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 160 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 87. JUNE 15, 1933 . Term. Rank. Pay and allowances . Assignment of Army officers to, etc. Detail of National Guard of U . S. officers to. Filling vacancies. Payment f rom Na- tional Guard appro- priation. Vol. 39, p. 2 03, amended. National G uard, armam ent, equ ipmen t, etc . Vol. 39, p. 211; Vol. 41, p. 784. Presi dent' s or der f or activ e mil itar y ser vice in national e mergency . Perso ns s o or dered relieved tem pora rily from State, etc., obliga- tions. To be subject to Army regulations, etc. Units to be kept in- tact. of colonel. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall hold office for four years unless sooner removed for cause, and shall not be eligible to succeed himself, and when sixty-four years of age shall cease to hold such office. Upon accepting his office, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall be appointed a major general in the National Guard of the United States, and commissioned in the Army of the United States, and while so serving he shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major general, provided by law, but shall not be entitled to retirement or retired pay. "For duty in the National Guard Bureau and for instruction of the National Guard the President shall assign such number of officers of the Regular Army as he may deem necessary ; also, such number of enlisted men of the Regular Army for duty in the instruction of the National Guard . The President may also order, with their consent, to active duty in the National Guard Bureau, not more than four officers who at the time of their initial assignments hold ap- pointlnents in the National Guard of the United States, and any such officers while so assigned shall receive the pay and allowances provided by law . "In case the office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau becomes vacant or the incumbent because of disability is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the senior officer on duty in the National Guard Bureau, appointed from the National Guard of the United States, shall act as chief of said bureau until the incumbent is able to resume his duties or the vacancy in the office is regularly filled. The pay and allowances provided in this section for the Chief -of th e National Gua rd Bureau and for the offic ers ordered to active duty from the National Guard of the United States shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for the pay of the National Guard." SE C. 17 . That section 82 of said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the same and inserting the following in lieu thereof " SEC. 82. ARMAMENT, EQUIPMENT, AND UNIFORM OF »i'.u i NAT IO NAL GUARD .-The National Guard shall, as far as practicable, be uni- formed, a rmed, and equi pped with the same type of uniforms, arm s and equipmen ts as are or shall be prov ided for the R egular Army .' ; SEC. 18 . That section 111 of said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the same and inserting the following in lieu t hereof " SEC. 111 . When Congress shall have declared a national emer- gency and shall have authorized the use of armed land forces of the United States for any purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army, the President may, under such regulations, including such physical examination as he may prescribe, order into the active military service of the United States, to serve therein for the period of the war or emergency, unless sooner relieved, any or all units and the members thereof of the National Guard of the United States . All persons so ordered into the active military service of the United States shall from the date of such order stand relieved from duty in the National Guard of their respective States, Territories, and the District of Columbia so long as they shall remain in the active military service of the United States, and during such time shall be subject to such laws and regulations for the government of the Army of the United State s as m ay be appli cable to mem bers o f the Army whose per- manent retention in active military service is not contemplated by law. The organization of said units existing at the date of the