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(5) For the purposes of computation of the periods of active duty or active service referred to in this subsection, credit shall be given for all periods of one day or more performed under competent orders except that no credit shall be allowed for

(A) periods in which the duty or service consisted solely of training under the Army specialized training program, the Army Air Corps college training program, or any similar program under the jurisdiction of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard;

(B) periods spent in intern training, residency training, other postgraduate training, or in senior student programs prior to receipt of the appropriate professional degree;

(C) periods of active service performed for the sole purpose of undergoing a physical examination;

(D) periods of active duty for training entered into subsequent to the enactment of this subparagraph [June 29, 1953], as defined in subsection 101 (c), Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481); and

(E) periods of active service which terminate subsequent to April 30, 1953, in other than an Armed Force terminated by orders which specify that such termination is without the approval of the agency concerned.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection or the Act of September 9, 1950, as amended [section 454 (i), (j), 454a and 454b of this Appendix], except in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress, no person who has served in the active service since September 16, 1940, for a period of twenty-one months or more, shall be liable for induction, or reinduction, under this subsection or liable for call or order to active duty under the Act of September 9, 1950, as amended Isection 454 (i), (j), 454a and 454b of this Appendix]. (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 314 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 241) [section 1425 of Title 81, no person liable for induction under this subsection shall be held to be ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer of an Armed Force of the United States on the sole ground that he is not a citizen of the United States or has not made a declaration of intent to become a citizen thereof: Provided, That any such person who is not a citizen of the United States, who is appointed as a commissioned officer, may in lieu of the oath prescribed by section 1757 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U.S.C. 16), take such oath of service and obedience as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.

(j) National Advisory Committee for selection of medical, etc., categories.

The President shall establish a National Advisory Committee which shall advise the Selective Service System and shall coordinate the work of such State and local volunteer advisory committees as may be established to cooperate with the National Advisory Committee, with respect to the selection of needed medical and dental and allied specialist categories of persons. The members of the National Advisory Committee shall be selected from among individuals

who are outstanding in medicine, dentistry, and the sciences allied thereto, but except for the professions of medicine and dentistry, it shall not be mandatory that all such fields of endeavor be represented on the committee.

In the performance of their functions, the National Advisory Committee and the State and local volunteer advisory committees shall give appropriate consideration to the respective needs of the Armed Forces and of the civilian population for the services of medical, dental, and allied specialist personnel; and, in determining the medical, dental, and allied specialist personnel available to serve the needs of any community, such committees shall give appropriate consideration to the availability in such community of medical, dental, and allied specialist personnel who have attained the thirty-fifth anniversary of their birth.

It shall be the duty of the National Advisory Committee in conjunction with the State and local volunteer advisory committees to make determinations with respect to persons in residency training programs who shall be recommended for deferment for the purpose of completing such residency programs, and in making such determinations shall give appropriate consideration to the respective needs of the Armed Forces and the civilian population. The National Advisory Committee in conjunction with the State and local volunteer advisory committees are further authorized to make appropriate recommendations with respect to members of the faculties of medical, dental, veterinary, and allied specialists schools, schools of public health, and with respect to physicians, dentists and veterinarians engaged in essential laboratory and clinical research, having due regard to the respective needs of the Armed Forces and the civilian population. (k) Reduction of periods of service; establishment of National Security Training Commission; composition; term of office; compensation; duties; establishment of National Security Training Corps; composition; service; pay.

(1) Upon a finding by him that such action is justified by the strength of the Armed Forces in the light of international conditions, the President, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Defense, is authorized, by Executive order, which shall be uniform in its application to all persons inducted under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458-471 of this Appendix] but which may vary as to age groups, to provide for (A) decreasing periods of service under this title [said sections] but in no case to a lesser period of time than can be economically utilized, or (B) eliminating periods of service required under this title [said sections].

