Regular Army: strength in grade; general officers

§ 3210. Regular Army: strength in grade; general officers (a) The authorized strength of the Regular Army in general officers on the active list, exclusive of the number authorized for the Army Medical Service and the Chaplains, is 75/10,000 of the authorized strength of the Regular Army in commissioned officers on the active list, exclusive of the number of commissioned officers on the active list authorized for the Army Medical Service and the Chaplains. Of this authorized strength, not more than one-half may be in a regular grade above brigadier general. (b) The authorized strength of each of the following branches— (1) the Medical Corps; (2) the Dental Corps; (3) the Veterinary Corps; and (4) the Chaplains; in general officers on the active list of the Regular Army is 5/1,000 of the authorized strength of the branch concerned in commissioned officers on the active list of the Regular Army. Not more than one-half of the authorized strength in general officers in such a branch may be in a regular grade above brigadier general. (c) The number of general officers authorized for the active list of the Regular Army by subsections (a) and (b) may not be more than 205. Of this total there may not be more than— (1) 12 in the Medical Corps, of whom not more than 6 may be in a regular grade above brigadier general; (2) 3 m the Dental Corps, of whom not more than 2 may be in a regular grade above brigadier general; (3) 1 in the Veterinary Corps, in the regular grade of brigadier general: (4) 1 in the Chaplains, in the regular grade of major general or brigadier general; and 175 (5) 188 on the active list of the Regular Army, exclusive of those authorized under clauses (1)-(4) of this subsection, of whom not more than 94 may be in a regular grade above brigadier general. (d) When the application of the percentages and ratios specified in this section results in a fraction, a fraction of one-half or more is counted as one, and a fraction of less than one-half is disregarded. (e) General officers on the active list of the Regular Army who are specifically authorized by law to hold any civil office under the United States, or any instrumentality thereof, are not counted in determining authorized strength under this section.