with commutation of subsistence at such rate, not exceeding the cost of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army, as may be fixed by the Secretary of War during the remainder of his service in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.-Sec. 50, ibid. 765. Credit to be given for military training. In the interpretation and execution of section fifty of the act of Congress approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, credit shall be given as for service in the senior division of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps to any member of that division for any period or periods of time during which such member has received or shall have received at an educational institution under the direction of an officer of the Army, detailed as professor of military science and tactics, a course of military training substantially equivalent to that prescribed by regulations under this section for the corresponding period or periods of training of the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps.-Joint Res. No. 169, Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat., 853). 766. Appointment of prior graduates of institutions giving military training to Officers' Reserve Corps and as temporary second lieutenants: age limit, citizenship, etc.-Any physically fit male citizen of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years, who shall have graduated prior to the date of this act from any educational institution at which an officer of the Army was detailed as professor of military science and tactics, and who, while a student at such institution, completed courses of military training under the direction of such professor of military science and tactics substantially equivalent to those prescribed pursuant to this act for the senior division, shall, after satisfactorily completing such additional practical military training as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, be eligible for appointment to the Officers' Reserve Corps and as a temporary additional second lieutenant in accordance with the terms of this act.-Sec. 51, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 193). 767. Appointment of reserve officers as temporary second lieutenants of Regular Army in time of peace for purpose of instruction to be made by President.The President alone is hereby authorized to appoint and commission as a temporary second lieutenant of the Regular Army in time of peace for purposes of instruction, for a period not exceeding six months, with the allowances now provided by law for that grade, but with pay at the rate of $100 per month, any reserve officer appointed pursuant to sections forty-nine and fifty-one of this act and to attach him to a unit of the Regular Army for duty and training during the period covered by his appointment as such temporary second lieutenant, and upon the expiration of such service with the Regular Army such officer shall revert to his status as a reserve officer.-Sec. 52, ibid, 194. 768. Reserve officers and temporary second lieutenants not entitled to retirement or retired pay; pensionable status. No reserve officer or temporary second lieutenant appointed pursuant to this act shall be entitled to retirement or to retired pay and shall be eligible for pension only for disability incurred in line of duty in active service or while serving with the Regular Army pursuant to the provisions of this act.-Sec. 53, Ibid. 769. In time of war reserve officers may be assigned to active duty in any grades not below second lieutenant, and are subject to rules and articles of war.-In time of war the President may order reserve officers appointed under the provisions of this act to active duty with any of the military forces of the United States in any grades not below that of second lieutenant, and while on such active duty they shall be subject to the Rules and Articles of War.— Ibid. 770. Adjutant General to keep revised list of civilians who have received military training at educational institutions qualifying them for appointment as commissioned officers.—The Adjutant General of the Army shall, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War, obtain, compile, and keep continually up to date all obtainable information as to the names, ages, addresses, occupations, and qualifications for appointment as commissioned officers of the Army, in time of war or other emergency, of men of suitable ages who, by reason of having received military training in civilian educational institutions or elsewhere, may be regarded as qualified and available for appointment as such commissioned officers.—Ibid. CITIZENS' TRAINING CAMPS. 771. Camps of instruction for training of civilians; equipment, transportation, subsistents, sales, etc.-The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain, upon military reservations or elsewhere, camps for the military instruction and training of such citizens as may be selected for such instruction and training, upon their application and under such terms of enlistment and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War; to use, for the purpose of maintaining said camps and imparting military instruction and training thereat, such arms, ammunition, accouterments, equipments, tentage, field equipage, and transportation belonging to the United States as he may deem necessary; to furnish, at the expense of the United States, uniforms, subsistence, and medical supplies to persons receiving instruction at said camp during the period of their attendance thereat, to authorize such expenditures, from proper Army appropriations, as he may deem necessary for water, fuel, light, temporary structures, not including quarters for officers nor barracks for men, screening, and damages resulting from field exercises, and other expenses incidental to the maintenance of said camps, and the theoretical winter instruction in connection therewith; and to sell to persons receiving instruction at said camps, for cash and at cost price plus ten per centum, quartermaster and ordnance property, the amount of such property sold to any one person to be limited to that which is required for his proper equipment.