(2) Whenever the Congress shall by concurrent resolution declare

(A) that the period of active service required of any age group or groups of persons inducted under this title [said sections] should be decreased to any period less than twenty-four months which may be designated in such resolution; or

(B) that the period of active service required of any age group or groups of persons inducted under this title [said sections] should be eliminated,

the period of active service in the Armed Forces of the age group or groups designated in any such resolution shall be so decreased or eliminated, as the case may be. Whenever the period of active service required under this title Isaid sections] of persons who have not attained the nineteenth anniversary of the day of their birth has been reduced or eliminated by the President or as a result of the adoption of a concurrent resolution of the Congress in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section, all individuals then or thereafter liable for registration under this title [said sections] who on that date have not attained the nineteenth anniversary of the day of their birth and have not been inducted into the Armed Forces shall be liable, effective on such date, for induction into the National Security Training Corps as hereinafter established for initial military training for a period of six months.

(3) There is established a National Security Training Commission (herein called the Commission), which shall be composed of five members, three of whom shall be civilians and two of whom shall be active or retired members of the Regular components of any of the Armed Forces. Of the three civilian members, not more than two shall be of the same political party. Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons of outstanding national reputation. The president shall select the Chairman of the Commission from among its civilian members. No person who has been on active duty as a commissioned officer in a regular component of the Armed Forces shall be eligible for appointment as a civilian member of the Commission. The Commission shall have a seal which shall be judicially noted. At such time as the Commission shall be appointed, in accordance with this paragraph, there shall be established a National Security Training Corps.

(4) The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be five years, except that (A) the terms of office of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the President at the time of appointment, two at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years, after the date of enactment of this paragraph [June 19, 19511; and (B) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. Members of the Commission, other than active members of the Regular components of the Armed Forces, while actually serving with the Commission, shall receive a per diem of not to exceed $50 for each day engaged in the business of the Commission and shall be allowed transportation and a per diem in lieu of subsistence of $9 while away from their homes or places of business pursuant to such business.

(5) The Commission shall, subject to the direction of the President, exercise general supervision over the training of the National Security Training Corps, which training shall be basic military training.

The Commission shall establish such policies and standards with respect to the conduct of the training of members of the National Security Train

ing Corps as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458— 471 of this Appendix]. The Commission shall make adequate provisions for the moral and spiritual welfare of members of the National Security Training Corps. The Secretary of Defense shall designate the military departments to carry out such training. Each military department so designated shall carry out such military training in accordance with the policies and standards of the Commission. The military department or departments so designated to carry out such military training shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, and subject to the policies and standards established by the Commission, determine the type or types of basic military training to be given to members of the National Security Training Corps.

(6) The Commission is authorized, subject to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, to employ and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as it deems necessary to enable it to perform its functions.

(7) Not later than four months following confirmation of the members of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the Congress legislative recommendations which shall include, but not be limited to

(A) a broad outline for a program deemed by the Commission and approved by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate to assure that the training carried out under the provisions of this Act [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458-471 of this Appendix] shall be of a military nature, but nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to grant to the Commission the authority to prescribe the basic type or types of military training to be given members of the National Security Training Corps;

(B) measures for the personal safety, health, welfare and morals of members of the National Security Training Corps;

(C) a code of conduct, together with penalties for violation thereof;

(D) measures deemed necessary to implement the policies and standards established under the provisions of paragraph (5) of this subsection; and

(E) disability and death benefits and other benefits, and the obligations, duties, liabilities and responsibilities, to be granted to or imposed upon members of the National Security Training Corps.

All legislative recommendations submitted under this paragraph shall be referred to the Committees on Armed Services of the two Houses, and each of such committees shall, not later than the expiration of the first period of 45 calendar days of continuous sessions of the Congress, following the date on which the recommendations provided for in this paragraph are transmitted to the Congress, report thereon to its House: Provided, That any bill or resolution reported with respect to such recommendations shall be privileged and may be called up by any member of either House but shall be subject to amendment as if it were not so privileged.

