889zz tion at aviation schools_------ 889ee | Appropriation for carrying into effect provisions of act‒‒‒ Aircraft Board_________ 889aaa-889ifi Purpose for which created____ 889aaa Same Compensation of board and appointment of its chairman and civilian members__ 889bbb Same-Tenure of board and office of its members; compensation of civilian members___ 889cce 879a. Composition of and details to the Aviation Section.-The Signal Corps shall consist of one Chief Signal Officer, with the rank of brigadier general;1 three colonels; eight lieutenant colonels; ten majors; thirty captains; seventy-five first lieutenants; and the Aviation Section, which shall consist of one colonel; one lieutenant colonel; eight majors; twenty-four captains; and one hundred and fourteen first lieutenants, who shall be selected from among officers of the Army at large of corresponding grades or from among officers of the grade below, exclusive of those serving by detail in staff corps or departments, who are qualified as military aviators, and shall be detailed to serve as aviation officers for periods of four years unless sooner relieved; and the provisions of section twenty-seven of the Act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, are hereby extended to apply to said aviation officers and to vacancies created in any arm, corps, or department of the Army by the detail of said officers therefrom; but nothing in said Act or in any other law now in force shall be held to prevent the detail or redetail at any time, to fill a vacancy among the aviation officers au For provision in section 3, Act of October 6, 1917, giving the Chief Signal Officer the rank, pay, and allowances of major general, see paragraph 373a, ante. thorized by this Act, of any officer who, during prior service as an aviation officer of the Aviation Section, shall have become proficient in military aviation. Sec. 13, Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 174). (For the ensuing provision of this section see paragraph 8890.) 879b. Increase of commissioned and enlisted strength, including Aviation Section. For and during the existing emergency, the President be, and is hereby, authorized to increase the present authorized commissioned and enlisted strength of the Signal Corps of the Army, including the Aviation Section thereof. Sec. 1, Act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat. 243). 879c. Same-Temporary officers, appointment, etc.-To provide the additional commissioned personnel required by this Act the President is authorized to promote, appoint, detail, or attach as temporary officers in the Signal Corps, including the Aviation Section thereof, officers of the Regular Army, National Army, or National Guard, or the Officers' Reserve Corps, or to appoint temporarily enlisted men of the Regular Army, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, or persons from civil life. Sec. 2, id. 879d. Same-Examination prior to appointment, promotion or detail. No person shall be so promoted, appointed, detailed, or attached until he shall have been found physically, mentally, and morally qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. Id. 879e. Same-Appointment by President, and by President with consent of Senate.-Officers with rank not above colonel shall be appointed and commissioned by the President alone, irrespective of the rank or grade held by them on the date of the passage of this Act, and that officers above the grade of colonel shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, irrespective of the rank or grade held by them on the date of the passage of this Act. Id. (For sections 3 and 4 of this act see paragraphs 890d-890j, post.) 879f. Appointment of general officers for, including Aviation Section-The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized to appoint for the period of the existing emergency such general officers of appropriate grades as may be necessary for staff duty and for duty with such brigades and divisions of the troops of the Signal Corps, including the Aviation Section thereof, as may be organized by the President. Sec. 5, Id., 244. 879g. Vacancies in Regular Army, etc., from temporary appointments to Signal Corps.-Vacancies in all grades of the Regular Army, National Army, or National Guard resulting from the temporary appointment of officers thereof to higher grades shall be filled or vacated as provided for in sections eight and nine of the 1 See paragraphs 1663-1667, post. Act authorizing the President to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States and approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. Id. (For section 6 and 7 of this act see paragraphs 889jj-88900, post.) 879h. Pay, allowances, etc., of temporary officers and enlisted men same as for corresponding grades in Regular Army.-All officers and enlisted men of the temporary forces of the Signal Corps, including the Aviation Section thereof provided for herein, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as permanent officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army. Sec. 8, Id., 245. 8791. Present authorized strength of Regular or National Army not to be decreased.-Nothing in this Act shall operate to decrease the present authorized strength of the Regular Army or National Army heretofore authorized by law. Id. 879j. Officers' and Enlisted Reserve Corps of Aviation Section, pay, etc.-Also to pay and otherwise provide for such officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps and such enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Aviation. Section of the Signal Corps as may be called into active service and such enlisted men as may be enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps under the provisions of section two of the Act to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States, approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or any subsequent Act temporarily increasing the commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps and such civilian employees as may be necessary, for the payment of their traveling and other necessary expenses when not traveling with troops. Sec. 9, Id., 246. (For the preceding provisions of this section see paragraphs 889pp-889uu, and 1293h, post, and for the ensuing provisions see paragraphs 889vv-889yy, post.) 879k. Same-Payments to be made by disbursing officers, Quartermaster Corps.-Hereafter all reserve officers and enlisted men of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps shall be paid by Quartermaster Corps disbursing officers from funds transferred to their credit from Signal Corps appropriations. Id. (For the ensuing provision of this section see paragraph 889vv, post.) 883a. Exchange of typewriters and adding machines.—Hereafter the Signal Corps may exchange typewriters and adding machines in the purchase of similar equipment. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. See paragraph 1641, post. |