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PUBLIC LAW 4 7 6 - J U L Y 9, 1952

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SEC. 406. The Coast Guard Reserve shall be organized, administered, trained, and supplied under the direction of the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The departments and offices of the Coast Guard shall hold the same relation and responsibility to the Coast Guard Reserve as they do to the Regular Establishment. SEC. 407. For the purpose of considering, recommending, and report- Policy Boards. ing to the appropriate Secretary on reserve policy matters, there shall be convened at least annually, at the seat of government, a Naval Reserve Policy Board, a Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board, and a Coast Guard Reserve Policy Board. At least half of the members of each such Reserve policy board shall be officers of the appropriate reserve component. 34 USC 429. SEC. 408. The Act of March 17, 1949 (ch. 23; 63 Stat. 14), is amended by striking out the first proviso thereof. N SEC. 409*. The Secretary of the Navy sh^U prescribe a suitable flag fiagfa v a l Reserve to be known as the Naval Reserve flag. This flag may be flown by seagoing merchant vessels— (a) documented under the laws of the United States, which have been designated by the Secretary of the Navy under such regulations as he may prescribe as suitable for service as naval auxiliaries in time of war, and (b) the master or commanding officer and not less than 50 per centum of the other licensed officers of which are members of the Navy or Naval Reserve. N a a l Reserve SEC. 410. The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe a suitable pen- yacht vpennant. nant to be known as the Naval Reserve yacht pennant. This pennant may be flown by yachts and similar-type vessels— (a) documented under the laws of the United States, which have been designated by the Secretary of the Navy under such regulations as he may prescribe as suitable for service as naval auxiliaries in time of war, and (b) the captain or owner of which is a member of the Navy or Naval Reserve. Temporary offiSEC. 411. In time of national emergency declared by the President cers. or by the Congress and in time of war, the President is authorized to appoint qualified persons (including persons who hold no Regular or Reserve status) as temporary officers in the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve in any of the several commissioned officer grades, and persons so appointed may be ordered to active duty for such periods of time as the President may prescribe. The appointment of such a temporary officer, if not sooner vacated, shall continue during the national emergency or war in which the appointment was made and for six months thereafter. All such temporary appointments may be vacated at any time by the President. Temporary officers so appointed may, upon application, and, if selected, be commissioned as a Regular or Reserve officer of the Armed Force of the United States in which he served as provided by law. SEC. 412. Temporary members now or hereafter enrolled in the Coast Guard Reserve are excluded from the provisions of this Act. SEC. 413. (a) Members of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Re tired Reserve. Reserve who have performed a total of not less than thirty years' active Federal service; or who have had not less than twenty years' active Federal service, the last ten years of which shall have been performed during the eleven years immediately preceding their transfer to a retired Reserve; may be placed in a Retired Reserve upon their request. (b) Except while on active duty, personnel transferred to a Retired Reserve as provided by this section shall be entitled to pay at the rate of 50 per centum of their active-duty rate of pay. 93300 O - 53 - 35

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