Public Law 69–494

That the third sentence of section 55 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, us amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended by changing the period to a comma and adding the following words “except that for original enlistments in railway operating units the maximum age limit shall be forty-five years,” so that the section as amended will read as follows:

“Sec. 55.

The Enlists Reserve Corps.—The Enlisted Reserve

Enlisted Reserve Corps.

Composition of.

Corps shall consist of persons voluntarily enlisted therein. The period of enlistment shall be three years, except in the case of per-sons who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps at some time between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, who may be enlisted

Period of enlistment.

for one-year periods and who, in time of peace, shall be entitled to discharge within ninety days if they make application therefor. Enlistment shall be limited to persons eligible for enlistment in the

Eligibility.

Regular Army who have had such military or technical training as may be prescribed by regulations of the Secretary of War, except

Maximum for enlisting in. railway iterating units.

Continuance in time of war.

that for original enlistments in railway operating units the maxi-mum age limit shall be forty-five years. All enlistments in force at the outbreak of war, or entered into during its continuation, whether in the Regular Army or the Enlisted Reserve Corps, shall continue in force until six months after its termination unless sooner terminated by the President.”

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