-Sec. 54, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 194). 772. Proceeds of sales; how long available.-All moneys arising from such sales shall remain available throughout the fiscal year following that in which the sales are made, for the purpose of that appropriation from which the property sold was authorized to be supplied at the time of the sale.—Ibid. 773. Course of instruction to be prescribed by Secretary of War, and detail of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army for duty in connection therewith. The Secretary of War is authorized further to prescribe the courses of theoretical and practical instruction to be pursued by persons attending the camps authorized by this section; to fix the periods during which such camps shall be maintained; to prescribe rules and regulations for the government thereof; and to employ thereat officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army in such numbers and upon such duties as he may designate.—Ibid. 774. Travel allowance.-That so much of section fifty-four of the act of June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," as relates to the transportation of citizens who, conformably to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, attend training camps be, and the same is hereby amended so as to provide that said citizens shall be paid as traveling allowances three and one-half cents per mile for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to proceed to the camp and for the return travel thereto: Provided further, That the payment of travel pay for the return journey may be made in advance of the actual performance of travel.-Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 70). 775. Pay of candidates, Officers' Reserve Corps, during training.-That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized out of this appropriation to pay to persons designated by him for training as officers in the Army during the period of their training the sum of not to exceed $100 per month in addition to the allowances authorized by said section fifty-four: Provided, That they shall agree to accept appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps in such grade as may be tendered by the Secretary of War.-Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 70). 776. Appropriation for maintenance of camps on miilitary reservations, etc., for training civilians.-To provide for the expense of maintaining, upon military reservations or elsewhere, camps for the military instruction and training of such citizens as may be selected for such instruction and training, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, and to furnish to said citizens the subsistence, transportation, and uniforms authorized by the act of Congress approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, * * Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 648). RIFLE RANGES FOR CIVILIAN INSTRUCTION. * 777. Secretary of War to submit estimates.-The Secretary of War shall annually submit to Congress recommendations and estimates for the establishment and maintenance of indoor and outdoor rifle ranges, under such a comprehensive plan as will ultimately result in providing adequate facilities for rifle practice in all sections of the country.-Sec. 113, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 211). 778. Who may participate.-All ranges so established and all ranges which may have already been constructed, in whole or in part, with funds provided by Congress shall be open for use by those in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States and by all able-bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the controlling authorities and approved by the Secretary of War.-Ibid. 779. Same. That all home guards, State troops, and militia receiving arms and equipments as herein provided shall have the use, in the discretion of the Secretary of War and under such regulations as he may prescribe, of rifle ranges owned or controlled by the United States of America.-Act of June 14, 1917 (40 Stat., 181). 780. Instructors, arms, etc., to be furnished.—That the President may detail capable officers and noncommissioned officers of the Regular Army and National Guard to duty at such ranges as instructors for the purpose of training the citizenry in the use of the military arm. Where rifle ranges shall have been so established and instructors assigned to duty thereat, the Secretary of War shall be authorized to provide for the issue of a reasonable number of standard military rifles and such quantities of ammunition as may be available for use in conducting such rifle practice.-Sec. 113, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 211). 781. Establishment and maintenance of, appropriation for. To establish and maintain indoor and outdoor rifle ranges for the use of all able-bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War; to provide standard military arms and ammunition, indoor gallery rifles and ammunition; for the employment of labor in connection with the establishment of outdoor and indoor rifle ranges, including labor in operating targets; for the employment of instructors; for clerical services; for prizes, trophies, badges, and other insignia; for the transportation of employees, instructors, and civilians to engage in practice; for the purchase of materials, supplies, and services, and for expenses incidental to instruction of citizens of the United States in marksmanship, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and to remain available until expended.