(8) No person shall be inducted into the National Security Training Corps until after

(A) a code of conduct, together with penalties for violation thereof, and measures providing for disability and death benefits have been enacted into law; and

(B) such other legislative recommendations as are provided for in paragraph (7) [of this subsection] shall have been considered and such recommendations or any portion thereof shall have been enacted with or without amendments into law; and

(C) the period of service required under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458471 of this Appendix] of persons who have not attained the nineteenth anniversary of the day of their birth has been reduced or eliminated by the President or as a result of the adoption of a concurrent resolution of the Congress in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(9) Six months following the coinmencement of induction of persons into the National Security Training Corps, and semiannually thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Congress a comprehensive report describing in detail the operation of the National Security Training Corps, including the number of persons inducted therein, a list of camps and stations at which training is being conducted, a report on the number of deaths and injuries occurring during such training and the causes thereof, an estimate of the performance of the persons inducted therein, including an analysis of the disciplinary problems encountered during the preceding six months, the number of civilian employees of the Commission and the administrative costs of the Commission. Simultaneously, there shall be submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of Defense a report setting forth an estimate of the value of the training conducted during the preceding six months, the cost of the training program chargeable to the appropriations made to the Department of Defense, and the number of personnel of the Armed Forces directly engaged in the conduct of such training.

(10) Each person inducted into the National Security Training Corps shall be compensated at the monthly rate of $30: Provided, however, That each such person, having a dependent or dependents as such terms are defined in the Career Compensation Act of 1949, shall be entitled to receive a dependency allowance equal to the sum of the basic allowance for quarters provided for persons in pay grade E-1 by section 302 (f) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 as amended by section 3 of the Dependents' Assistance Act of 1950 [section 403(a) of Title 371 as may be extended or amended plus $40 so long as such person has in effect an allotment equal to the amount of such dependency allowance for the support of the dependent or dependents on whose account the allowance is claimed.

(11) No person inducted into the National Security Training Corps shall be assigned for training at an installation located on land outside the continental United States, except that residents of Territories and possessions of the United States may be trained in the Territory or possession from which they were inducted.

(1) Order to active duty of reserve components in medical, dental, or allied specialist categories; period; age limit; computation of period; opportunity to resign commission; volunteer service. (1) The President may order to active duty (other than for training), as defined in section 101 (22) of title 10, United States Code, for a period of not more than twenty-four consecutive months, with or without his consent, any member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States who is in a medical, dental, or allied specialist category, who has not attained the thirty-fifth anniversary of the date of his birth, and has not performed at least one year of active duty (other than for training). This subsection does not affect or limit the authority to order members of the reserve components to active duty contained in section 672 of title 10, United States Code.

(2) For the purposes of computation of the periods of active duty (other than for training) referred to in subsection (1), credit shall be given for all periods of one day or more performed under competent orders, except that no credit shall be allowed for periods spent in student programs prior to receipt of the appropriate professional degree or in intern training.

(3) Any person who is called or ordered to active duty (other than for training) from a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States after September 5, 1950, and thereafter serves on active duty (other than for training) as a medical, dental, or allied specialist for a period of twelve months or more shall, upon release from active duty or within six months thereafter, be afforded an opportunity to resign his commission from the reserve component of which he is a member unless he is otherwise obligated to serve on active military training and service in the Armed Forces or in training in a reserve component by law or contract.

(4) Any physician or dentist who meets the qualifications for a Reserve commission in the respective military department shall, so long as there is a need for the services of such a physician or dentist, be afforded an opportunity to volunteer for a period of active duty (other than for training) of not less than twenty-four months. Any physician or dentist who so volunteers his service, and meets the qualifications for a Reserve commission shall be ordered to active duty (other than for training) for not less than twenty-four months, notwithstanding the grade or rank to which such physician or dentist is entitled. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 4, 62 Stat. 605; Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 939, § 1, 64 Stat. 826; Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1059, §§ 1 (1)—(5), 3(a), 64 Stat. 1073; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1 (d-j), 65 Stat. 76; July 9, 1952, ch. 608, pt. VIII, § 813, 66 Stat. 509; June 29, 1953, ch. 158, §§ 1, 2, 6, 67 Stat. 86, 89; June 30, 1955, ch. 250, title II, § 202, 69 Stat. 225; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 665, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 602; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §§ 22 (a), (b), (c), 53, 70A Stat. 630, 641; June 27, 1957, Pub. L. 85-62, §§ 1-3, 71 Stat. 206; July 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85-564, 72 Stat. 424; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, §§ 9, 36A, 72 Stat. 1556, 1569; Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87-651, title III, §301, 76 Stat. 524.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Date of enactment of the 1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act, referred to

in subsecs. (a) sixth par., (c) (1) and (d) (1), (2) was June 19, 1951.

