Chapter 79. To authorize the resumption of voluntary enlistment in the Regular Army, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 79.— 1211 An Act To authorize the resumption of voluntary enlistment in the Regular Army, and for other purposes. February 28, 1919.[[S. 5279](/us/bill/65/s/5279).][[Public, No. 309](/us/pl/65/309).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That so much of sectionsArmy.Voluntary enlistment restrictions repealed.*Ante*, pp. 81, 83. seven and fourteen of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, as impose restrictions upon enlistments in the Regular Army, are hereby repealed in so far as they apply to enlistments and reenlistments in the Regular Army after the date of approval of this Act: *Provided*, That from and after the approval of this Act,*Provisos*.Enlistments for one and three years; ratio. one-third of the enlistments in the Regular Army of the United States shall be for a period of one year, and the remaining two-thirds thereof shall be for the period of three years.
Any person enlistingService in reserves not required. under the provisions of this Act shall not be required to serve with the reserves. The pay of the men enlisted hereunder shall be thePay established. same as that provided by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the*Ante*, p. 32. President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May 18, 1917: *Provided further*, ThatDischarge on application after one year of service. after the expiration of one year those enlisting for the period of three years may be discharged in the discretion of the Secretary of War under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him after one year of service.
Approved, February 28, 1919.