580 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 417- 1916· hggyr g>,=y¤¤8i¤¤¤*· ormemzs mn rmemnmzmu DUTY ONLY. y 0 . Assyrian; mm f th N t bel the ade of lieutenant "°°u°°°°°°t;m:°u°m ms2Hi;(;;n0aipt]i1l(iciill;il’>ri: and, wighvjthiboapprrgwibl of tire Secretary of the Navy, be assigned to lpnhligieering dqty only, anid thx; whgggg mtu. · . comman er, e V1 ampilom dil(tlyu;1snlprtd.s.cir·ibr§d?l}iu section llodr of the Personnel Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and uinety-nine, and thereafter shore duty only as now prescribed for omcers transferred to the hne_from the former engineer corps, except that commanders maglbe assigned Prvvim to duty as fleet and squadron engineers: Prandcd, at when so msi? m um "' ass` ed they shall retain their place with respect to other hue officers in ih'; grades they now or may hereafter occupy, and also the right to succession to command on s ore m accordance with therrsemontyi and shall be promoted as yacancies occur subject to physical examination and to such summation m emgmeering as the Secretaiy of jnyymfygw the Navy may prescribe: Provided further, Tlgit the ¤1{¤i1h6t£§f 0 96*3. so assigned m any one year shall be m acco ance wit ments of the service as determined by the Secretaryhof the fivy. 4¢**¤¢,ng°$,§,§;’{,,,{f$,’ {rnd prmndedjurtlwr, That the Secretary of the Nav? is ere _ y au orsuamm com cmi ized to e point annually in the line o the Navy or a fpemod of ten uf" · vears folllbwing the passageof this Act, in the order o merit determined by such com titive examination as he_may prescribe, thirty Q¤¤1i¤¤=t1¤¤s.•¢¤· acting ensigns for ti: performance of engineering duties only._ Persons so appointed must have received a degree of mechanical or electrical from (gt cqlskge or uoniivéersgly gc high stagicglngbpr be dtestec`ca1ooarov retaryoeavy giisiimhavd) been found physiciisy qualified by a board of medical officers of the Navy for the performance of the duties required, and must at the time of appointment be not less than twang nor more r¤»t··¤¤¤ry¤¤r¤¤¤· than twenty-six years of age. Such appointments sh be for a probationary if t§l’l'B6 years, and may be revoked at any time ‘ th Sec o t a . · scvmrequhca ySuc(h act gns lihalljriipon the completion of the probationary ° eriod of three years, of which two years shall have been spent on board cruising vesselsand one year pursuing a course of instruction at the N aval Academ rescribed by the Secret of the Navy, be °°'"'"“*°“ °" "°" `oned in the Bgrlsido of lieutenant of thduivunior e after commissi ind mimm satisfactoril assing such examination as may be prescribed by the ¤¤¤*¤•¤¤¤·•°°- Secretary oi {lie Navy, and having been recommended for 9`promotion by the examining board and found physically qualifi by a — board of medical officers of the Navy. _ _ _ num nsmcm. Such officers shall thereafter be required to perform engineering dugles only, ang shall be fokdvgiicement to ge higher grades in emanner erem pro or eo cers assign toenginceriug dut onl . M v•v** ¤*·¤¤¤*¤¤ Iibreazter no officer or enlisted man in the N or Marine Co msccsiiaéil mmm] in active service who shall be absent from duty oiiviilccount of sicknx or disease rasultintg from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors, or 0 er misconduct, shall receive pay for the riod of such absence, the time so absent and the cause thereof to K2 ascertained under such procedure andnrliulations as may be prescribed §;,'§$,,,,, {,8,,,,,, by the Secretary of the Navy: P1- d, That an enlistment shall not gj¤;•$¢a_ egg Mr be retgpgded as complpte 111:11:.11 tpe enlisted man slgall hgve mad; good any emexcesso one a ostona t ' resulting from his own intemgerate use gtfodlxnngg oiliilweliglgrhdiieoasse bs I or other misconduct. ,,,§‘,}'l.‘§,‘§,,,,,‘,‘,Q_""°·" _The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to grant furlough without ripy to enlisted men for a riod cove the unexpired por- €,,'§,,T‘f,;,,,,_ tion of their enlistment: Providezije That suchnfirlough be granted under the same conditions and in lieu of discharge by purchase or by
