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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 413-JUNE 16, 1942 Servie tobecounted For officers appointed on and after July 1, 1922, no service shall be Port, p.1037. counted for purposes of pay except active commissioned service under a Federal appointment and commissioned service in the National Guard when called out by order of the President and service author- Anm, p. 6. ized in section 2 (b) of the Act of January 19, 1942 (Public Law 402, Seventy-seventh Congress). For officers in the service on June 30, 1922, there shall be included in the computation all service which was then counted in computing longevity pay, and service as a contract surgeon serving full time; and also 75 per centum of all other periods of time during which they have held commissions as officers of the Organized Militia between January 21, 1903, and July 1, 1916, or of the National Guard, the Naval Militia, or the National Naval Volun- Basis for longevity teers since June 3, 1916, shall be included in the computation. Lon- gevity pay for officers in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act shall be based on the total of all service in any or all of said services which is authorized to be counted for longevity pay purposes under the provisions of this Act or as may otherwise be provided by law. Application to per- The provisions of this Act shall apply equally to those persons lent pay. serving, not as commissioned officers in the Army or in the other services mentioned in the title of this Act, but whose pay under exist- ing law is an amount equivalent to that of a commissioned officer of one of the above grades, those receiving the pay of colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant, being classified as in the sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first periods, respectively. forse foreign dty. SEC. 2. The base pay of any enlisted man, warrant officer, or nurse Ante, p. 148. (female) in the military or naval forces of the United States shall be increased by 20 per centum and the base pay of any commissioned officer of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act shall be increased by 10 per centum for any period of service while on sea duty as such duty may be defined by the head of the Department con- cerned, or duty in any place beyond the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, which increases in pay shall be in addition fvi.n and to pay and allowances otherwise authorized: Provided, That the per Aviation and sub- marine duty. centum increases herein authorized shall be included in computing increases in pay for aviation and submarine duty: Provided further Effectiveperiod. That this section shall be effective from December 7, 1941, and shall cease to be in effect twelve months after the termination of the present Officers of Natinal war is proclaimed by the President. Guard or Reserve SE C. 3. When officers of the National Guard or of the Reserve forces forceso. ncluding Re- of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, including Federal payrates. Reserve officers, are authorized by law to receive Federal pay, those serving in grades corresponding to those of colonel, lieutenant colonel major, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant of the Army shall receive the pay of the sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first periods, respectively, unless entitled to the pay of a higher period Longevity pay. under the provisions of section 14 of this Act. Such officers whenever entitled to Federal pay, except armory drill and administrative func- tion pay, shall receive as longevity pay, in addition to base pay, an increase thereof at the per centum and time rates up to thirty years missions hel - provided in section 1 of this Act. In computing the increase of pay gnated servic. for each period of three years' service, such officers shall be credited with full time for all periods during which they have held commis- sions as officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, or in the Organized Militia prior to July 1, 1916, or in the National Guard, National Guard of the United States, or in the Officers Reserve Corps, or in the Naval Militia, or in the National Naval Volunteers, or in the Naval Reserve force, Naval Reserve, 360 [56 STAT.

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