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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, Sess. II. Cris. 398,411. 1925. 1099 CHAP._398.—Joint Resolution Establishing a commission for the participation Mmb 2, 1925· of the United States in the observance of the one hundred and liftieth anniversary [H‘ 1* R°‘* am] of the Battle of Bunker Hill, authorizing an appropriation to be utilized in con- [Pub` R°"’ N“ 57*1 nection with such observance, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, .That there is Bunker mu smurhereby established a commission to be known as the United States §’:,‘F“"i“’ °°"““** Bimker Hill Sesquicentennial Commission (hereinafter referred to p°§,{*g°**°·; Md °°¤¤· as the commission) and to be composed of eleven commissioners, as °n°` follows: Three persons to be appointed b the President of the * United States, four Senators by the President of the Senate, and four Members of the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The commission shall serve without N° °°¤¤P°¤==**i¤¤· compensation and shall select a chairman from among their number. Src. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any r0§`i°r:i·f1i¤gi°ii°ciih:¤`i money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $5,000 i>*§’,-jj lm to be expended by the commission for actual and necessary traveling 'p` ` expenses and subsistence while discharging its official duties outside the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any ,,,§*m§,",‘LE,i§§§,';§""‘§ money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of °°1;Q7,°g¤i32, $10,000 to be utilized in the discretion of the commission for the ` appropriate participation on the part of the United States in the celebration and observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill to be commemorated on or about June 17, 1925. _ Sec. 4. The Postmaster General is hereby authorized and directed ,,$,”}’,°‘,,“{,,,°°‘T‘,,‘§‘,‘ET“,§§‘{‘g to issue a special series of postage stamps, in such denominations and *>°*¤*¤°d- of such designs as he may determine, commemorative of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill and of the one hundred and Eftieth anniversary of such other major events of the Revolutionary War as he may deem appropriate. Approved, March 2, 1925. CHAP. 411.-——An Act To define the status of retired officers of the Regular Mi§ilis:ii;ii25` Army who have been detailed as professors and assistant professors of military [PuE1ic, N¤.&20·l science and tactics at educational institutions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the authority ·Ber¤:_rk mmmcm for detail of retired officers of the Re ular Army contained in section ws er semi umxé 40b and section 55c of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as ‘g{,';,°,}}§f"‘ ‘° "*‘“’¤°*”° amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, shall, in either case, be con- V¤1-¤.¤v·m.1¤¤. strued to include authority to so detail retired officers of the Phrhppigescougl f db f d iii fth Regul A DWPH sd ¢ nc. 2. ut r orme re ire 0 cers o e ar rmy ¤ Mm ¤ and duty perirorliiriied by retired officers of the Philippine Scouts, Qliiiixdtgiiérmaxifimrélqsz pursuant to War' Department orders issued under section 40b or ° °“‘“’“” "°" section 55c, respectively, of said National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, including in either case, temporary duty for attendance on any course of preparatory instruction required by such order, shall be construed to be active duty for the purpose of increase of longevity fpay of such retired ofiicers within the meaning of the National De ense Act of June 3, "°*·“·¥’·"°· 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, and the Act of May 12 "°‘· "°· **-*8- 1917, entitled "An Act making appropriations for_the suplport of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen undred and eighteen, and for other purposes," and the Act of Jnme 10, 1922, V°’·*’·P·“’· entitled "An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the com-