Chapter 3526. To increase the efficiency of the Ordnance Department of the United States Army
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CHAP. 3526.— An Act To increase the efficiency of the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. June 25, 1906. [[S. 1540](/us/bill/59/s/1540).] [[Public, No. 278](/us/pl/59/278).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Army. Ordnance Department. Officers increased. Vol. 31, p. 754. That the Ordnance DepartmentArmy.Ordnance Department.Officers increased.Vol. 31, p. 754. shall consist of one chief of ordnance with the rank of brigadier-general; six colonels, nine lieutenant-colonels, nineteen majors, twenty-five captains, twenty-five first lieutenants, and the enlisted men, including ordnance-sergeants, as now authorized by law.
Sec. 2. That details to the Ordnance Department under the provisionsDetails.Vol. 31, p. 755. of the Act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, may be made from the Army at large from the grade in which the vacancy exists, or from the grade below: *Provided*, That no officer shall be so*Provisos.*Competitive examination. detailed except upon the recommendation of a board of ordnance officers, and after at least one examination, which shall be open to competition: *And provided further*, That officers so detailed in gradesService in line before another detail. below that of major shall not be again eligible for such detail until after they shall have served for at least one year out of that department.
Approved, June 25, 1906.