The effective period of this Act, referred to in subsec. (c) (2), is defined in section 467 of this Appendix.

Section 3 of the act of July 25, 1947 (Public Law 239, Eightieth Congress), referred to in subsec. (e), provided that the termination of the war and emergencies should be deemed to be July 25, 1947.

Act of March 7. 1942 (56 Stat. 143-148, ch. 166), as amended, referred to in subsec. (e), is classified to sections 1001-1012, 1013-1017 of this Appendix.

Subsection 101(b) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481), referred to in subsec. (1) (4) (A), was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641, and is covered by section 101 (22) of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Subsection 5 (g) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (1) (4) (C), is subsection (g) of section 5 of Act Sept. 16, 1940, ch. 720, 54 Stat. 887. It related to exceptions, exemptions, and deferments, and was formerly classified to section 305 of this Appendix. It has been omitted from the code as having expired on Mar. 31, 1947 and is now covered by section 456 of this Appendix. See notes under former sections 301-318 of this title.

Subsection 101(c), Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481), referred to in subsec. (i) (5) (D), was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641, and is covered by section 101 (22) of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Date of enactment of subsec. (k) (4), referred to in subsec. (k) (4), was June 19, 1951.

The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (k) (6), are classified generally to Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

The Classification Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (k) (6), is classified to chapter 21 of Title 5.

The Career Compensation Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (k) (10), is classified to chapter 4 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances.

AMENDMENTS

1962-Subsec. (d) (3). Pub. L. 87-651 eliminated provisions which required each person inducted into the National Security Training Corps to serve in the Armed Forces or the National Security Training Corps for a total of eight years, unless sooner discharged because of personal hardship, and requiring each person covered by this subsection who is not a reserve, and who is qualified, upon his release from training, to be transferred to a reserve component to complete the service required by this subsection.

1958-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-564 added, at the end of the third paragraph, proviso authorizing President to modify standards fixed by preceding two provisos, except in war or national emergency.

Subsec. (d) (3). Pub. L. 85-861 repealed provisions that required persons inducted, enlisted, or appointed, in the Armed Forces to serve on active training and service in the Armed Forces and in a reserve component for a total of six years, and inserted provisions requiring transfer to reserve components of persons released from active training and service in the Armed Forces or from training in the National Security Training Corps and authorizing enlistment, enrollment, or appointment in, or assignment to, an organized unit of a reserve component or an officers' training program of the armed force in which a person served. See section 651 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

1957-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-62, § 1, inserted next to last paragraph providing that no medical, dental, or allied specialist shall be inducted if he applies or applied for appointment as a Reserve officer in one of such categories and is rejected on the sole ground of physical disqualification.

Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 85-62, § 3, eliminated "as referred to in subsection (i)" following the words "categories of persons" at the end of the first sentence, and substituted "thirty-fifth" for "fifty-first" in the last sentence of the second par.

Subsec. (1). Pub. L. 85-62, § 2, added subsec. (1). 1956-Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 53, repealed provisions prohibiting assignment to duty outside the

United States until the member of the Armed Forces has had the equivalent of four months of basic training, and relating to communications with Members of Congress, and are now covered by sections 671 and 1034 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 22(a), authorized the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Treasury, to provide by regulations for the release from training and service in the Armed Forces of those individuals who are accepted into organized units of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard and other reserve components.

Subsec. (d) (3). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 22 (b), provided that "Each person who is inducted into the National Security Training Corps shall serve in the armed forces or the National Security Training Corps for a total of eight years, unless he is sooner discharged because of personal hardship under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Each person covered by this subsection who is not a Reserve, and who is qualified, shall, upon his release from training, be transferred to a reserve component of an armed force to complete the service required by this subsection."

Subsec. (f). Section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956 purportedly repealed subsec. (f). However, section 22(c) of the act amended the subsection to clarify the authority to receive compensation. See also, section 1023 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

1955-Subsec. (d) (3). Act Aug. 9, 1955, provided for a six-year term of duty for persons who are inducted, enlisted, or appointed after Aug. 9, 1955.

