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 1460 Composition and personnel. Duties, rank, and precedence. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES Art. 5. It is herein stipulated and agreed that while the Mission shall be in operation under this agreement, or under an extension thereof, the Government ol BRAZIL will not engage the services of any Mission or personnel of any other foreign government for the duties and purposes contemplated by this agreement. TITLE II COMPOSITION AND PERSONNEL Art. 6. The Mission will be composed of four officers of the Regu- lar Army of the United States of America as follows: one Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel of Coast Artillery; one Major or Captain of Coast Artillery; one Lieutenant Colonel or Major of Engineers; and one Major or Captain of the Chemical Warfare Service. The senior Coast Artillery Officer will be Chief of the Mission, who will assure normally the direct relations of the Mission with the Minister of War and the Chief of Staff of the Army. Art. 7 . Any additions to the personnel of the Mission that may be considered advisable or necessary shall be considered as an addendum to this agreement. TITLE III DUTIES, RANK AND PRECEDENCE Art. 8. The members of the Mission shall be responsible solely to the Brazilian Ministry of War through the Chief of the Mission and shall act as tactical and technical advisers to the Chief of the General Staff and Chief of Coast Defense for the questions of organization and instruction in all matters pertaining to Coast Defense, Perma- nent Fortification, and Chemical Warfare. Art. 9. It shall be the duty of the members of the Mission, under the direction of the Chief of the Mission, to advise technically the Commandant of the Coast Artillery Center of Instruction and the Commandant of the Technical School and cooperate with them in all matters pertaining to Coast Defense, Permanent Fortification, and Chemical Warfare, as well as prescribing the courses in these subjects and assisting in the instruction. Art. 10. In case of war between BRAZIL and any other nation, the Mission shall terminate. In case of civil war no member of the Mission shall take part in the operations in any respect. Art. 11 . The members of the Mission shall each receive one extra grade or rank above the rank they hold in the Army of the United States of America, while serving on the Mission. Their precedence with respect to Brazilian Officers and Officers of other foreign mis- sions shall be in accordance with their extra grade or rank and seniority therein. The members of the Mission will receive no extra compensation for the above mentioned extra grade or rank and will wear only uniforms of the Army of the United States of America. So in original.

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