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Sec. 6. The President may order Reserve officers of the Army and 

 officers of the Naval and Marine Reserves and warrant officers of the 

 Coast Guard to active duty with the Corps under the provisions of 

 section 37a of the National Defense Act and the Act of February 28, 

 1925, respectively. 



Sec. 7. The Director is authorized to have enrolled not to exceed 

 three hundred thousand men at any one time, of which not more than 

 thirty thousand may be war veterans: Provided, That in addition 

 thereto camps or facilities may be established for not to exceed ten 

 thousand additional Indian enrollees and five thousand additional 

 territorial and insular possession enrollees. 



Sec. 8. The enrollees in the Corps (other than war veterans, 

 enrollees in the Territories and insular possessions, Indians, not to 

 exceed one mess steward, three cooks (five project assistants, 2 ) and 

 one leader per each company) shall be unmarried male citizens of 

 the United States between the ages of seventeen and twenty-three- 

 years, both inclusive, and shall at the time of enrollment be unem- 

 ployed and in need of employment: Provided, That the Director 

 may exclude from enrollment such classes of persons as he may 

 consider detrimental to the well-being or welfare of the Corps, ex- 

 cept that no person shall be excluded on account of race, color, or 

 creed: Provided further, That enrollments shall be for a period of 

 not less than six months and reenrollments (except in the case of 

 one mess steward, three cooks (five project assistants 2 ), and one 

 leader in each company, and War Veterans) shall not exceed a total 

 term of two years: Provided further, That in the discretion of the 

 Director continuous service by the enrollee during his period of en- 

 rollment shall not be required in any case where the enrollee attends 

 an educational institution of his choice during his leave of absence: 

 Provided further, That the Director shall be authorized to issue cer- 

 tificates of proficiency and merit to enrollees under such rules and 

 regulations as he may provide : (Provided further, That any enrollee 

 may be discharged for the convenience of the Government within 

 thirty days prior to the expiration of his period of enrollment. 3 ) 



Sec. 9. The compensation of enrollees shall be in accordance with 

 schedules approved by the President, and enrollees with dependent 

 member or members of their families shall be required, under such 

 regulations as may be prescribed by the Director, to make allotments 

 of pay to such dependents. Other enrollees may make deposits of 

 pay in amounts specified by the Director with the Chief of Finance, 

 War Department, to be repaid in case of an emergency or upon com- 

 pletion of or release from enrollment and to receive the balance of 

 their pay in cash monthly: Provided, That Indians (and enrollees 

 in the Territories and insular possessions of the United States 2 ) may 

 be excluded from these regulations: Provided further, That the 

 pay of enrollees shall not exceed $30 per month, except for not more 

 than ten per centum who may be designated as assistant leaders and 

 who shall receive not more than $36 per month: Provided further, 

 That not to exceed an additional 6 per centum of such enrollees who 

 may be designated as leaders and may receive not more than $45 

 per month as such leaders. 



2 Added by amendment May 12, 1938, Public 508, 75th Cong., 3d sess. 

 8 Added by amendment June 25, 1938, Public 743, 75th Cong., 3d sess. 