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 648). See also annual appropriation acts. 182. Director of civilian marksmanship.—The President be, and he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to appoint, as director of civilian marksmanship, under the direction of the Secretary of War, an officer of the Army or of the Marine Corps.—Ibid. NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH. * 783. Annual appropriation for. The sum of is authorized to be expended for supplying meals or furnishing commutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Army and the Organized Militia who may be competitors in the national rifle match.—Annual appropriation acts. 784. Amount allowed for meals or commutation of rations to competitors.— No competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of one dollar and fifty cents per day, and when meals are furnished no greater expense than that sum per man per day for the period the contest is in progress shall be incurred.-Annual appropriation acts. 785. Payment of transportation of teams authorized to participate in.—For the payment of transportation of teams authorized by the Secretary of War to participate in the national matches, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That this amount shall be proportioned among the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, according to the distance from the seat of government to the place where the national matches are to be held: And provided further, That the governors of the States or Territories or the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate which team or teams shall attend from their respective States, Territories, or District of Columbia.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 648). NOTE.-Bulletin No. 37, War Department, 1916, authorizes the attendance of civilian teams at national rifle matches. REGULAR ARMY RESERVE. 786. Composition of.-The Regular Army Reserve shall consist of, first, all enlisted men now in the Army Reserve or who shall hereafter become mem bers of the Army Reserve under the provisions of existing law; second, all enlisted men furloughed to or enlisted in the Regular Army Reserve under the provisions of this act; and, third, any person holding an honorable discharge from the Regular Army with character reported at least good who is physically qualified for the duties of a soldier and not over forty-five years of age who enlists in the Regular Army Reserve for a period of four years.-Sec. 30, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 187). NOTE.-The Army Reserve, which is by above section embodied in the Regular Army Reserve, existed under the following provision of law: "Hereafter the Army Reserve shall consist of all enlisted men who, after having served not less than four years with the organizations of which they form a part, shall receive furloughs without pay and allowances until the expiration of their terms of enlistment."-Sec. 2, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 590). 787. Organization, training, mobilization, etc.-The President is authorized to assign members of the Regular Army Reserve as reserves to particular organizations of the Regular Army, or to organize the Regular Army Reserve, or any part thereof, into units or detachments of any arm, corps, or department in such manner as he may prescribe, and to assign to such units and detachments officers of the Regular Army or of the Officers' Reserve Corps herein provided for; and he may summon the Regular Army Reserve or any part thereof for field training for a period not exceeding fifteen days in each year, the reservists to receive travel expenses and pay at the rate of their respective grades in the Regular Army during such periods of training; and in the event of actual or threatened hostilities he may mobilize the Regular Army Reserve in such manner as he may determine, and thereafter retain it, or any part thereof, in active service for such period as he may determine the conditions demand.Sec. 31, ibid. 788. Enlistments in the Regular Army and in Regular Army Reserve, in force at outbreak of war, to continue for one year.-All enlistments in the Regular Army, including those in the Regular Army Reserve, which are in force on the date of the outbreak of war shall continue in force for one year, unless sooner terminated by order of the Secretary of War, but nothing herein shall be construed to shorten the time of enlistment prescribed.—Ibid. 789. Annual rate of pay for members.-Subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe for their proper identification, and location, and physical condition, the members of the Regular Army Reserve shall be paid semiannually at the rate of twenty-four dollars a year while in the reserve.—Ibid. 790. Active-service pay.-When mobilized by order of the President, the members of the Regular Army Reserve shall, so long as they may remain in active service, receive the pay and allowances of enlisted men of the Regular Army of like grades.-Sec. 32, ibid. 791. Continuous-service pay during active service.—Any enlisted man who shall have reenlisted in the Regular Army Reserve shall receive during such active service the additional pay now provided by law for enlisted men in his arm of the service in the second enlistment period.-Ibid. * 792. Commutation of quarters, heat, and light.-For commutation of quarters and of heat and light to * * enlisted men of the Regular Army Re when ordered to active duty.-See annual appropriation acts. serve * * |