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The fact of passing into the reserve does not nullify the powers and the 
rights of the law in pensions, for the government and other military officers 
now in force. 
Art. 19. Officers who have completed twelve years service in any rank 
at the time of entering into the reserve, or on the completion of twelve years 
service in that rank shall be promoted to a higher grade, and such officer so 
promoted will receive the pay and any addition to the pay belonging to 
his new rank in accordance with the dispositions of Article preceding, 
viz. 15. 
Art. 20. The length of service passed in the reserve will only count as 
one-third, either for the promotion referred to in the preceding article or 
for the computation of the emolument belonging to the newly acquired rank 
in the reserve, or for the arrangement of the pension at the time of retiring 
from the service. The service of the. officers of the reserve will however 
count entirely for such time as it may be mobilized in accordance with 
Art. 8 of the present decree. 
Art. 21. In order to complete, in the subordinate ranks, the skeletons 
of the garrison corps, and on account of the necessity of filling up the 
vacancies, permission is given to non-commissioned officers to pass an 
examination for the position of the higher rank, provided they have 
voluntarily enrolled themselves and have completed five years service; such 
non-commissioned officers as may be found qualified will pass into the 
garrison corps as sub-lieutenants, and be required- to serve for a period of 
ten years. 
Art. 22. These officers have no claim to any pay, unless they may be 
called upon to serve in accordance with Art. 9, in which case they will 
receive the sum laid down in that article; they have no right to pension 
unless in the course of their service they may have entered into one of 
the conditions which in accordance with this decree would give them a claim 
to pension. 
Art. 23. Officers of the reserve and also the officers mentioned in the 
preceding article, when not on active service, have a similar footing, with 
respect to privileges and position, as other officers, as laid down by the decree 
of the 25th May, 1852, and other laws and rules in force. 
IV. Commands . 
Art. 24. To facilitate the transaction of military affairs, the nation is 
divided into the following description of commands:— 
{a) Generals commanding. 
(b) a of division. 
(e) n of districts. 
( d ) Commanders of a fortress. 
Art. 25. The number of commands is laid down in Schedule C, with 
reference to the foregoing article. 
