CHAPTER TWO.

Retirement.

Sec. 1254.

Retired rank.

Special provisions as to rank on retirement of particular officers are contained in Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 30, 1902, c. 1328.

Rank on retirement of military storekeeper and of ordnance storekeeper.

**That the military storekeeper now on duty at the White House as doorkeeper to the President may be continued in that employment and shall receive the full pay and allowances of his grade from the date of his retirement until relieved by the President; and when the ordnance storekeeper with the rank of major now on duty as disbursing officer and assistant to the Chief of Ordnance is retired he shall be retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 511.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of officers on the retired list in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903. cited above.

Sec. 1259.

Assignment to duty.

The detail of retired officers for service in connection with the organized militia in the States or Territories is authorized by Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Detail for service in connection with organized militia.

* * That in addition to the detail of retired officers now authorized by law, it shall hereafter be lawful for the Secretary of War to detail, whenever in his judgment the public interests require it, not exceeding twenty retired officers for service in connection with the organized militia in the States or Territories, upon the request of the governor thereof, and such retired officers shall be entitled, while so employed, to receive the full pay and allowances of their respective grades.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 932.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of officers on the retired list in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Previous provisions for the detail of retired officers, referred to in this section, are contained in Rev. St. § 1260, and other acts set forth or referred to under that section, in Comp. St. pp. 890, 891, and under Rev. St. § 1225, Comp. St. pp. 861-866.

Provisions for the detail of instructors from the Regular Army for the militia, during their exercises when assembled on the national military

parks, are contained in Act May 15, 1896, c. 182, § 2, set forth in Comp. St. p. 975.

ACT FEB. 14, 1885, c. 67.

Retirement of enlisted men.

In computing length of service of enlisted men for retirement, service as commissioned officers of United States Volunteers, or as such in the Porto Rico provisional regiment or in the Philippine Scouts, is to be counted, by provisions of Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, and Act March 2, 1903. c. 975, set forth below; and credit for double the actual time of service in China is to be given, by a provision of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, also set forth below.

ACT JUNE 30, 1902, c. 1328.

Length of service to entitle men to continuous service pay and to retirement.

** That all enlisted men of the Regular Army who served as commissioned officers of United States Volunteers organized in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or who have served or may be now serving as such in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment or in the Philippine Scouts, who, upon their muster out, have returned or may return to the ranks of the Regular Army, shall have such period of service counted as if it had been rendered as enlisted men, and that they be entitled to all continuousservice pay and to count, in computing the time necessary to enable them to retire, as enlisted men.

Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 512. Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 934.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of Philippine Scouts in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, repeated in the similar act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Length of service for retirement; credit for double time of service in China.

* That hereafter, in computing the length of service for retirement, credit shall be given soldiers for double the time of their actual service in China, the same as is now given in Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Islands.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 933.

This is a proviso, annexed to an appropriation for pay of the enlisted men on the retired list, in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. Similar credit for service in Porto Rico, Cuba, or in the Philippine Islands, referred to in this provision, is to be given by a provision of Act May 26, 1900, c. 586, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 891.

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CHAPTER THREE.

Pay and Allowances.

Sec. 1261.

Rates of pay.

The official salary of army officers appointed or employed under the Isthmian Canal act, Act June 28, 1902, c. 1302, set forth post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors," subchapter "Isthmian Canal," is required to be deducted from the salary or compensation authorized by said act, by section 7 thereof.

ACT MARCH 2, 1901, c. 803.

Increase of pay of officers and enlisted men serving beyond the limits of the States of the Union and the contiguous Territories.

The provisions of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 896, are repeated, without the last two provisos there set forth, in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 512.

Sec. 1262.

Service pay.

No further increase of longevity pay is to be allowed to retired officers. except officers retired on account of wounds received in battle, by a provision of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth below.

Sec. 1265.

ACT JULY 29, 1876, c. 239.

Leave of absence without deduction of pay.

Provisions relating to leave credits for volunteer service to officers appointed to the Regular Army from the volunteer service are contained in a proviso of Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 30, 1902, c. 1328.

Leaves of absence, credits for volunteer service.

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That officers appointed to the Regular Army from the volunteer service, whose service has been continuous, shall, in the computation of leaves of absence after their appointment in the Regular Army, be entitled to the leave credits which accrued to them as volunteer officers where such leave credits were not availed of during their volunteer service.

Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 508.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of officers for length of service in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

Sec. 1268.

To be paid monthly.

Further provisions relating to monthly payments to be made under the provisions of Army appropriation acts are contained in a paragraph of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Payments to be made monthly; computation of amount.

Hereafter, in all payments to be made under the provisions of army appropriation acts, when the rate of compensation is annual, payment shall be made monthly at the rate of one-twelfth of the annual rate, and of such monthly rate and of all other monthly rates of compensation one-thirtieth shall be the daily rate for computation of pay for fractional parts of a month; and for the purposes of this Act each and every month shall be held to consist of thirty days, whether the actual number of days be greater or less.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 934.

This is a provision of the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1 273.

ACT FEB. 27, 1893, c. 168.

Mileage to paymasters' clerks and accountant of Inspector-General's Department.

Actual expenses only are to be paid for sea travel to, from, or between our island possessions, by a provision of Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 30, 1902, c. 1328.

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Expenses of paymasters' clerks and accountant of Inspector-General's Department for sea travel to, from, or between island possessions. That hereafter actual expenses only shall be paid to paymasters' clerks and the expert accountant of the Inspector-General's Department for sea travel when traveling on duty to, from, or between our island possessions.

Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, 32 Stat. 511.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for traveling expenses of the clerks and accountant mentioned, in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

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Assignment of pay by contract surgeons and contract dental surgeons. That contract surgeons and contract dental surgeons on duty in Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands, and Porto Rico may transfer or assign their pay accounts when due and payable in the methods now provided by regulations for commissioned officers of the Army.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 933.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for pay of contract surgeons in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Séc. 1275.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Limitation of increase of pay for length of service to retired officers. That hereafter, except in case of officers retired on account of wounds received in battle, no officer now on the retired list shall

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be allowed or paid any further increase of longevity pay, and officers hereafter retired, except as herein provided, shall not be allowed or paid any further increase of longevity pay above that which had accrued at date of their retirement.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 22 Stat. 932.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for additional pay to retired officers for length of service in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. A similar proviso was annexed to the appropriation for the preceding year, but was applicable only to that appropriation.

Sec. 1280.

Pay of enlisted men.

Expert riflemen receive one dollar a month in addition to their pay, by a provision of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 2, 1903, c. 975.

Addition to pay of expert riflemen.

* * That expert riflemen, hereafter qualifying as such, shall receive one dollar a month in addition to their pay.

Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, 32 Stat. 929.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for such extra pay in the Army appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.

Sec. 1281.

Additional pay.

Enlisted men who served as commissioned officers of United States Volunteers, or as such in the Porto Rico provisional regiment or in the Philippine Scouts, are to have such period of service counted, and to be entitled to all continuous-service pay, by provisions of Act June 30, 1902, c. 1328, and Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, set forth ante, under chapter 2 of this Title.

Officers, professors, and instructors.

The professors and the associate professor have the actual rank in the Army assigned to them by assimilation in the regulations of the Academy, by a provision of Act June 28, 1902, c. 1300, set forth below.

An officer of the Army is to be assigned to the Academy as associate professor of modern languages, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 995, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 28, 1902, c. 1300.

Rank of professors and associate professor.

* * That the professors and the associate professor of the United States Military Academy shall have the actual rank in the United