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10 USC § 7481 - Establishment: purpose 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7481"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 7481 - Establishment: purpose"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7481"
section_name: "Establishment: purpose"
chapter_number: 757
chapter_name: "SCHOOLS AND CAMPS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 249, § 4411; renumbered § 7481, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7481. Establishment: purpose

The Secretary of the Army may maintain schools and camps for the military instruction and training of persons selected, upon their application, from warrant officers and enlisted members of the Army and civilians, to qualify them for appointment as reserve officers, or enlistment as reserve noncommissioned officers, for service in the Army Reserve.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 249, § 4411; renumbered § 7481, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4411 | 10:442 (words before 1st semicolon of 1st sentence). | June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 47d (words before 1st semicolon of 1st sentence); added June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 34 (words before 1st semicolon of 1st sentence of last par.), 41 Stat. 779. |

The words “upon military reservations or elsewhere” are omitted as surplusage. The words “or enlistment as” are inserted for clarity. The words “of the Army” are inserted for clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .