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PUBLIC LAW 7 3 7 - J U L Y 20, 1956

Public Law 737 July 20, 1956 [H. R. 1

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Armed Forces Regular Officer Augmentation Act of 1956.

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STAT.

CHAPTER 646

AN ACT To authorize permanent appointments in the Armed Forces of the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Armed Forces Regular Officer Augmentation Act of 1956". TITLE I ARMY

Appointment authority.

Eligibility.

Maximum a g e s.

Restriction.

Promotion l i s t. Service r e d i t able.

SEC. 101. (a) The President, by and with the advice*and consent of the Senate, may appoint commissioned officers in the Regular Army under this title. (b) To be eligible for appointment under this title, a person must— (1) be a citizen of the United States; (2) be at least twenty-one years of age; (3) be of good moral character; (4) be physically qualified for active service; and (5) have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe. SEC. 102. (a) No person may be appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army under this title if on the date of his appointment he has already passed his— (1) thirty-fourth birthday, for a person appointed as a chaplain; (2) thirty-second birthday, for a person appointed in the Veterinary Corps or Judge Advocate General's Corps; (3) thirtieth birthday, for a person appointed in the Medical Service Corps; or (4) twenty-seventh birthday, for all other persons. The maximum ages prescribed in this subsection may be increased by a period equal to the years, months, and days credited under section 103 (a) other than clause (1) or (2). (b) No person may be appointed a Regular officer under this title if his age is above that which would permit him to complete twenty years of active commissioned service before he attains his fifty-fifth birthday. SEC. 103. (a) For the purpose of determining grade, position on a promotion list, seniority m his grade in the Regular Army, and eligibility for promotion, a person appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, be credited at the time of his appointment with the active commissioned service in the Army after December 6, 1941, that he performed after becoming twenty-one years of age and before his appointment, and, in addition, if applicable, not more than one of the following periods: (1) Three years, if appointed in the Veterinary Corps, a Chaplain, or the Judge Advocate General's Corps. (2) Three years, if appointed in the Medical Service Corps (for a person who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy or comparable degree recognized by the Surgeon General m a science allied to medicine). (3) A period (not to exceed eight years), for a person who is a commissioned officer on active duty on the effective date of this Act, which is equal to the number of days, months and years of his commissioned service creditable in the computation of his

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