TUB EOYAL AETILLEEY INSTITUTION. 
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Officers must pass into the reserve at the age mentioned opposite each 
rank of the army,— 
Lieut.-Generals . 62 years. 
Major-Generals . 60 „ 
Colonels . 58 „ 
Lieut.-Colonels . 52 „ 
Majors . 52 „ 
Captains . 48 « 
Lieutenants. 45 « 
Sub-Lieutenants. 45 „ 
Officers in the reserve who are not included in the garrison corps may he 
employed, in the event of mobilization, in the district commands; and also 
in such other services in the interior of the country as may be suitable to 
their rank. 
Aet. 14. Officers may be transferred into the reserve at the expiration of 
twenty-five years service if they be lieutenants or sub-lieutenants, or at the 
expiration of thirty years if of any other rank, provided they have not 
exceeded the limit of age laid down in the preceding article. 
Aet. 15. Officers of the reserve have a right to the following addition of 
pay, to their pension, on entering into the reserve :— 
Francs. 
Lieut.-General . 
Major-General . 
. 400 „ 
Colonel . 
. 300 „ 
Lieut.-Colonel. 
. 250 „ 
Major... 
. 200 „ 
Captain .. 
. 150 „ 
Lieutenant .. 
. 100 „ 
Sub-Lieutenant . 
. 100 „ 
Aet. 16. Officers of the reserve called upon to serve in accordance with 
Art. 9 of the present decree, have a right to the pay assigned to officers of 
corresponding rank in the active army. 
Aet. 17. When by the fact of passing into the reserve on account of age, 
an officer should not have completed twenty years service, giving him a right 
to pension, he will receive however the pension according to his rank, without 
the additional allowance mentioned in Art. 15. 
Aet. 18. Officers of the reserve will retire from the service at the ages 
mentioned opposite their respective ranks,— 
Lieut.-General . 70 years. 
Major-General . 68 « 
Colonel . 66 ,, 
Lieut.-Colonel and Major ... 60 ,, 
Captain . 55 , 
Lieutenant . 52 „ 
Sub-Lieutenant . 52 „ 