Subsec. (1) (1). Act June 30, 1955, exempted from service persons who attained their thirty-fifth anniversary of their date of birth and who were rejected for service on the ground of physical disqualification, and to reduce the maximum age of liability of induction from 51 to 46 years of age.

1953-Subsec. (1), par. (2). Act June 29, 1953, § 6, in clause "First" struck out "subsequent to the completion of or release from the program or course of instruction" following "Public Health Service"; and, in clause "Second", substituted "seventeen months" for "twentyone months", and struck out "subsequent to the completion of or release from the program or course of instruction" following "Public Health Service".

Subsec. (1), pars. (4)-(7). Act June 29, 1953, § 1, added subsec. (1), pars. (4)—(7).

Subsec. (j). Act June 29, 1953, § 2, added third par. 1952-Subsec. (d) (3). Act July 9, 1952, substituted "appointed under any reserve components thereof," for "appointed in the Armed Forces". 1951-Subsec. (a). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(d) lowered the age limit from 19 years to 182. provided for training in the National Security Training Corps, lowered the physical and mental standards, provided for a basic training period, and allowed communication with Members of Congress.

Subsec. (b). Act June 19. 1951, § 1(e) increased length of service from 21 to 24 months.

Subsec. (c). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(f) eliminated the short-term Army enlistment period and the General Classification Test, and established the age for voluntary induction.

Subsec. (d). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(g) inserted "and prior to ** and Service Act" following "hereafter" in pars. (1) and (2), and added par. (3). Subsec. (e). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(i) inserted "6g" following "sections" in par. (1), and extended period of service from 21 to 24 months.

Subsec. (g). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(h), repealed subsec. (g), which related to enlistments in armed service for one year by male persons between 18 and 19 years. Subsec. (h). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(h), repealed subsec. (h), which related to permanent assignment outside continental United States.

Subsec. (k). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(j), added subsec. (k).

1950 Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1 (1—4), inserted before the period in the third sentence of the first par. the phrase "and such number * United

States Coast Guard", inserted before the period in the second par. the phrase "or the Secretary of the Treasury", inserted after "the Secretary of Defense" in the third par. the phrase "or the Secretary of the Treasury", inserted after "United States Marine Corps" in the fourth par. the phrase "or the United States Coast Guard".

Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(5), inserted before the period the phrase, "or the Secretary of the Treasury". Subsec. (c). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 3 (a), added par. (4). Subsecs. (i) and (j). Act Sept. 9, 1950, added subsecs. (1) and (j).

EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1957
AMENDMENTS

Section 9 of Pub. L. 85-62 as amended by Pub. L. 86-4, § 4. Mar. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 13; Pub. L. 88-2, § 4, Mar. 28, 1963, 77 Stat. 4, provided that: "This Act [amending this section and sections 455 and 456 of this Appendix, and notes set out under this section and section 454a of this Appendix, and notes set out under section 171a of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, and section 234b of former Title 37, Pay and Allowances] takes effect July 1, 1957, and shall terminate on July 1, 1967."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1952 AMENDMENT

Section 813 of act July 9, 1952, provided in part that the amendment of this section should be effective as of June 19, 1951.

REPEAL OF PRIOR ACTS CONTINUING SECTION Section 6 of Joint Res, July 3, 1952, repealed Joint Res. Apr. 14, 1952, ch. 204, 66 Stat. 54 as amended by Joint Res. May 28, 1952, ch. 339, 66 Stat. 96; Joint Res. June 14, 1952, ch. 437, 66 Stat. 137; Joint Res. June 30, 1952, ch. 526, 66 Stat. 296, which continued provisions until July 3, 1952. This repeal shall take effect as of June 16. 1952, by section 7 of Joint Res. July 3, 1952.

TERMINATION DATE OF SUBSECS. (I) AND (J) Section 7 of act Sept. 9, 1950, as amended by acts June 19, 1951, § 2 (b); June 29, 1953, § 9; and June 30, 1955, § 201, and by Pub. L. 85-62, § 8, provided that subsecs. (i) and (1) of this section, which were added by act Sept. 9, 1950, shall terminate as of June 30, 1957. Subsec. (1) was amended by acts June 29, 1953, and June 30, 1955, as explained in notes above. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1957 Amendment note above with respect to subsec. (1) as reenacted and amended by Pub. L. 85-62.

