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offenses committed prior to such

ofIenses committed prior to such
date.
(c) There is hereby authorized
to be appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act.
Section Ia. The monthly base pay
of enlisted men of the Army and
Marine Corps shall be as follows:
Enlisted men of the first grade.
$126; enlisted men of the second
grade, s84; enlisted men of the
third grade, s72; enlisted men of
the fourth grade, $50; enlisted
men of the fifth grade, S54; en-
listed men of the sixth grade. $50;
enlisted men Of the seventh grade,
$50; except that the monthly base
pay of enlisted men with less
than four months service during
their first enlistment period and
of enlisted men of the seventh
grade whose inefflciency or other
unfitness has been determined
under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary of War, shall be 81.
The pay enlistment period and Of
enlisted men of the seventh grade
whose inefficiency or other I'M
fitness has been determined under
regulations prescribed by the Sec
rotary Of War and Secretary of
the Navy. respectively, shall be
SCI. The pay for specialists rat
ings, which shall be in addition to
monthly base pay, shall be as fol-
lows: First class, $50; second
class, $25; third class, $40; fourth
class, SIS; fifth class, Sc; sixth
class, So. Enlisted men of the
Army and the Marine Corps shall
receive, as a permanent addition
to their pay, an increase of 10
per centum of their base pay and
pay for specialists ratings upon
completion of the first four years
of service, and an additional in
crease Of 5 per centum of such
base pay and pay for specialists
ratings for each four years of
service thereafter, but the total
Of such increases shall not exceed
rs per centum.
Specialist Rating Pay
Computed in Retirement.
(b) The pay for specialists rat
ings received by an enlisted man
of the Army or the Marine Corps
at the time of his retirement shall
be included in the computation of
of his retired pay.
(c) The pay of enlisted men
of the sixth grade Of the National
Guard for each armory drill
period, and for each day of
participation in exercises under
sections "a, 81 and 30 of the
National Defense Act, shall be
s120.
ODD No back pay or allow arces
shall accrued by reason of this
act for any period prior to the
udIc VI ITO ClldAlAliClll
(e) Nothing in this acr shall
operate to reduce the pay now
being received by any retired
enlisted man.
% The provisions of this sec
ton shall be effective during the
period September /, 1910. to May
IS. 1945. During such period all
laws and parts of laws insofar
as the same are inconsistent
herewith or in conflict with the
provisions hereof are hereby sus-
pended.
Section (a) The benefits of the
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief
Act, approved March 8, 1918, are
hereby extended to all persons
indicted into the land or naval
81 forces under this act, and, except
as hereinafter provided, the pro-
visions of such act of March 8,
1918, shall be effective Tor such
purposes.
(b) For the purposes Of this
section
ID The following provision of
such act of March 8, 1918, shall
be imperative: Section 100, para
graphs ID, CD and 90 of section
1o1: article 4, article 5. para
graph CO. of section COL, and
section 603;
% The term person in mill
tary service" when used in such
act, shall be deemed to mean
persons indicted into the land or
naval forces under this act:
90 The term period of mill
tary service" when used IN such
act, when applicable with re-
spect to any person, shall be
deemed to mean the period be-
ginning with the date on which
such person is indicted into
such land or naval forces under
this act for any period of train
ing and service and ending so
days after the date on which
such period of training and serv-
ice terminates.
Section. This act may be cited
as the "Selective Training and
Service Act of 1870"