Chapter 269.
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CHAP. 269.— An act amending the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein.”July 27, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army. Promotions. That section three of the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to Vol. 26, p. 562.provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein,” is hereby amended by adding thereto the Officers appointed from civil life may waive board of similar character.following: *And provided further*, That officers entitled by this section to examination by a board composed entirely of officers who were appointed from civil life, or who were officers of volunteers only during the war. may, by written waiver filed with the War Department, relinquish such right, in which case the examination of such officers shall be conducted by boards composed as shall be directed by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That the examination of officers of the Corps of EngineersExamination of engineer or ordnance officers who served during the rebellion. and Ordnance Department who were officers or enlisted men in the regular or volunteer service, either in the Army, Navy, or the Marine Corps, during the war of the rebellion, shall be conducted by boards composed in the same manner as for the examination of other officers Subjects.of their respective corps and department; and the examinations shall embrace the same subjects prescribed for all other officers of similar grades in the Corps of Engineers and Ordnance Department, respectively.
Approved, July 27, 1892.