,}{,,‘Q$:'{}’,‘},;’f"°' P Sec. 4: That the last (proviso of section twenty-four of said Act m;;c{°£¤. P- 18% be, and is hereby, amen_ ed by substituting the word "co1onel" for the word "ma]or" therem. _ _ _ mP:{m<;{L¤··¢¤¤ ·¤- Sec. 5. That section twenty-eght of said Act be, and is hereby, von. ae, p.187, amended by strikin out the eriod at the end thereof substitut mmm 3 . tg . v mg __ · therefor a colon, an adding e following: ,d’*,§g§f“'Y‘°‘°g”P"“’· "P1-ovided, That enlisted men who are now qualified or who may hereafter qualify, as ex ert military telegraphers, shall receive $5 a month; as first-class mgitaigl telegralphers, $3 a month; as milit tel aphers, $2 a month; in ad `tion to their pay, under sigh regliitions as_the Secretary of War may prescribe, but no enlisted man shall receive at the same time additional pay for more than one M of the classifications named. ma. Mm Sec. 6. That section thirty-one of said ·Act be, and is hereb , u;’_‘;}_£°· P- *8% amended by striking out the words " travel expenses and pay at tile rate of their respective grades in the Regular Army during such