Am  jour.  Pharm.  }    pharmaceutical  Corps  in  U.  S.  Army.  4.6? 
October,  19 17.    ■>  r  -  T"  .3 
An  original  appointment  as  pharmacist  under  this  Act  shall  en- 
title the  appointee  to  the  rank  and  commission  of  second  lieutenant. 
After  the  expiration  of  the  first  five  years  of  service,  with  honor- 
able discharge,  the  pharmacist  may  reenlist  at  any  time  within  six 
months  from  the  date  of  expiration  of  such  prior  service,  and  he 
may  then  apply  for  examination  for  promotion,  and  if  his  physical 
examination  and  the  professional  examination  in  subjects  of  ad- 
vanced pharmaceutical  education  are  satisfactory,  he  shall  be  eligible 
for  promotion  to  the  rank  and  commission  as  first  lieutenant,  Phar- 
maceutical Corps.  After  fifteen  years  of  service  in  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Corps  a  pharmacist  with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant,  Phar- 
maceutical Corps,  may  apply  for  examination  for  promotion.  If  he 
successfully  passes  the  necessary  examination  in  postgraduate  phar- 
maceutical studies,  and  if  in  the  opinion  of  the  pharmaceutical  direc- 
tor such  promotion  is  merited,  he  shall  be  promoted  to  the  rank  and 
commission  of  captain.  Pharmaceutical  Corps. 
Any  citizen  of  the  United  States  between  seventeen  years  and 
thirty-five  years  of  age.  both  inclusive,  who  can  pass  the  necessary 
physical  and  preliminary  educational  examination  prescribed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  enlist  as  a  pharmacist  apprentice.  Pharma- 
cist apprentices  shall  act  as  assistants  to  the  pharmacists  and  to  the 
Hospital  Corps.  After  serving  for  one  year  in  this  capacity  the 
pharmacist  apprentice  may.  with  the  approval  of  the  pharmacist  or 
the  surgeon  under  whom  he  has  served,  apply  for  examination  for 
promotion :  and  if  he  passes  the  examination  in  preliminary  educa- 
tion and  the  elementary  pharmaceutical  branches,  he  shall  be  pro- 
moted to  the  grade  of  pharmacist  apprentice,  first  class,  with  rank 
as  sergeant.  After  five  years  of  service,  with  honorable  discharge, 
the  pharmacist  apprentice  may  reenlist  and  may  apply  for  examina- 
tion and  promotion  to  the  grade  of  pharmacist  with  commission  as 
second  lieutenant:  Provided,  That  after  two  years  of  service  the 
Secretary  of  War,  upon  recommendation  of  the  pharmacist  director, 
may  grant  to  a  pharmacist  apprentice  sufficient  leave  of  absence  from 
the  service  to  permit  the  apprentice  attending  a  school  of  pharmacy 
to  fit  himself  for  advanced  rank  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Corps.  Such 
leave  of  absence  shall  be  without  pay.  but  shall  not  be  deducted  in 
computing  the  length  of  service. 
The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  appoint  boards  of  three 
examiners  to  conduct  the  professional  examinations  herein  pre- 
scribed: Provided,  That  at  least  one  member  of  each  of  the  boards 
so  appointed  shall  be  a  pharmacist. 
