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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 35-APR . 3, 1939 exceeding $300,000,000, together with such annual appropriations as Replacement of ob- may be necessary to maintain such air force. In order to maintain the number specified above, the Secretary of War is hereby author- ized to replace obsolete or unserviceable aircraft from time to time: oPrsot.esi Provided, That the total number of airplanes and airships herein of those awaiting sal- authorized shall be exclusive of those awaiting salvage or undergoing vage, etc. experiment or service tests, those authorized by the Secretary of War to be placed in museums, and those classified by the Secretary of Number necssar War as obsolete: And provided further, That the total number of for National Guard, etc., included. airplanes authorized in this section shall include the number neces- sary for the training and equipment of the National Guard and the training of the Organized Reserves as may be determined by the Secretary of War." Technical instruc SEO. 2 . When the facilities of the Army for instruction and tion of Army person. nel at civilian nstitu- training in aviation are deemed by the Secretary of War to be tio', p.9 . insufficient he may, under such regulations as he may prescribe, and without reference to any limitation contained in section 127a of the 44 Stat. 705. National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S. C. 535), detail personnel 10US.C. 35 of the Regular Army as students at any technical, professional, or other educational institution, or as students, observers, or investi- gators at such industrial plants or other places as shall be best suited to enable such personnel to acquire a knowledge of or experience in the specialties incident to aviation in which the training of such Liiaon o .- personnel is essential: Provided,That no expense shall be incurred by penses. the United States in addition to the authorized emoluments of the personnel so detailed except for the cost of tuition at such educa- tional institutions, and the cost of maintenance of necessary per- sonnel who may be detailed as supervisors or inspectors and of the equipment assigned to them for their official use: Providedfurther, Payment of tuition. That the tuition for the personnel during the period of their detail may be paid from any funds which may hereafter be made available for the procurement branches. Air Corps Training SEC. 3. The Secretary of War, in his discretion and under such Center, enrollmentsr from accredited civil- rules and regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized to enroll as ian flying schools. students at the Air Corps Training Center, for the pursuit of such courses of instruction as may be prescribed therefor, such civilians, upon their own applications, as may be selected from the instructional staffs of those civilian flying schools which have been accredited by the War Department for the education, experience, and training of ProosSos. personnel of the Military Establishment: Provided, That except for Federal cost restric- tion. the furnishing of such supplies, materiel, or equipment as may be necessary for training purposes, the training of such students shall be Hospital or medical without cost to the United States: Provided further, That in case of treatment. injury to or sickness of such students, hospital or medical treatment may be given in Government hospitals, but shall be without expense to the United States other than for services of Medical Department personnel and the use of hospital equipment, not including medicines Gratuity due to or supplies: And provided further, That the United States shall be death, etc.,of student. A under no obligation in respect to payment of a pension, compensation, or other gratuity to the dependents of any such student who dies of disease or injury while undergoing such training, nor to any such student in the event of personal injury sustained by him. etc. to acicredtd SE. 4. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discre- civilian aviation tion and under rules, regulations, and limitations to be prescribed by schools . him, to lend to accredited civilian aviation schools, one or more of Traimug of Negro which shall be designated by the Civil Aeronautics Authority for the training of any Negro air pilot, at which personnel of the Military Establishment are pursuing a course of education and training pur- suant to detail thereto under competent orders of the War Department, 556 [53 STAT.