Volume 50 · 564
Public Law 75–569
To amend section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925, entitled “An Act providing for sundry matters affecting the naval service, and for other purposes.”
Approved August 6, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925, entitled “An Act providing for sundry matters affecting the naval service, and for other purposes.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 22 of
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
the Act approved March 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 1276; U. S. C., title 34, sec. 821), is hereby amended by inserting, in lieu of the words “twelve hundred”, at the end of the section, the words “twenty-four hundred”, so that the section as amended will read:
“Sec. 22.
A Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is hereby
Establishment and operation.
Regulations for.
authorized to be established and operated under such regulations as the President may prescribe, which regulations shall, so far as may be practicable, conform to the provisions of the National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916, sections 40 to 53, inclusive (39 Stat. L. 191–194)
39 Stat. 191–194; 41 Stat. 776–779.
as amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920, sections 33 and 34 (41 Stat. L. 776–779): Provided, That the powers conferred
Provisos.
Powers of Secretary of Navy.
therein upon the Secretary of War with regard to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps are hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy with regard to the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: Provided further, That all expenditures in connection with the
Specific appropriations for expenditures.
establishment and operation of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps shall be specifically appropriated therefor: Provided further, That
Eligibility of members as Naval Reserve officers.
members of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps shall be eligible for appointment as Naval Reserve officers under the sameconditions as provided by law for the appointment of Naval Reserve
Status.
officers from other citizens of the United States, and when so appointed shall have the same status and be entitled to the same benefits in all respects as provided by law for other members of the
Marine Corps included.
Naval Reserve: Provided further, That the word ‘naval’ wherever used in this section shall be construed to include Marine Corps: And provided further,
Personnel, limit increased.
That the total personnel of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps shall not exceed at any one time more than twenty-four hundred.”
Approved, August 6, 1937.