SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. 185 sixteen, the Cavalry shall be increased by seventeen colonels, and the Infantry by four colonels, all of whom shall be additional officers nu'£§b°*{,; “d"“*°““* in that grade, and shall not bar nor retard the romotion to which ' any officer would be entitled if the a pointment of the said additional officers had never been authorized; and after July first, nineteen hundred and nineteen, no vacancies occurring among the said · additional officers shall be filled and the offices so vacated shall cease and determine: Ami provided further, That for the purpose of lessening agfégfg Ziiiiiiriegllni as much as possible me ualities of romotion due to the increase in °°*°¤°'¤ °¤**=°¤=°d· the number of officers dl the line of) the Arm under the provisions of this Act, any vacancies created or caused b this Act in commissioned grades below that of lieutenant colonelyin any arm of said line may, in the discretion of the President and under such re lations as he may rescribe in furtherance of the purpose stateduin this proviso, be §led by the promotion or transfer without promotion of • officers of other branches of the line of the Army; but no such pro- ngg?,m**¤· °°°~- motion or transfer shall be made in the case of any officer unless it ` shall have been recommended b an examining board com osed of Eve officers, senior in rank to such, officer, and of the arm to which the promotion or transfer of such officer shall have been §roposed, who, after having made a personal examination of such officer and of his official record, shall have reported him qualified for service in said arm me grade to which his promotion or transfer shall have been rop . P Sec. 26. Rnrmnumrr or- orrrcnns or Pnmrrrmn Soon·rs.———Cap- §E§£§2,S§}’°3 tains and lieutenauts of Philippine Scouts who are citizens of the ;’·g*,°g*;,gi;·::sém¤& United States shall hereafter be entitled to retirement imder the laws ` governing the retirement of enlisted men of the Regular Army, except that they shall be retired in the grade held by them at the date of retirement, shall be entitled to retirement for disability under the same conditions as officers of the Rsgular Army, and that they shall receive, P¤Y· ¤¤=- as retired pay, the amounts owed b law, as retired pay and allowances, of master signal electricians of, the United States Army, and ,, , no more: Prmnkied, That double time for service beyond the conti- noubahma not u. nental limits of the United States shall not be counted for the purposes '°'°°‘ of this section so as to reduce the actual period of service below twenty years: Prmnkledfurther, That former officers of the Philippine b,F,Z$_°m°°" "“’ Scouts who, because of disabiligsoccasioned by wounds received in . action, have resigned or been charged from the service, or who have heretofore served as such for a period of more than five years and have been retired as enlisted men, shall be placed upon the retired list as officers of Philippine Scouts and thereafter receive the retired pay and allowances provided by this section for other officers of of I hilippine Scouts: Ami provided further That any former officer of mmm um aa-mary Philippine Scouts who vacated his office in the Philippine Scouts by "“'*°°”°'s°°"“· discharge or resignation on account of disability contracted in the line of duty and who was subsequently retired as an enlisted man, except an former officer of Philippine Scouts who has been retired as an engsted man by s ecial Act of Congress, shall be transferred to the retired list created by this section and shall thereafter receive the retired pay and allowances authorized by this section, and no more. Not on Hmm W Officers of Philippine &outs retired under the provisions of this section umu use shall not form part of the linrited retired list now authorized by law. 1 mt Rm w Sec. 27. Entrsrmnnrs rw rim Rncurnn ARbfY.#·OH and after the mam years. Erst dav of November, nineteen hundred and sixteen, all enlistments Am in the Regular Army shall be for a term of seven years, the first three "` years to be in the active service with the organizations of which those In enlisted form a part and except as otherwise provided herein, the last °°°‘° °` four years in the Regular Army Reserve hereinafter provided for: Provided, That at the expiration of three years} continuous service 1”" °°‘
