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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 601-DEC. 28, 1945 grade of first lieutenant; such persons who are credited with ten or more years' service, but less than seventeen years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of captain; and such persons who are credited with seventeen or more years' service, but less than twenty-three years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of major. Such persons shall be placed on the promotion list immediately below those officers of the same grade having the same or next greater period of service; (b) Persons appointed in the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, or the Veterinary Corps of the Regular Army, or as chaplains in the Regular Army, who are credited with less than three years' service shall be appointed in the grade of first lieutenant; such persons who are credited with three or more years' service, but less than twelve years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of captain; and such persons who are credited with twelve or more years' service, but less than twenty years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of major; (c) Persons appointed in the Medical Administrative Corps of the Regular Army who are credited with less than five years' service shall be appointed in the grade of second lieutenant; such persons who are credited with five or more years' service, but less than ten years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of first lieutenant; and such persons who are credited with ten or more years' service, but less than seventeen years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of captain; (d) Persons appointed in the Pharmacy Corps of the Regular Army who are credited with less than three years' service shall be appointed in the grade of second lieutenant; such persons who are credited with three or more years' service, but less than six years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of first lieutenant; such persons who are credited with six or more years' service, but less than twelve years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of captain; and such persons who are credited with twelve or more years' service, but less than twenty years' service, shall be appointed in the grade of major. SEC. 6. No person shall be appointed as a commissioned officer of the Regular Army under the provisions of section 4 of this Act- (a) in a promotion-list arm or service if he would upon appoint- ment receive credit with twenty-three or more years' service under section 5 of this Act; (b) in the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Pharmacy Corps, or as a chaplain, if he would upon appointment receive credit for twenty or more years' service under section 5 of this Act; or (c) in the Medical Administrative Corps if he would upon appointment receive credit for seventeen or more years' service under section 5 of this Act. SEC. 7. For the purpose of determining eligibility for promotion, each person appointed as a commissioned officer of the Regular Army under the provisions of section 4 of this Act shall be credited, as of the time of such appointment, with continuous commissioned service on the active list of the Regular Army equal to the period of service credited to him under section 5 of this Act. Each such person appointed in a promotion-list arm or service in the grade of major shall be deemed to have served in that grade during that portion of such credited service which exceeds seventeen years. SEC. 8. The first proviso of section 3 of the Act of July 31, 1935 (49 Stat. 506), as amended by section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1940 (54 Stat. 380) is hereby further amended by deleting therefrom the words "seven hundred and five" and substituting therefor the words "one thousand and fifty-four". Approved December 28, 1945. 665 Medical, etc., Corps; chaplains. Medical Adminis- trative Corps. Pharmacy Corps Restrictions on ap- pointments. Eligibility for pro- motion, determina- tion of. Promotion-list colo- nels. 10 U. S. C. 5f52.

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