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(5) Intelligence Reserve applicants are required to obtain letters of recommendation which positively indicate the qualities which they must have to aspire to a particular activity in the Intelligence Service. Perfunctory letters in the common style of good fellowship are not acceptable. Letters which indicate abilities, application, accomplishment, imagination, conduct, endurance, initiative, intelligence, versatility, loyalty, sound and tested Americanism, and sobriety under strain, give facts of value and are the types of letters desired.
(6) An applicant who is favorably reported upon after a check and investigation will usually be placed on a waiting list unless his early commissioning is specifically desired.

ORDNANCE OFFICERS, VOLUNTEER RESERVE (SPECIAL SERVICE). CLASS O-V (S)

(1) Candidates for appointment in this class will in general be drawn from the faculties of universities and technology institutes, form research and experimental organizations, and from administrative engineering or technical staffs of manufacturing companies.
(2) They must possess technical or scientific knowledge necessary to the supervision of design, manufacture, or test of ordnance material, the development of new material, or the application of inventions, new discoveries, and commercial practices to the problems of ordnance design and manufacture.
(a) Candidates for appointment to the ranks of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade) must have outstanding reputations, considering their ages, or must show promise of attaining eminence in their professions, or must possess unusual technical knowledge or ability such as to make their services highly valuable to the Bureau of Ordnance.
(b) Candidates for appointment to the rank of lieutenant commander must be scientists or engineers of outstanding reputation in their professions, or executives of demonstrated ability. in handling large organizations.

LEGAL OFFICERS, VOLUNTEER RESERVE (SPECIAL SERVICE). CLASS L-V (S)

(1) The following professional and special qualifications are considered as the basis for eligibility for appointment in this class:
(a) The candidate must hold a degree of bachelor of laws.
(b) He must be a member, in good standing, of a State bar, or its equivalent.
(c) He must be especially fitted for the particular position to which he will probably be assigned in the event of emergency.
(d) Candidates for appointment must have outstanding reputation considering their ages, or must show promise of attaining eminence in their profession.
(2) In determining the rank to be assigned, the following are considered as the minimum of practical experience in the legal profession:
(a) For ensign, 2 or more years.
(b) For lieutenant (junior grade), 4 or more years.
(c) For lieutenant, 7 or more years.
(d) For lieutenant commander, 10 or more years.

MEDICAL OFFICERS. VOLUNTEER RESERVE (SPECIAL SERVICE). CLASS MC-V (S)

(1) Medical officers, Volunteer Reserve (special service), class MC-V(S), required for special shore duty within the continental limits of the United States and for service with base hospital groups and in hospital ships may be appointed upon presentation of satisfactory credentials which may be accepted as qualifying the candidate for appointment without a professional examination.
(2) A candidate for appointment in this class must present the following credentials as to education and professional qualifications:
(a) Certificate of graduation from a class A medical school, indicating date of graduation, signed by the dean or registrar.
(b) A certificate from the president or secretary of the State or local medical society to the effect that the applicant is a member in good standing.
(c) A certificate of license to practice medicine.
(d) A certificate from proper hospital officials indicating type and duration of interneship.
(e) If the candidate has had hospital service or special educational or professional advantages, other than interneship, certificate to this effect, signed by proper authorities shall be forwarded.
(f) Evidence of qualification in specialty.
(3) The certification by the district medical officer as to their qualifications and professional standing may be accepted in lieu of letters or certificates from two or more persons, etc., certificate of medical education, certificate from the president or secretary of State or local medical society, certificate of license to practice medicine, certificate as to the hospital service, etc., and professional examination in the cases of candidates for appointment in this class.
(4) The grade and rank in which candidates for class MC-V (S) are appointed will be determined by the candidate's age, professional standing, and academic seniority. It must be appropriate to the duties of the mobilization assignment.