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58 Stat 324. s o u s e app. 1591-1598. National Defense Act, amendments.

Oath of enlistment.

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

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Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of December 4, 1942 (56 Stat. 10391040; 10 U.S.C. 904b, c, and d). Section 117 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 47, as amended; 10 U.S.C. 377). Sections 109 and 310 of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 362 and 374; 10 U.S.C. 378, 5 U.S.C. 627i). SEC. 804. (a) The third and fourth paragraphs under the subheading "Ordnance Stores and Equipment for Reserve Officers' Training Corps" of the Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 72), as amended (10 U. S. C. 371 and 371b), are further amended by striking out the words "Officers' Reserve Corps or Enlisted Reserve Corps" wherever they appear therein and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "reserve components of the Armed Forces" and by inserting in the third paragraph after the word "ordered" where it first appears the words "to active duty for training, or active duty, or". (b) Section 412 of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 721; 22 XJ. S. C. 1584) shall not apply to any person, not on active duty in the Armed Forces, solely by reason of his having served on active duty or active duty for training as a member of a reserve component within the preceding two years. SEC. 805. The Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947, as amended (10 TJ. S. C. 374-377), is further amended as follows: (a) Section 115 is amended to read: "Except as otherwise specifically provided, all laws and regulations now or hereafter applicable to commissioned officers and former commissioned officers of the Army Reserve and to their dependents and beneficiaries, shall, in like cases, be applicable respectively to commissioned officers and former commissioned officers of the Army Nurse Corps Section and the Women's Medical Specialist Corps Section of the Army Reserve and to their dependents and beneficiaries." (b) Section 116 is amended to read: "Appointments of Reserve officers for service in the Army Nurse Corps Section and the Women's Medical Specialist Corps Section of the Army Reserve may be made in such grades and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army from female citizens of the United States who have attained the a^e of twenty-one years and who possess such physical and other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army: Provided, That female officers appointed pursuant to the Act of June 22, 1944, and honorably separated from the service thereafter may, if otherwise qualified, be appointed as Reserve officers in the highest grade satisfactorily held by them in active service." SEC. 806. The National Defense Act, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) Section 69, as amended (32 U.S.C. 124), is further amended by striking out the words "and in the National Guard of the United States". (b) Section 70, National Defense Act, as amended (32 U.S.C. 123), is further amended by striking out the language contained therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Men enlisting in the National Guard and Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, shall sign an enlistment contract and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: " 'I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this day of 19, in the National Guard (Air National Guard) of the State of for a period of year(s) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.

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