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 62 STAT.] 80TIr CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 449-JUNE 12, 1948 shall be enlisted in such corps without the written consent of her parents or guardians, if any. (b) The Secretary of the Army, under such regulations as he may prescribe, may terminate the enlistment of any enlisted woman in the Women's Army Corps, and each person whose enlistment is so termi- nated shall be discharged from the Army. SEC. 107. Except as otherwise specifically provided, all laws now or hereafter applicable to male commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army; to former male commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army; and to their dependents and beneficiaries, shall in like cases be applicable, respectively, to commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted women of the Women's Army Corps, Regular Army, to former com- missioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted women of the Women's Army Corps, Regular Army, and to their dependents and beneficiaries except as may be necessary to adapt said provisions to the Women's Army Corps: Provided, That the husbands of women officers and enlisted personnel of the Regular Army shall not be considered depend- ents unless they are in fact dependent on their wives for their chief support, and the children of such officers and enlisted personnel shall not be considered dependents unless their father is dead or they are in fact dependent on their mother for their chief support. SEC. 108. (a) At any time not later than a date two years following the date of enactment of this title, the President is authorized to appoint officers in the Women's Army Corps of the Regular Army, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the grades of second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, and major, subject to the condi- tions and limitations hereinafter set forth. Persons appointed under the provisions of this section shall- (1) be female citizens of the United States, at least twenty-one years of age, of good moral character, physically qualified for active military service, and have such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army; and shall (2) have served honorably in the active Federal service as com- missioned officers in the Women's Army Corps of the Army of the United States at some time between July 1, 1943, and the date of enactment of this title. (b) Each person appointed as a commissioned officer of the Women's Army Corps of the Regular Army under the provisions of this section shall be credited, at the time of appointment, with service equivalent to the total period of active Federal service performed by her after attaining the age of twenty-one years as a commissioned officer in the Army of the United States from July 1, 1943, to the date of such appointment, or a period of service equal to the number of days, months, and years by which her age at the time of such appointment exceeds twenty-five years, whichever period is the greater: Provided, That in computing the total period of active commissioned Federal service of any such person who was honorably discharged or relieved from active service subsequent to May 12, 1945, there shall also be credited the period from the date of her discharge or relief from active service to the date of her appointment in the Women's Army Corps of the Regular Army under the provisions of this section. (c) For the purpose of determining the grade in which each such person shall be originally appointed under the provisions of this sec- tion, a computation shall be made of the amount of service with which each such person would have been credited as of the date of enactment of this section under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section had she been appointed in the Women's Army Corps of the Regular Army under the provisions of this section on that date. The amount of service so computed for each such person is hereinafter referred to 361 Termination of en- listment. Applicability of laws. Dependents. Appointment of officers in WAO of Regular Army. Service credit. "*nwamlt uv-

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