SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. » 171 further, That all work ertaining to construction and regiair that has p,,‘§,°{’,Su*$f*°" ““" “* heretofore been done gy or under the direction of officers of the Quartermaster Corps shall, except as otherwise now provided by lagiivs or iiegulgtions, hereafter be done by or under the d1rection of o cers o said co s. . Sec. 10. THE moron:. DEPARTMENT.—-Tllé Medical Department ]éZg§°€?%¤]Z§,p,%l"°°t' shall consist of one Surgeon General, with the rank of ma]or general during the active service of the present incumbent of that office_, and thereafter with the of brigadier general, who shall b6_Cll16f of md departmegiiltauai lifedilciiél gorps, eb Me ipa;] ReservqICtoBrps withén the it 0 time y t ct, a enta orps, a e rmary orps, an enlisted force, the Nurse Corps and contract surgeons as_now authorized by law, the commissioned officers of which shall be citizens of the United States. _ _ _ Mmm, Corps The Medical Corps shall consist of commissioned officers below the omm. ' sdxdzrsdsrexamsPa;*.;;>.¤¥;z.d;*;i£x;;2a:;:¤s€*w as ~· me total numb of such officers hall a proximately be equal to, but not exceed, excilpt as hereinaftersprovidied, seven for every one thousand of the total enlisted strength of the Regiplar Army authorized from time to time b law: Provided, That if y reason of a reduction by ongnisi epptma lawn in the6autilio&ized enltihsteild "of the Army the {,2 _§,‘2§,;°,{ to num ro officersin e · rpscommissio previousy - to such reduction shall for the time being exceed the equivalent of seven to one thousand of such reduced enlisted streiiilgth no original a pointment to commissioned rank in said corps sha be made until tds total number of commissioned officers thereof shall have been reduced below the equivalent of seven to the thousand of the said reduced enlisted strength, nor thereafter so as to make the total I number of commissioned officers thereof in excess of the equivalent Promotions mw of seven to Sm tihousapid of) said ilgeduceg enlisted strength; émd no captains ummm. omotion ma a ove the a e o captain in said corps iihtil the number (bf ofhgers in the ggside above that of captain to which the promotion is due shall have been reduced below the proportional number authorized for such grade on the basis of the reduced enlisted strength, nor thereafter so as to make the number of officers in such grade in excess of the proportional number authorized Discharge of mma ori the basis of paid reiluclecd enlistinxcl strerigtfli Provgdedjurther, 'ghlat mademmmwrwsr. w enin time o war the e ar mysia ave een increase y virtue ofdthe provision; of tgig or any gther Act,btihedme;i1ical gflgcers atilppomte to meet suc increase s a e onora y isc arge rom ' fth U `ted Stt h th red tion of the enlisted 0 stsedgthibf the Aihnyflishall lZ·8»?I§i)·gC($§1.PT(?Qfid€d\?;`:U7’th8T, That persons ¤%§»1i%i»°;¤ki:im¤i¤$i lapretaédteg conngissioned the Meglical Corps shalldbtql of th; ' tat tw n t o twenty-two an y years an shisill be protiiiotid Bt; theiigargdii cg captaig upon the comt£letion of fi ’ ', th dial 0 an uponpassing eexannndtairirrileillgrdsdhrgliisdlrby the Trgsidenpfbr romotion to the grade of RIMM mk dt captain in the Medical Corps: Provided further, That relative rank cemsma among captains in the Medical Corps, who have or shall have attained that rank b o ration of law after a eriod of service fixed thereby, Y PB . tg) . shall be determined by counting all e service renderedgbly them as officers in said corps and as assistant surgeons m the Re ar Armyi subject, however, to loss of files by reason of sentence of court-martia mms auuwad to or by reason of failure to pass examination for pxrornotionz Provided Red cm. furlfzer, That hereafter the President shall be authorized to detail not to exceed five officers of the Medical Department of the Army for gpty with the military relief division of e American National Red oss.
