Chapter 15. To authorize and empower officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps to serve under the Government of the Dominican Republic, and for other purposes
250 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-40/chapter-15-1875344·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 15.— An Act To authorize and empower officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps to serve under the Government of the Dominican Republic, and for other purposes. February 11, 1918.[[S. 3006](/us/bill/65/s/3006).][[Public, No. 100](/us/pl/65/100).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the Dominican Republic.Details from Navy and Marine Corps to assist.United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to detail to assist the Dominican Republic, officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps: *Provided*, That *Provisos*.Compensation permitted.officers and enlisted men so detailed be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept from the Government of the Dominican Republic offices under said Government with compensation and emoluments from the said Dominican Republic, subject to the approval of the President of the United States: *Provided further*, That while Regular service pay, etc., continued.so detailed such officer’s and enlisted men shall receive, in addition to the compensation and emoluments allowed them by the Dominican Republic, the pay and allowances of their rank or rating in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps, as the case may be, and they shall be entitled to the same credit, while so serving, for longevity, retirement, foreign-service pay, and for all other purposes that they would receive if they were serving with the United States Navy or Marine Corps in said Dominican Republic.
Approved, February 11, 1918.