elimination of second lieutenants

elimination of second lieutenants Sec. 324. Except as provided by sections 204 and 205, a Reserve officer in the grade of second lieutenant whose promotion to the next higher grade is not accomplished by or on the date he completes three years of promotion service shall be discharged and, if an officer of the National Guard of the United States, his Federal recognition shall be concurrently withdrawn, notwithstanding section 76 of the National Defense Act, as amended.