Chapter 200. To provide for enlistments in the National Guard of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 200.— An Act To provide for enlistments in the National Guard of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. November 4, 1918.[[S. 3735](/us/bill/65/s/3735).][[Public, No. 232](/us/pl/65/232).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That during the present war District of Columbia National Guard.Enlistments in, authorized during present war.enlistments in the National Guard of the District of Columbia and appointment of officers in said National Guard shall be made from mon who, upon examination, are found to be physically and mentally fit for military service, and within such age limits as may be prescribed by the commanding general of the District of Columbia Militia, with the approval of the President of the United States: *Provided, however*, Provisos.Liability to service in Army or Navy not affected.That the joining of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, under the provisions of this Act by anyone either as an officer or an enlisted man, shall not relieve him from liability for any service in the United States military or naval forces to which he would otherwise be subject: *And provided farther*, That enlistments Continuance of enlistments allowed.under the provisions of this Act shall not prevent the continuance of enlistments, during the period of the war, of such men in the National Guard for the District of Columbia who may so elect, under the requirements of six-year contract of enlistment as Vol. 39, p. 201.Special class service, etc., for duration of the war.heretofore prescribed: *And provided further*, That enlistments in the National Guard of the District of Columbia of the special class, and appointments of officers as herein specially provided, shall be for the period of the war and for a period not exceeding three months thereafter, if such additional term of service be required by the President of the United States, and, further, for service within the District of Columbia, or in cases of emergency, in the adjoining States of Service pay, etc.Maryland and Virginia, and such officers and enlisted men when in service, shall receive the same pay and allowances as are now provided by law for the National Guard of the District of Columbia: *And* 1020Officers.Appointment, etc.*provided further*, That all officers appointed under the provisions of this Act shall be commissioned by the President of the United States, on the recommendation of the commanding general of the District of Columbia Militia, and no officer shall be commissioned without first being subject to an examination to determine his fitness to hold Retired officers may be assigned to active duty.commission: *And provided further*, That during the period of the war retired officers of the National Guard of the District of Columbia may, if they so request, be assigned to duty as officers of the District of Columbia National Guard, in such grades as the President may Eligibility of former members.direct, subject to examination: *And provided further*, That officers who have served in the National Guard and have resigned therefrom and officers and enlisted men who have been honorably discharged shall, during the period of the war, be eligible to reappointment and commission in the National Guard of the District of Columbia in such grades as they may be found qualified by examination to fill.
Provisions void at close of war.That at the termination of the existing war, as determined by the proclamation of the President, the provisions of this Act shall become null and void. Approved, November 4, 1918.