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 1084 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 374. 1925. Ieimies While °¤ ‘ Sec. 14. That if in time of peace any officer or enlisted man of the gg: duty m me of Naval Reserve is physically injured in the line of duty while performing active duty, authorized training duty with or without pay, or when employed in authorized travel to and from such duty, or dies as the result of such physical injury, he or his beneficiary shall be entitled to all the benefits prescribed by law for civil employees of the United States who are physically injured in the line of dut or ,J*”"$dig“°¤ °' E.m· who die as the result thereo, and the United States Employees Cfbm- DOYGBQ _0lDpQUS8UOD . . . . · . . . commission. pensation Commission shall have jurisdiction in such cases and shall V°‘·39·P·7‘*3· perform the same duties with reference thereto as in the cases of ,§j,°,§ffjs;S mdwmed civil employees of the United States so injured: Provided, That in ¤¤i¤5¤ry· no case shall sickness or disease be regarded as an injury within the meaning of this section relating to the Naval Reserve. w;f°°°d°“°° °’ °m‘ Sec. 15. That commissioned officers of the same rank and warrant Among themselves officers in the Naval Reserve shall take precedence among themselves by date of commission or warrant. Officers of the same date of commission or warrant shall take precedence according to such regugtrglsikyggfrcm Nam lations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Provided, That Reserve Force. commissioned officers of the same rank and warrant officers in the Naval Reserve Force who aretransferred to the Naval Reserve in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall take precedence among themselves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the dates of the commissions, warrants, or provisional assignments of rank or grade held by them at the time of transfer, except that such officers who were transferred to the Naval Reserve Force from the National Naval Volunteers, if they have not been separated from the Naval Reserve Force for more than four months since said transfer, shall take precedence among themselves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the date of the commissions or warrants held by them on the active lists of the Naval Militia at the time of their enrollment in the National Naval Volunteers, or, if subsequently promoted in the National Naval Vol- Former omeers of unteers, according to the dates of said promotions: Provided further, New °’C°°·“G“°“’· That former officers of the Navy or Coast Guard who, within four months of their separation therefrom, enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force in the same ranks or grades last held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard, and who are transferred to the Naval Reserve in the said ranks or grades pursuant to this Act, and such former officers of the Navy or Coast Guard who may hereafter, within the same period, be appointed in the Naval Reserve in the same ranks or grades as last held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard, shall take precedence among themselves and with other officers of the Naval Reserve according to the dates of the commissions or warrants held by them in the Navy or Coast Guard when separated therefrom. §'g*{§¤§&"g’w*;§°°”· Sec. 16. In time of peace officers of the Naval Reserve shall take __ precedence with but after officers of the same rank or grade in the i,,;V§§§m°b¤“d°"` regular Navy. When mobilized with the regular Navy for war or national emergency, officers of the Naval Reserve shall, for the duration of the war or national emergency, take precedence after the junior of their respective ranks or grades in the regular Navy on date p,,,,m_ _ of such mobilization: Provided. That officers of the Naval Reserve c0i";,§j§,f,*§d,,,_*‘°“‘€”“”‘ of and above the rank of lieutenant commander who are selected for advancement in accordance with the provisions of section 17 of this Act shall, when so advanced, take precedence during the then existing war or national emergency with officers of the regular Navy of the same rank or grade in accordance with the dates stated in their commissions. mE£,;<;¤¢¤*¤¤¤*°°m· Src. 17. In time of war or national emergency, officers on the active ` list of the Naval Reserve employed on active duty shall be advanced in grade and rank up to and including the rank of lieutenant com-