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 PUBLIC LAWS-COH 625-JUNE 24, 1948 Pay, allowances, pensions, etc. 61 Stat. 4(3. 50 t. S. C. app. I 1001-1017; Supp., § 1001-1017. Compensation from private firms, etc. One-year enlist- ments. Aute, p. 06. Place of service, re- striction. Ante, p. 605. Nondiscrimination. Classification of reg- istrants. Bbe for detrmain tidn oquota. this paragraph, the credit to be allowed any person so transferring for his previous service in one or more reserve components. (e) With respect to the persons inducted for training and service under this title there shall be paid, allowed, and extended the same pay, allowances, pensions, disability and death compensation, and other benefits as are provided by law in the case of other enlisted men of like grades and length of service of that component of the armed forces to which they are assigned. Section 3 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (Public Law 239, Eightieth Congress), is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the following: "Act of March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 143-148, ch. 166), as amended". The Act of March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 143-148), as amended, is hereby made applicable to persons inducted into the armed forces pursuant to this title. (f) Nothing contained in this or any other Act shall be construed as forbidding the payment of compensation by any person, firm, or corporation to persons inducted into the armed forces of the United States for training and service under this title, or to members of reserve components of such forces now or hereafter on any type of active duty, who, prior to their induction or order to active duty, were receiving compensation from such person, firm, or corporation. (g) Subject to the authorized one-year enlistee active duty person- nel strengths established by section 2 of this title for the respective armed forces, the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force are authorized and directed to accept enlistments for periods of one year in the Army of the United States, the United States Navy or the United States Marine Corps, and the Air Force of the United States, respectively, from among qualified male persons between the ages of eighteen and nineteen. (h) No person who is enlisted in the Army of the United States under the provisions of subsection (g) shall be permanently assigned to duty at any place outside of the continental limits of the United States; and no person who is enlisted under the provisions of such sub- section in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, or the Air Force of the United States shall be assigned to duty at any naval or air force installation which is located on land outside of the continental limits of the United States. SELECTION SEC. 5. (a) The selection of persons for training and service under section 4 shall be made in an impartial manner, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, from the persons who are liable for such training and service and who at the time of selection are registered and classified, but not deferred or exempted: Provided, That in the selection of persons for training and service under this title, and in the interpretation and execution of the provisions of this title, there shall be no discrimination against any person on account of race or color: Provided further, That in the classification of registrants within the jurisdiction of any local board, the registrants of any par- ticular registration may be classified, in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Presi- dent, before, together with, or after the registrants of any prior regis- tration or registrations; and in the selection for induction of persons within the jurisdiction of any local board and within any particular classification, persons who were registered at any particular registra- tion may be selected, in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the President, before, together with, or after persons who were registered at any prior registration or registrations. (b) Quotas of men to be inducted for training and service under this title shall be determined for each State, Territory,possession, and 608 [62 STAT.

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