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72d CONG RESS . SESS. II. CHS. 184, 185. MARC H 2, 1933 . [CHAPTER 184 .1 AN ACT To effect needed changes in the Navy ration . Be it enacted by the S enate and House o f Representati ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 80 and 1581, Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of June 29, 1906, and the Act of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat . 570, 571, 1193; U. S . C ., title 34, sets . 902, 903, 906), are hereby repealed . The Navy ration issued to each person entitled thereto shall consist of the following daily allowance of provisions : Eight ounces of bis- cuit or twelve ounces of soft bread or twelve ounces of flour; twelve ounces of preserved meat or fourteen ounces of salt or smoked meat or twenty ounces of fresh meat or fresh fish or poultry; twelve ounces of dried vegetables or eighteen ounces of canned vegetables or forty-four ounces of fresh vegetables; four ounces of dried fruit or ten ounces of canned fruit or six ounces of preserved fruit or sixteen ounces of fresh fruit; two ounces of cocoa or two ounces of coffee or one-half ounce of tea; four ounces of evaporated milk or one ounce of powde red milk or one-ha lf pint o f fresh m ilk, toge ther with one and six-tenths ounces of butter, one and six tenths ounces of cereals or rice or starch foods, one-half ounce of cheese, one and two-tenths eggs, one and six-tenths ounces of lard or lard substitute, two-fifths of a g ill of oils or s auces or vinegar, five ounces o f sugar and such quantities of baking powder and soda, flavoring extracts, mustard, pepper, pickles, salt, sirup, spices, and yeast as required . SEC. 2 . Any articl e comp rised in the Navy ration may be issue d in excess of the authorized quantity : Provided, That there be an underissue of the same value in some other article or articles . SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to increase the above- stated allow ances on tho se ves sels an d stat ions h aving an allowed complement of less than one hundred and fifty men and subsisting on a ration allowance, when, in his opinion, such vessels and stations are operating under conditions which warrant such increases . SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to fix the limit of the cost of rations on destroyers, submarines, mine sweepers, tugs, aircraft, and other vessels and stations subsisted under the direction of commanding officers . Approved, March 2, 1933 . [CHAPTER 185 .]

AN ACT To amend section 6 of the national charter of the Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of Red Men . Be it enacted by the S enate and House o f Representati ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the charter of the Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of Red Men, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows " SEC . 6 . That said corporation shall not engage in any business for gain; the purposes of said corporation being fraternal, benevo- lent, and patriotic in providing benefits to its members, care for members, orphans, and widows of members, and to inspire a greater love for the United States of America, and the principles of American liberty ." Approved, March 2, 1933 . 1423 March 2, 1933. [S . 5675.] [Public, No. 411 .] Navy rations. R.S.,sees.1580,1581, p. 270 . Vol. 34, pp . 570, 571, 1193 . U. S. C., p. 1141, repealed . Da ily allowa nce modified . Excess issue of any art icle allowed . Proviso . Underissue of sa me v alue in some other art icle . Small vessels and sta . tions, increase . Rat ions on dest roy . ers, aircraft, etc . March 2, 1933. [H.R.194.] [Public, No . 412.] Gre at Council of the United States of the Improved Or der of Red Men . Charter amended . Vol . 34, p. 1 18, amended. Purposes, etc . Ca re for membe rs, ad ded.