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 PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 35 -APR. 3, 1939 Military Academy; group 2, from warrant officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army who have had at least two years' service; group 3, from honor graduates of the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; group 4, from members of the Officers' Reserve Corps and flying cadets, who have performed active duty under the provisions of this Act, which duty may include service as a flying cadet in the Air Corps Training Center; and group 5, from reserve officers and from officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard, members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and gradu- ates of technical institutions approved by the Secretary of War: orde of appoint- Provided, That, after all qualified members of group 1 have been ments. appointed, appointments from the second, third, fourth, and fifth groups shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, from persons between the ages of Number rom desig- twenty-one and thirty years: Provided further, That the number to assignments. be selected from each of the second, third, fourth, and fifth groups, and the number to be assigned to each branch of the service within the limits prescribed by law from all groups shall be determined by Annual appoint- the Secretary of War in his discretion: Provided further, That until ments from group 4, excludin ngl Ca- June 30, 1949, the total number of officers to be appointed annually 9. unt ne from group 4, not including flying cadets, in the promotion list branches other than the Air Corps shall be not less than 10 per centum of the total number of Reserve officers of such branches other than the Air Corps authorized to be called annually under appropri- Maximum commis- ation Acts, and in no event less than fifty, and that any officers added sonedstren to the Army under existing authorizations shall be within the total authorized commissioned strength of sixteen thousand seven hundred Immediate ommis- and nineteen: And provided further, That immediately upon the sion of 300 second lieutenants, Air Corps. effective date of this Act, the President is authorized to commission not to exceed three hundred second lieutenants in the Air Corps of the Regular Army, from among Reserve officers and flying cadets who AdCvte Geneas have qualified for such appointment under existing laws. Any Department, vacan- vacancy in the grade of captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department, not filled by transfer or detail from another branch, may, in the discretion of the President, be filled by appointment from Reserve judge advocates between the ages of thirty and thirty-six years, and such appointee shall be placed upon the promotion list MAppintments immediately below the junior captain on said list. Appointments in Meia, c., Corps in grade of first lieu- the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps in the grade of first lieu- tenant. tenant shall be made from Reserve Medical, Dental, and Veterinary officers, respectively, between the ages of twenty-three and thirty-two rMedica sdminis- years. Appointments in the Medical Administrative Corps shall be trative Corps. po made in the grade of second lieutenant from pharmacists between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-two years who are graduates of recog- nized schools or colleges of pharmacy requiring four years of instruc- tion for graduation, under such regulations and after such examina- Denta Cors. tion as the Secretary of War shall prescribe. To be eligible for appointment in the Dental Corps, a candidate must be a graduate of a recognized dental college, and have been engaged in the practice of his profession for at least two years subsequent to graduation. Chapa. Appointments as chaplain shall be made from persons duly accredited by some religious denomination or organization, and of good standing therein, between the ages of twenty-three and forty-five years." siPoned stregt SEo 8. On and after July 1, 1939, the peacetime commissioned army; annualn strength of the Regular Army to be attained by approximately equal annual increments, as hereinbefore provided, shall be sixteen thou- sand seven hundred and nineteen officers, including sixty-seven gen- mB . eral officers of the line as now authorized by law. Commissioned officers, other than general officers, shall be assigned to the several 558 [53 STAT.

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