Chapter 137. For the relief of Major Ellis B
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CHAP. 137.— An Act For the relief of Major Ellis B. Miller. April 21, 1922.[[H. R. 7589](/us/bill/67/hr/7589).][[Public, No. 197](/us/pl/67/197).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Marine Corps.Ellis B. Miller advanced to rank of lieutenant colonel. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, commission Ellis B.
Miller as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps, as of date of June 4, 1920: *Provided*, That the said Ellis B. Miller shall *Provisos*.Position designated.take rank on the lineal list of lieutenant colonels in the United States Marine Corps next after James K. Tracy, the officer who immediately preceded him on the list of first lieutenants on May 13, 1908: *Provided further*, Examination, etc., required.That the said Ellis B. Miller shall establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, by examination pursuant to law, his physical, mental, moral, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine No back pay, etc.Corps: *And provided further*, That the said Ellis B.
Miller shall not by the passage of this Act be entitled to any back pay or allowances Number of lieutenant colonels not increased.of any kind: *And provided further*, That nothing contained in this Act shall operate to increase the number of lieutenant colonels in the United States Marine Corps as now authorized by law. Approved, April 21, 1922.