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trative  functions  of  the  Medical  Department,  to  wit,  as  adjutants  of 
Medical  Department  units,  registrars  of  hospitals,  pharmacists,  med- 
ical property  and  supply  officers,  medical  finance  officers,  hospital 
mess  officers  and  in  other  positions  where  the  special  professional 
training  of  medical  officers  is  not  required. 
"  The  officers  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate, 
from  among  the  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Medical  Service 
Corps  and  of  the  Veterinary  Corps  who  shall  have  served  not  less 
than  five  years  in  one  or  both  of  said  corps,  including  service  in  the 
Hospital  Corps  and  in  the  enlisted  force  of  the  Medical  Department, 
and  not  less  than  three  years  in  noncommissioned  grades,  who  shall 
at  the  date  of  appointment  be  citizens  of  the  United  States  and  not 
more  than  thirty-two  years  old,  and  who  shall  have  been  found 
qualified  by  a  board  of  not  less  than  three  officers  of  the  Medical 
Department  for  the  duties  of  commissioned  officers  of  the  Medical 
Service  Corps  upon  such  examination  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War :  Provided,  That  persons  who,  having  previously 
been  enlisted  men  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Army  for  not 
less  than  five  years,  shall  have  served  honorably  as  commissioned 
officers  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  during  the  war  with  Ger- 
many, shall  until  July  i,  1920,  be  eligible  regardless  of  age  for  ap- 
pointment to  original  vacancies  in  any  grade  in  the  Medical  Service 
Corps  created  by  this  section. 
"  The  enlisted  force  of  the  Medical  Department  is  hereby  merged 
into  the  Medical  Service  Corps,  and  from  and  after  the  passage  of 
this  act  shall  constitute  and  be  known  as  the  enlisted  force  thereof. 
The  total  strength  of  the  enlisted  force  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps 
shall  be  approximately  equal  to,  but  not  exceed,  except  as  provided 
in  section  10  of  the  national  defense  act  approved  June  3,  1916  (39 
Stat.  L.,  166),  the  equivalent  of  5^4  per  cent,  of  the  total  enlisted 
strength  of  the  Regular  Army  authorized  from  time  to  time  by  law, 
and  shall  include  the  grades  of  chauffeur  and  wagoner.  Chauffeurs 
and  stable  sergeants  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps  shall  have  the 
same  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  as  sergeants  of  the  Medical  Service 
Corps,  and  wagoners  the  same  pay  and  allowances  as  wagoners  of 
Infantry.  Privates  first  class  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps  shall  be 
eligible  for  ratings  as  surgical  assistants,  laboratory  assistant,  X-ray 
assistant,  dispensary  assistant,  dental  assistant,  or  nurse,  each  at  $5 
a  month  :  Provided,  That  no  enlisted  man  shall  receive  more  than 
