Volume 30
Public Law 55–296
To increase the number of surgeons in the United States Army.
Approved May 12, 1898
Statutory text
An Act
To increase the number of surgeons in the United States Army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the number of medical officers of the Army be increased by the addition of fifteen assistant surgeons with the rank of first lieutenant, to be appointed after examination by an army medical examining board, in accordance with existing regulations.
Sec. 2.
That in emergencies the Surgeon-General of the Army, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may appoint as many contract surgeons as may be necessary, at a compensation not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per month.
Approved, .