ART. 65] DISCHARGE. 1499

nomination of the commanding officer of the troop, battery, company or
signal corps. No enlisted man shall be warranted as a non-commis-
sioned officer unless he shall have passed previously a satisfactory
examination before a board of examination to be appointed by the officer
authorized to issue such warrant. Sergeants, first class, and sergeants
of the hospital corps must be appointed from the members of the hos-
pital corps. The officer warranting a non-commissioned officer shall
have power to reduce to the ranks, for good and sufficient reasons, the
non-commissioned officers named in this section; but such as were
enlisted as non-commissioned officers shall be discharged. Non-com-
missioned officers who shall be dropped vacate their position. The pro-
vision of this section apply to the warrant and petty officers of the
naval brigade.

1908, ch. 103, sec. 53.

52. An enlisted man who shall remove his residence to such dis-
tance from the armory of his organization as to render it impracticable
for him to perform his duties properly, or who, after due diligence,
can not be found, or who shall be convicted of a crime, or who shall be
expelled from his organization in accordance with the by-laws lawfully
adopted, shall be discharged upon the request of his commanding officer
or by order of the Commander-in-chief.

1908, ch. 103, sec. 54.

53. An enlisted man discharged by reason of removal upon re-en-
listment at any time after his original enlistment in his former or any
other organization, obtaining in the latter case first the permission of
his former commanding officer, approved by the commander-in-chief,
shall receive credit for the time served before such discharge.

1908, ch. 103, sec. 55.

54. An enlisted man who has not returned all the public property
for which he is responsible shall under no circumstances receive a full
and honorable discharge. A discharge or an honorable discharge, at
the discretion of the officer discharging him, shall be granted to the fol-
lowing : A non-commissioned staff officer or a non-commissioned officer
who, had he not been enlisted as such, would be reduced to the ranks:
an enlisted man at his own request, provided he assigns sufficient and
valid reason for such request; an enlisted man who by reason of dis-
ability is no longer able to perform his military duties properly; an
enlisted man who, by the reduction of his regiment, battalion or com-
pany has become surplus, or whose signal corps, troop, battery or com-
pany shall be disbanded, provided he is not entitled at the time to a
full and honorable discharge; an enlisted man who has served the time
for which he is enlisted or re-enlisted, and is not entitled to a full and
honorable discharge. A full and honorable discharge shall be granted
to the following: An enlisted man who shall have performed in each