The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-12-30
The Dick Military Bill

which an officer OF the army or navy
has been detailed as superintendent or
professor pursuant to law after having
creditably pursued the course of mill
tary instruction therein provided. Such
examinations shall be under rules and
regulations prescribed by the secretary
of war and shall be especially directed
to ascertain the practical capacity of
the applicant. The record of previous
service of the applicant shall be con-
sidered as part of the examination.
Upon the conclusion of each eXamina-
ton the board Shall certify to the war
department, its judgment as to the fit
ness of the applicant, stating the Office.
if any, which it deems him qualified to
fill, and, upon approval by the preSi-
dent. the names of the persons certified
tc be qualified shall be inscribed in a
register to be kept in the war depart
ment for that purpose. The persons SO
certified and registered shall. subject
to a physical examination at the time,
constitute an eligible class for COM
missions pursuant to such certificates
III any volunteer force hereafter called
for and organized under the authority
of congress, other than a force COM
posed of organized militia, and the
president may authorize persons from
| this class to attend and pursue req
| lar course Of study, at any military
school or college of the United States
other than the military academy at
West Point. and to receive from the
annual appropriation for the support
| CT the army the same allowances and
communications as provided in this act
| for officers of the organized militia:
| Provided, That no person shall be en-
! titled to receive commission as n
second lieutenant after he shall have
passed the age of thirty-five, as captain
| after he shall have passed the age OF
| forty, as maiC. after ne shall have
passed the age of forty-five, as lieu
, tenant colonel after he shall have
passed the age of fifty, OF as colonel
after he shall have passed the age of
! fifty-five; and provided further, That
such appointments shall be distributed
proportionately, as near as may be,
among the various states contributing
such volunteer force; and provided
| further, That such appointments shall
be distributed proportionately as Near
as may be, among the various states
contributing such volunteer force; and
provided, that the appointments in this
section provided for shall not he
deemed to include appointments to any
Office in any company. troop, battery.
battalion. or regiment of the organ
| lied militia which volunteers as q body
or the officers sf which are appointed
by the governor of state or territory.
Sec. q. That all the volunteer forces
| of the United States called for by
authority of congress shall, except as
| hereinbefore provided, be organized in
the manner provided by the act on
titled. IAN act to provide for Temporal
lily increasing the military establish
mcnt OF the United States in time OF
war, and for other purposes" approved
April %. 1881
Sec. %. That sections sixteen hun
cred and twenty-five to sixteen hun
drcd and sixty, both included, of title
sixteen of the Revised Statutes and
section two hundred and thirty-two
thereof. relating to the militia, are
hereby repealed.
Sec. &c. That this act shall take effect
upon the date of it's approval.