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[CITE: 10USC3063]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                          CHAPTER 307--THE ARMY
 
Sec. 3063. Basic branches

    (a) The Secretary of the Army may assign members of the Army to its 
basic branches. The basic branches are--
        (1) Infantry;
        (2) Armor;
        (3) Artillery;
        (4) Corps of Engineers;
        (5) Signal Corps;
        (6) Adjutant General's Corps;
        (7) Quartermaster Corps;
        (8) Finance Corps;
        (9) Ordnance Corps;
        (10) Chemical Corps;
        (11) Transportation Corps;
        (12) Military Police Corps; and
        (13) such other basic branches as the Secretary considers 
    necessary.

    (b) The Secretary may discontinue or consolidate basic branches of 
the Army for the duration of any war, or of any national emergency 
declared by Congress.
    (c) The Secretary may not assign to a basic branch any commissioned 
officer appointed in a special branch.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 166.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3063(a)...............................  10:1g(a) (less words of 1st          Ju
ne 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.
                                         sentence after semicolon, and less   3
06(a), 64 Stat. 269.
                                         last sentence).
3063(b)...............................  10:1g(a) (last sentence).
3063(c)...............................  10:1g(a) (words of 1st sentence
                                         after semicolon).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``The basic branches are'' are 
substituted for the words ``There shall be in the Army certain branches, 
which shall be known as basic branches of the Army'' and ``The basic 
branches of the Army shall be''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``enumerated in this subsection'' are 
omitted as surplusage. The word ``hereafter'' is omitted, since all wars 
and emergencies declared by Congress before June 29, 1950, have been 
terminated.
    In subsection (c), the words ``and commissioned'' are omitted as 
covered by the word ``appointed''. The words ``specified in subsection 
(b) of this section'' are omitted as surplusage. The word 
``commissioned'' is inserted before the word ``officer'', for clarity.


                            Philippine Scouts

    Section 42 of act Aug. 10, 1956, provided that: ``The President is 
authorized to form the Philippine Scouts into such branches and tactical 
units as he may deem expedient, within the limit of strength prescribed 
by law, organized similarly to those of the Regular Army.''
