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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CHs. 528, 529. 1928. May 12,1928 .
CHAP. 528.-An Act To provide for the gratuitous issue of service medals and [H. R. 5789.1 sim ilar devices, for the re placement of the same, an d for other purposes . [Public, No. 369 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ar my service mod- als
United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the Secreta ry . Issue of, etc ., auth or- of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to procure and iz ed without e xpense to recipients. issue without expense to persons entitled to them, and to the families of such as may be dead, the following service medals, together with the ribbons, clasps, stars, and similar devices as may be prescribed as a part thereof : Service designated . (a) Civil War campaign medal; (b) Indian campaign medal; (c Spanish campaign medal; (d) Spanish War service medal; (e~ Cuban occupation medal; (f Porto Rico occupation medal; (g) Philippine campaign medal
- (h) Philippine congressional medal;
(i) China campaign medal; (j) Cuban pacification medal; (k) Mexican service medal; (1) Mexican border service medal; (m) Victory medal and clasps
- (n) fourragere as an individual decora-
tion; (o) any service medal or similar device hereafter authorized
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Provided That the fact that a person is not in or did not die in Pre sent service, etc .,
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the service shall not preclude such gratuitous issue . Replacement of lost, SEC. 2 . That whenever any article presented under the provisions etc" medals, at cost . of this Act shall have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the owner, such article may, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, Proviso•
be replaced at cost price : Provided, That to persons in the military Wit hout cost if per- sons in service .
Service of the United State s such articl e may be repla ced free of charge . Expense from A rmy SEC. 3 . That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized appropriations •
to expend from the appropriations for the support of the Army so much as may be necessary to defray the cost of the issues provided this Act . pea led .
laws re- by SEC . 4 . All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of of this Act are hereby repealed . Approved, May 12, 1928 . May 12, 1928. [H. R.239:1 CHAP. 529.-An Act To amend section 110 of the National Defense Act [Public, No . 370 .1 by repealing and striking therefrom certain provisions prescribing additional qualifications for National Guard State staff officers, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Natio nal Guard . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the follow- Pay restriction. vol . 42, p. 1036, ing provisions, to wit, " nor to any State, Territory, or District, or amended. Matter strick en out officer or enlisted man in the National Guard thereof, unless and until such State, Territory, or District provides by law that staff officers, including officers of the finance, inspection, quartermaster, and medi- cal departments hereafter appointed shall have had previous military experience and shall hold their positions until they shall have reached the age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, disability, or for causes to be determined by a court- martial legally convened for that purpose, and that vacancies among said officers sha ll be filled b ay app ointment from the militia o f such State, Terriory, or District,' contained in the last paragraph of sec- tion 110 of the National Defense Act as amended by t t he Act approved September 22, 1922 (Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 1036), be, and the same are hereby, repealed and stricken therefrom, so that said pa ragraph when so amended wi ll read as fol lows : New matter .
" Except as otherwise specifically provided herein no money appro- Limi tati on on pay - ments .
priated under the provisions of this or the last preceding section shall be paid to any person not on the active list, nor to any person
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