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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. 169 would involve impairment of the responsibility or initiative of such bureaus or offices, or would cause injurious or unnecessary duplication of or delay in the work thereof: Provided further, That all a and m§,§S°§'°§“0§•Yp*:§ gg; allowances shall be forfeited by any superior for any period) diiriug ’ which, by his order or his permission, or by reason of his ne lect, any subordinate shall violate anlfy of the for oing provisions 0% this Pmmotms 0, dg section: Promided further, That any officeredeta ed in the General ¤¤1¤<1¤¤i¤¤r¤· Staf Corps, or as an officer of any staff corps or department of the Army, shall be promoted to the next h` her grade while so he G t . may be permitted to serve out the pleriold of his detail, and the number ¤¤a§$`a(l°’ ° °°’ m` of officers in the organization in w ich he shall be serving and in the grade to which he shall have been romoted shall be increased by one for such time as he shall be an additional number in said organization and grade; but the whole number of officers detailed to said Limitorganization shall at no time exceed the aggregate of the numbers allowed to the several grades thereof b law other than this proviso. _ Sec. 6. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL,S llnranimnur.-—The Adjutant D,’§§l‘§f,?§,§t_G°“°”"’ General’s Department shall consist of The Adjutant General with the C°¤S¤i¤¤¤¤¤ ¤f- rank of brigadier general; seven ad`utants-general with the rank of colonel; thirteen ad'utants-general with the rank of lieutenant colonel; and thirty adjutants-general with the rank of ma`or. . Sec. 7. Trm Iivsrncron G1¤zNr:nAL’siDnmn·mmNr.—The]Inspector I‘“”°§§§,§,_G°“°”"’ General’s Department shall consist of one Inspector General with the %¤¢¤¢i¤¤ efrank of brigadier general; four inspectors-general with the rank of colonel; eight inspectorsegeneral with the rank of lieutenant colonel; and sixteen inspectors-general with the rank of major. mags Advocate Sec. 8. Tum Junsn Anvocarn GENERAL’S DEPAR’1'![ENT.—Th6 Ggvnjig 1g@¤¤¤¤¤- Judge Advocate General’s Department shall consist of one Judge °°S W °°°' Advocate General with the rank of brigadier general; four `udgo advocates with the rank of colonel; seven judge advocates with the rank of lieutenant colonel; and twenty judge advocates with the . rank of major: Provided, That acting judge advocates may be i,Zi$l;°°`juagt aa. detailed under the provisions of existing law for separate brigades "°$§§,s dum em and for se arate general court-martial jurisdictions, and when not ' immediately required for service with a geographical department, tactical division, separate brigade, or other separate general courtmartial jurisdiction, acting judge advocates may be assigned to such other leg? duty as the exigencics of the service may require: Provided in { further, at, of the vacancies created in the Judge Advocate General’s m§`¤l°El°v;m:l`° ° °°° Department by this Act, one such vacancy not below the grade of major, shall be filled by the appointment of a person from civil life not less than forty-five nor more than fifty years of age, who shall have been for ten years a judge of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, shall have served for two years as a . captain in the Regular or Volunteer Army, and shall be proficient mmm umm, to in the Spanish language and laws: Provided further, That so much of scgixgfiudmwvwm. the Act of Congress a proved August twenty-fourth, nineteen 37* p' m' hundred and twelve, as relates to the etachment or detail of officers for dut in the Judge Advocate General’s Department shall hereafter be hel; to apply only to the acting judge advocates authorized by p.m.,hm,,,ts to law; and hereafter no officer shall e or remain detached from any S*“‘*Y *“" ‘°""°°“L command or assigned to any dut or station with intent to enable EX,,mi,,,e,,m {0, or aid him to ursue the study of law: And promkled further, That no P'°“‘°“°”S· officer of the Fudge Advocate General’s Department below the rank of colonel shall be promoted therein until he shall have successfully passed a written examination before a board consisting of not less than two officers of the Judge Advocate General’s_Department, to be desigpated by the Secretary of War, such examination to be prescribed by the Secretary of War and to be held at such time anterior to the accruing of the right to promotion as may be for the best interests of