SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SHS. I. VCh. 417. 1916. 577 or next after whom they take recedence under existin law: Pro- *"°”‘-*°·*- vided, That all assistant surpgeogis shall from date of tliir original mmm mg°°°s' appomtment _ take rank an precedence with lieutenants Gunior grade): Promded f urther, That to determine the authorized number msgmmjgfmml mwof officers in the various grades. and ranks of the line and of the staif ' corps as herein provided, com utations shall be made by .the Secretary of the Navy semiannually, as of July first and January first of _ eac year, and the resulting numbers in the various ades and ranks, ‘“""'“°" as so comtputed, shall be held and considered for al? p oses as the authorize number of officers in such various grades aiiid ranks and shall not be varied between such dates. The_ total number of commissioned officers of the active list of the Gmdw <¤=*¤b¤¢·<i following mentioned staff corps at any one time, exclusive of com- ` missioned warrant officers, shall be distributed in the various grades of the respective cmg: as follows: _ Mrmrcar. Cours: e-half medical directors with the rank of rear M•¤i<¤1 <>¤rr¤- admrral to four medical directors with the rank of captain, to eight medical inspectors with rank of commander, to eight -seven and one- -_ half the grades below medical inspector: Provided, That hereafter f,°;',§}°;,,,,,,,,,;,,,_ appomtees to the grade of assistant surgeon shall between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-two at the time of a pointment. . ._ Par Cours: One-halfdpzg directors with the,ra& of rear admiral P°"°°"’“‘ to four pay directors wi ; e rankof captain, to eight pay inspectors with the rank of commander, to eighty-seven and one-half in the grades below pay inspector. ‘ M Corrsrnncrrox Cours: Onehalf naval constructors with the rank °¤·¤¤·**¤¤¤<·¤·v¤- of rear admiral to eight and one·half naval constructors with the rank of captain, to fourteen naval constructors with the rank of commander, to seventy·-seven naval constructors and assistant naval constructors with rank below commander: Provided, That vacancies §@l‘,,,,,,,,,,_ in the Construction Cogips shall be filled in the manner now prescribed by law, at such annu rate as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Provided further, That hereafter ensigns of not less than one T""""°”°'°‘“*‘“" y:e)ar·’s service as such shall be eligible for transfer to the Construction rps. Cours or Crvrr. Ermmrzmrsz One-half civil engineers with the rank °"’“ E¤¤'¤°°’°°'P°· of rear admiral to five and one-half civil engineers with the rank of captain, to fourteen civil engineers with the rank of commander, to eighty civil engineers and assistant civil engineers with the rank b ow comman er. P N Hereafter no further appointments shall be made to the Corps of mut¤aw¤». Professors of Mathematics, and that corps shall cease to exist mn R·“··°°"~“°°·P·"’· the death, resignation, or dismissal of the officers now carried in t corxion the active and retired lists of the Navy. en there is an odd number of officers in the dgrade or rank of rear ,m*;‘Z,‘§§’_°" "" °“ admiral in the line or in each corps, the lower `yrsion thereof shall include the excess in number, except where there rs but one ~ Whenever a final fraction occurs in computing the authorized num- ’”°“""’“ '“”"""- ber of any corps, grade or rank in the naval service, the nearwt whole number shall e regarded as the authorized number: Provided, That §?,,",{,°,;m_ ‘ at least one officer shall be allowed in each grade or rank. Ammon, ummm For the (prupose of determining the authorized number of officers ucludtdhm .,,;;,0,. in any gra e or rank of the line or of the staff corps, there shall be md “"°°¥“’· excluded from consideration those officers earned by law as addrtional numbers, including staff officers heretofore permanently com- . missioned with the rank of rear admiral, and nothing contained herein shall be hpldfgo reduce below that heretofotrga auzléorized by law the numbero officersinan gradcor in est corps. Hereafter pa and adowances of officers in the upper half of the §,°;" grade or rank ofrrear admiral, including the staff corps and mclud.r§ staff officers heretofore permanently commissioned with the rank 91890°-von 39·-—rr 1-—·-37
