An Act to provide that the enlistment contracts or periods of obligated service of members of the Armed Forces shall not terminate by reason of appointment as cadets or midshipmen at the Military, Naval, Air Force, or Coast Guard Academies, or as midshipmen in the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes
PL 84-614 (H.R.2016), enacted 06/25/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 614-JUNE 25, 1956 
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Public Law 614 
CHAPTER 439 
AN ACT 
June 25, 1956 
To provide that the enlistment contracts or periods of obligated service of uiem- —L-l—! 
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bers of the Armetl Forces shall not terminate by reason of appointment as 
cadets or midshipmen at the Military, Naval, Air Force, or Coast Guard 
Academies, or as midshipmen in the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assemoled, That the enlistment 
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contract or period of obligated service of a Regular, Reserve, or in- poi«t«pent from en-
ducted member of any of the Armed Forces, who hereafter accept an 
appointment as a cadet at the United States Military Academy or the 
Tjnited States Air Force Academy, or an appointment as a midship-
man at t\\e United States Naval Academy or an appointment as a mid-
shipman in the Naval Reserve or an appointment as a cadet at the 
United States C«iast Guard Academy, shall not be terminated by 
reason of acceptance of such appointment, during the continuation of 
the cadet or midshipman status of such member. A member so ap-
l^ointed from enlisted status shall be entitled only to the pay and 
allowances, compensation, pensions or benefits provided by law for a 
cadet at the United States Military Academy or the United States Air 
Force Academy, a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, 
a cadet of the United States Coast Guard Academy, or the compensa-
tion and emoluments accruing to such reserve midshipman by virtue 
of his status in the Naval Reserve. 
SEC. 2. A person Avho hereafter accepts an appointment as a. cadet li^m^t^tStus.*"' 
at the United States Military Academy or the United States Air Force 
Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, 
or as a midshipman in the Naval Reserve or as a cadet at the United 
States Coast Guard Academy, while having a period of obligated 
service as an enlisted member of any of the Armed Forces or while 
serving under an enlistment contract, and who thereafter is separated 
from the United States Military Academy, from the United States 
Air Force Academy, or from the United States Naval Academy or 
from a reserve midshipman training progi'am, or from the United 
States Coast Guard Academy, for reasons other than the acceptance of 
a commission in the regular or reserve components of one of the Armed 
Forces, or for pliysical disability, shall have his appointment as a 
cadet or midshipman terminated, and his enlisted status shall there-
upon be resumed. A person so reverted to his former enlisted status 
shall be continued in such enlisted status for the remainder of his 
obligated service or until sooner promoted or discharged. In com-
puting the unexpired portion of an enlistment contract or period of 
obligated service, for purposes of this Act, time served as a cadet 
or midshipman shall be counted as time served under such contract 
or period of obligated service. 
SEC. 3. A person whose enlistment contract or period of obligated 
service is conthiued pursuant to this Act, shall not, Avhile a cadet or 
midshii^man, be a charge against the allowed number of personnel in 
the armed force in which lie was enlisted or inducted. 
SEC. 4. The period of time served under an enlistment contract or 
Re»triction. 
period of obligated service while also serving as a cadet or midship-
man under an appointment made after the date of enactment of this 
Act shall not be counted in computing for any purpose the length of 
service of any officer of an armed force. 
Approved June 25, 1956.