srx·rY-FoUR·rH conennss. sms. 1. os. 134. 1916. 181 lieutenant and below the ade of colonel shall, except as hereinafter provided to the contrary, éz filled by promotion according to seniority in the several grades and within the re iment, sub'ect to the examination prescribed by section three of tire Act of (longress approved V°*· ’°·P·°°2· October first, eighteen hundred and ninet , and said section is ereby extended so as to ap ly in the cases of all officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel, who shall hereafter be examined for promotion in the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, except that t 0 President may prescribe such a system of examination for the promotion of officers of said regiment as he may deem advisable. ,,0,,,,,6, The colonel 0 said regiment shall be detailed gy the President, 1>¤m11¤'1mm manfrom among omcers of Infant of the Army not b ow the grade of °”°m‘° A"“" lieutenant colonel, for a perioldyof four years unless sooner relieved. _ Vacancies created by this Act in the {grades of lieutenant colonel and R°‘im°“tv°°°“°’”‘ major in said regiment shall be ii ed by appointments from the semor captains in regmental rank of the orto Rico r?iment men- Va 38 wm tioned in the Act of arch fourth, nineteen hundred an fifteen; and ’p` ‘ captains and lieutenants of said regiment shall also be eligkble for such detached service, transfer, or assignment to duty wi other organizations as may be approved by the Secretary of War; but gacancies created by such etachment of officers shall not be filled romotions or a intments. Emmm yAll men hereafterplefihsting in said regiment shall be natives of tives iu. t M m` Porto Rico. All enlistments in the ent shall hereafter be the same as is provided herein for the Army, and the r§iment or any lpart thereof, may be ordered for service outside the and of Porto ico. The pay and allowances of members of said regiment slilpall bedthe_sa?1e al? provided by law for officers and enlisted men of e gra es m e ar y. Vacancies createdcgyl this_ Act or occurrirggl hereafter in the grade of second lieutenant m said regiment sh be filled during any $5£,°d°°°°°°°°‘°' calendar year by the appointment l}y the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, o any native of Porto Rico graduated from the United States Military Academy, and after such appointment shall have been made or provided for, by like appointment of native citiiens of Porto Rico between twenty-one and twenty-seven ears o e. Pralzrakied, '1`llat offic<;·gs of the Porto Rico Regment of Infantry, €fii'ii$°b1 emma in United States Army, who held commissions in e Porto Rico Pro- P‘${,,‘f‘*,{'§“,§_*?,,;.§f“""~ visional Regiment of Infantry on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ' and eight, s all now and hereafter take rank in their grades in the same relative order held by them in said Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry on Jime thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, subject to any loss m rank due to failure to pass examinations for promotion or to sentence of court·mart·i¤-I- msu, Acadgny Sec. 22. All existing laws pertaining to or affecting the United mi; M States Military Academy and civilian or military (personnel on duty ¤aae`<i°a¤¤°i.a¤¤,¤i?é'i¤¤.- thereat in any capacity whatever, the officers an enlisted men on “““°"· the retired list, the detached and additional officers under the v,,,_,,6 p_ ,m_ Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, ' recruiting parties, recruit depots and unassigned recruits, service school detachments, United States disciplinary barracks guards, disciplinary organizations, the Philippine Scouts, and Indian scouts shall coptinue and remain in force except as herein specifically provided ot erwise. ,6,, Sec. 23. Omemsr. sm·om·runm·s ·1·0 nn PB.OVISIONAL.··T·H6IG8.Il»8P Afign; I M3: all appointments of persons other than graduates of the United States thagiusdsts at be pm Military Academy to the grade of second lieutenant in the Regular "“"""“°* "'° ’°‘”· Arm shall be provisional for a period of two years, at the close of I,,,,,,,,,,,,_,,,,,,¤ which period such appointments shall be made permanent if the ¢¤•¢¤i¤·¤- appointees shall have demonstrated, under such regulations as the
