Section 8
SEC. 8. Paragraphs (c), (i), and (m) of section twenty-two of said Act as smeided, are further amended to read as follows: "(c) Except as hereinafter authorized, all appointments of regular officers shall be in the grade of third lieutenant, from among applicants who at the time of appointment shall be not less than twenty-one nor more than twenty-six years of age. Priority in filling vacancies in the. grade of third lieutenant will be given: first, to graduates of the Military Academy of die Philippines or of the United States Military or Naval Academy; second, to graduates of senior military training units in schools and colleges; third, to enlisted men who at tin; time of appointment shall have served more than one year in the Army of the Philippines, aid, fourth, to others: Provided, That original appointments in the Judge Advocate General's Service, the Medical Service and the Chaplain Service, shall be in the grade of first lieutenant from anong applicaits who, at the time of appointment, shall not be less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-live years of age, and, in addition, shall have engaged in the practice of law for at least five years, if appointment is to be made in the Judge Advocate General's Service; said grade being also given, upon the passage of this Act, to such officers of the services whose present grade is lower than first lieutenant: Provided, also, That during the five years following the approval of this Act, the President is authorized to fill vacancies in any commissioned grade in the Army of the Philippines by appointment of officers of the Philippine Constabulary who are citizens of the Philippines and of such officers of the Philippine Scouts and of the Officers' Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, and of graduates of the United States Naval Academy, citizens of the Philippines, as have, prior to their appointment in the Army of the Philippines, legally and honorably severed their connection with the active elements of the Amy of the United States, aid of such others as may qualify through professional and military examination prescribed for the purpose: Provided, further, That the President may appoint professors and assistant professors in the Department of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, the Department of Engineering aid the Department of Languages and Social Arts of the Military Academy without military rank with such compensation as he may prescribe, or in such commissioned grades of the regular force as he may deteirnine; and in die latter case, he may thereafter promote them under such regulations as he may prescribe, such professors and assistant professors to be carried on in a separate roster apart from the general roster of the Aimy end in addition to the number of commissioned officers prescribed in sub-paragraph (d) of this section. No transfer of these professors with military rank to other branches of the Army will be permitted: And provided, finally, That an officer below field rank design at ed as chief of an arm or service, or superintendent or Commandant of cadets in the Philippine Military Academy, may be promoted temporarily to the rank of major without vacating his permanent commission, such temporary rank being in addition to the authorized strength of the Officer Corps prescribed in sub-paragraph (d) of this section. "(i) Upon his own application and with the approval of the Chief of Staff, any officer may be transferred at any time to a branch or service other than his owi without loss of rank: Provided, That no transfers to or from the Judge Advocate General' s Service, the Chaplain Service or the Medical Service shall be permitted. Transfers in time of war shall be made as prescribed by the Chief of Staff. "(m) Transfers of reserve officers within their category shall be made under such rules as the President may prescribe. "To the extent provided for from time to time by appropriations for this specific purpose, the President may order reserve officers to active duty at any time and for any period, but, except in time of a national emergency expressly declared by the National Assembly, no reserve officer shall be employed on active duty for more than six months in each five years without his own consent: Provided, however, That reserve officers who undergo extended tours of active duty voluntarily for any length of time and receive full pay and allowances therefor, shall not, by reason solely of such service, be exempt from duty with annual maneuvers or annual active duty training. Any reserve officer who fails or refuses to report for such duty, when so ordered, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."