464  Pharmaceutical  Corps  in  U.  S.  Army.  {Am5^oberPi9i^' 
That,  whereas  there  are  now  in  the  service  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment a  number  of  pharmacists  and  druggists  ranking  as  master  hos- 
pital sergeants,  hospital  sergeants,  sergeants  first  class,  and  ser- 
geants, all  such  shall  be  eligible  to  transfer  to  the  Pharmaceutical 
Corps  created  by  this  Act  and  to  the  service,  rank,  pay,  and  promo- 
tion in  rank  as  provided  herein,  and  that  the  time  already  spent  as 
pharmacists  in  the  War  Department  shall  be  computed  as  part  of 
their  service  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Corps. 
That  in  emergencies  the  pharmacist  director,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Surgeon  General  and  with  the  approval  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  may  appoint  as  many  contract  pharmacists  as 
may  be  necessary,  at  a  compensation  not  exceeding  $150  each  per 
month,  and  provided  that  the  age  limit  and  professional  examina- 
tion may  be  waived  in  the  case  of  any  contract  pharmacist  whose 
character,  experience,  and  professional  education  is  deemed  by  the 
pharmacist  director  to  he  satisfactory.  The  temporary  appoint- 
ment of  a  contract  pharmacist  shall  not  carry  commission  or  right 
of  retirement  in  accordance  with  the  Army  Regulations. 
Sec.  5.  That  all  appointees  authorized  by  this  Act  shall  take 
rank  and  precedence  in  the  same  manner  in  all  respects  as  in  the 
case  of  appointees  to  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Army,  and  shall  not 
exercise  command  over  persons  other  than  those  in  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Corps  and  such  enlisted  men  as  may  be  detailed  to  assist 
them  by  competent  authority. 
That  all  officers  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Corps  shall  receive  the 
same  pay,  awards,  and  allowances  as  the  officers  of  corresponding 
rank  and  length  of  service  in  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Army  and 
shall  be  eligible  to  retirement  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the 
same  conditions. 
That  the  pay  of  the  pharmacist  apprentice  shall  be  $33  per 
month  and  that  of  the  pharmacist  apprentice  first  class,  with  rank  of 
sergeant,  shall  be  $37  per  month,  and  for  each  reenlistment  in  this 
service  they  shall  receive  the  usual  increase  allowed  in  the  Army  for 
honorable  discharge  and  reenlistment. 
Sec.  6.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 