SHORT TITLE

Act Sept. 9, 1950, which added subsecs. (i) and (1) to this section, popularly known as "Doctors Draft Act", see note under section 454a of this Appendix.

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Authority vested in President by subsec. (1) (1) of this section delegated to Secretary of Defense, see section 1(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10762, set out as a note under section 454a of this Appendix.

NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMMISSION

The National Security Training Commission expired June 30, 1957, pursuant to letter of the President on Mar. 25, 1957, following Commission's own recommendation for its termination.

CROSS REFERENCES

Appointment as officer of armed force instead of transfer to reserve component, see section 595 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Enlistment in armed force instead of transfer to reserve component, see section 512 of Title 10.

Individual ineligible to citizenship, see section 1101(a) (19) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

Military Justice Code, inductees as subject to, see section 802 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Residents who have not declared their intention to become citizens, liability for training and service, see section 456 of this Appendix.

Reserve officers on active duty with or without consent, see sections 302 and 303 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Ex. ORD. No. 10164. EXTENSION OF COAST GUARD ENLISTMENTS

Ex. Ord. No. 10164, Sept. 27, 1950, 15 F. R. 6170, provided for extension for a period of twelve month of all enlistments in the United States Coast Guard, including the Coast Guard Reserve, which would have expired at any time after Sept. 27, 1950, and prior to July 9, 1951.

Ex. ORD. NO. 10166. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE SELECTION OF PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, AND ALLIED SPECIALISTS

Ex. Ord. No. 10166, Oct. 4, 1950, 15 F. R. 6777, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 10185, Dec. 1, 1950, 15 F. R. 8557, provided: Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 4 (1) of the Selective Service Act of 1948 as amended [subsection (j) of this section], it is ordered as follows:

1. There is hereby established the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists, and Allied Specialists (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), which shall be composed of such members as may be appointed by the President, and the chairman of which shall be designated by the President.

2. In performing its functions, as prescribed by the said section 4 (1) of the Selective Service Act of 1948 as amended [subsection (1) of this section], the Committee shall consult with the Director of Selective Service and with such other officials and agencies as may be necessary, including the Secretary of Defense and appropriate officials of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Department of Labor, the National Security Resources Board, and the Federal Security Agency.

3. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are requested to cooperate with the Committee and to furnish it such available information as it may require for the performance of its duties. 4. Within the limits of applicable law, the Selective Service System shall defray necessary expenses of the Committee, including the compensation of the members thereof, and necessary expenses of those State and local volunteer advisory committees which may be designated by the Committee.

Ex. ORD. No. 10776. DELEGATION OF PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY Ex. Ord. No. 10776, July 28, 1958, 23 F.R. 5683, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, there is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Defense the authority (relating to the prescribing of rules and regulations modifying the standards and requirements with respect to induction of persons into the armed forces) vested in the President by the last proviso of section 4 (a) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act [subsection (a) of this section], added by the act of July 28, 1958 [Pub. L. 85-564]. The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to re-delegate that authority to any official of the Department of Defense who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. No person shall be inducted into the armed forces for training and service who does not meet the standards and requirements specified in the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his designee pursuant to this order.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

PROC. NO. 2906. REGISTRATION OF DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND ALLIED SPECIALISTS

Proc. No. 2906, Oct. 6, 1950, 15 F. R. 6845, 64 Stat. Pt. 2, p. A437, as amended Proc. No. 2915, Dec. 28, 1950, 15 F. R. 9419, 64 Stat. Pt. 2, p. A455, provided:

1. Every male person who participated as a student in the Army specialized training program or any similar program administered by the Navy, or was deferred from service during World War II for the purpose of pursuing a course of instruction leading to education in a medical, dental, or allied specialist category, and has had less than twenty-one months of active duty in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, or the Public Health Service subsequent to the completion of, or release from, such program or course of instruction (exclusive of time spent in postgraduate training), and who, on the day or any of the

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