Chapter 522. To amend the provision contained in the Act approved August 29, 1916, relating to the assignment to duty of certain officers of the United States Navy as fleet and squadron engineers
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Chap. 522: To amend the provision contained in the Act approved August 29, 1916, relating to the assignment to duty of certain officers of the United States Navy as fleet and squadron engineers. Chapter 522 45 Stat. 498 1928-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public 498 Chapter 522.— An Act To amend the provision contained in the Act approved August 29, 1916, relating to the assignment to duty of certain officers of the United States Navy as fleet and squadron engineers.
May 11, 1928.[[H. R. 5531](/us/bill/70/hr/5531).][[Public, No. 365](/us/pl/70/365).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Navy.Engineering duty.Vol. 39, p. 580, amended. That the provisions of the Act approved August 29, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 580), relating to the assignment to duty of commanders of the Navy as fleet and squadron engineers are hereby amended byMatter stricken out. striking out the clause “except that commanders may be assigned to duty as fleet and squadron engineers,” appearing in lines 8 and 9 of said Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 580, and by substitutingMatter substituted. therefor the following:
“except that, upon their own request, such officers of the ranks of commander and above may be assigned to sea duty as fleet or squadron engineers or as engineer officers of ships,” so that said provision will read as follows: " Assignment of line officers for engineering duty only, upon application therefor.Duties.Vol. 30, p. 1005.Assignment as fleet or squadron engineers or officers of ships, of commanders and above.“Officers of the line of the Navy not below the grade of lieutenant may, upon application, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, be assigned to engineering duty only, and that when so assigned and until they reach the grade of commander, they shall perform duty as prescribed in section 4 of the Personnel Act approved March 3, 1899, and thereafter shore duty only as now prescribed for officers transferred to the line from the former Engineer Corps, except that, upon their own request, such officers of the ranks of commander and above may be assigned to sea duty as fleet or squadron*Provisios*.Status in line retained. engineers or as engineer officers of ships: *Provided*, That when so assigned they shall retain their place with respect to other line officers in the grades they now or may hereafter occupy, and also the right to succession to command on shore in accordance with their seniority, and shall be promoted as vacancies occur subject to physical examination and to such examination in engineering as the Secretary Number of assignments in any year. of the Navy may prescribe: *Provided further*, That the number of officers so assigned in any one year shall be in accordance with the requirements of the service as determined by the Secretary of the Navy.
” " Approved, May 11, 1928.
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- Chapter 522To amend the provision contained in the Act approved August 29, 1916, relating to the assignment to duty of certain officers of the United States Navy as fleet and squadron engineers
- Chapter 524To provide for date of precedence of certain offiers of the staff corps of the Navy
- Chapter 523To amend section 1571 of the Revised Statutes to permit officers of the Navy to count duty on airships as sea duty
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To amend the provision contained in the Act approved August 29, 1916, relating to the assignment to duty of certain officers of the United States Navy as fleet and squadron engineers
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