Evening journal., 1913-04-16
Continued on Page Six.


TO like organizations Of the Regular
Army:
Provided further. That the organi-
zaiion of the coast defenses, OF ma.
chine-gun detachments. establish
ments of the Medical Department, re-
mount depots. military trains, secret
service agencies. military prisons
lines of communications, including
their supply depots, and OF other ad-
iuncts that may be necessary In the
prosecution of war. and the organi-
zation of which is not otherwise pro-
.ided for by law, shall be as the
President may from time to time di-
rect
Section 5. That the President is
authorized. by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to appoint
all officers required by this act
the number and grade of such oiilcers
not TO exceed the number and grade
OF like officers provided for Ike
force Of the Regular Army
Provided. That all appointments
below the grade Of brigadier general
in the line of the volunteer forces
shall be by commission in an arm
OF the service and not by commission
AUl IutiiANANA ~ rAhANH'f Nf'N
ficers in each arm OF the service shall
be assigned to regiments. and trans
fcrred from one regiment to another,
as the interests OF the service may
require, by orders from the Secretary
pf War:
Provided further, That no officer
above the grade of colonel shall be
appointed under the provisions OF
this act.
Section g. That to provide the stan
officers that will be necessary in tho
various staff corps and departments
in time of war or while war Is im-
Eminent. and that arc not otherwise
provided for in this act the Presi-
dent Is authorized to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent Of the
Senate. such number of volunteer
staf officers of the proper grades for
such corps and departments as he
may fnd necessary:
Provided, That the total number OF
euch officers so appointed, including
Hii such officers Of the National Guard
rallied into the service of the United
states shall not exceed the ratio OF
one officer to two hundred enlisted
men for all National Guard and vol
iunteer forces called into the service
,of the United States:
Provided further. That the number
of officers appointed in each grade In
such staff corps and departments
shall not exceed in each stan corps
or department the proportionata
strength OF the corresponding grade
as established by law for like stan
corps and departments OF the Regular
Army:
Provided further, That the Presi-
dent may appoint by and with the
advice and consent OF the Senate
volunteer chaplains at tho rate Of
ono for each regiment of volunteer
Infantry, Cavalry and Field Artillery,
and one for every twelve companies
of volunteer Coast Artillery raised
with rank corresponding to that es-
tablished by law for chaplains in the
Regular Amy.
Section Z. That In appointing the
volunteer officers authorized by this
act the President may select them
from the Regular Army, from those
duly qualified and registered pur-
suant to section twcnty-three of the
act of Congress approved January
tVonty-hrst, nineteen hundred and
three. from the National Guard Of the
District of Columbia. and. upon the
recommendation of the various goyet-
nors from the National Guard OF the
several states and territories in pro-
portion. as far as practicable, to their
respective populations. andas near as
may be from the localities from
which the troops were reported, and
from the country at large.
Provided, That In appointments
Srom the country at large preference
shall be given those who have had
honorable service In the Regular
Army. the National Guard. or the
volunteer forces, or who have been
graduated from educational institu-
tions In which military instruction is
compulsory:
Provided further. That az the same
time not 10 exceed one Regular Army
officer shall hold a volunteer COM
mission in any one battalion of vol
unteer engineers or signal troops, or
in any open battalion of volunteer Field
Artillery and not 10 exceed four
Regular Army officers shall hold
commissions in any one regiment of
volunteer Cavalry. Field Artillery, OF
Infantry, or in any twelve companies
OF Coast Artillery. including their
field and staff, at the same time:
And provided further. That Regular
Army officers appointed as officers OF
Volunteers under this act shall not
thereby vacate their Regular Army
commissions or be prejudiced in theii
relative OF lineal standing therein.
Section s. That the temporary vac.
ancics created in any grade not above
that Of colonel among the commits.
corps, or department of the Regular
Army, through appointments of ofh
GERS thereof to higher volunteer rank
shall be filled by temporary promo
tion according TO seniority in ranl
from officers holding commissions II
the next lower grade IN said arm
stan corps. or department: and Al
temporary vacancies created In an.
grade by temporary promotions shal
IN like manner be filed from. ant
thus create temporary vacancies IN
the next lower grade; and tho vac
ancies that remain thereafter in sal
arm, stan corps or department tha
can not be filled by temporary pro
motions, as prescribed in this sectioi
may be filled h. the temporary ap
pointment of officers of such numbe
and grade or grades as shall main
tain said arm. corps. or department
at the full commissioned strength au
thorized by law:
Provided. That in the staff corp
and departments subject 10 the pro
visions of section twenty-six anl
fWonty-seVen of the act of Congress