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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 175 -APR. 26, 1938 Enlisted men, etc. Apprehension of de- serters, etc. Recruiting. Transportation of dependents. Funeral escorts. Sumreappropriated. 50 Stat. 106. Amount immedi- ately available. Accounting. Provisos. Additional medical detail, Veterans' Ad- ministration patients in naval hospitals. Restrictions on ad- missions to Naval Academy after Janu- ary 30, 1938. Appointments at large, from enlisted men, etc. Sea service require- ments of appointees from enlisted men. appointment as midshipmen, and not more than $2,500 shall be available for transportation of midshipmen, including reimbursement of traveling expenses while traveling under orders, after appointment as midshipmen; for actual traveling expenses of female nurses; for travel allowance or for transportation and subsistence as authorized by law of enlisted men upon discharge; transportation of enlisted men and apprentice seamen and applicants for enlistment at home and abroad, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; transportation to their home, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentice seamen discharged on medical survey, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash m lieu thereof; transportation of sick or insane enlisted men and apprentice seamen and insane supernumerary patients to hospitals, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway, steamship, and airway guides and other expenses incident to transportation; expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for and obtaining men and apprentice seamen; actual and necessary expenses in lieu of mileage to officers on duty with traveling recruiting parties; transportation of dependents of officers and enlisted men, $992,486; expenses of funeral escorts of naval personnel; actual expenses of officers and midshipmen while on shore-patrol duty, including the hire of auto- mobiles when necessary for the use of shore-patrol detachment; in all, $5,642,411; In all, for pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel, including members of the Naval Reserve when called to active duty in time of war or during the existence of a national emergency declared by the President, $200,940,752, plus $3,100,000 of the appropriation "Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy, 1938", such amount of such appropriation being hereby reappropriated, and of the total of such amounts $1,000,000 shall be available immediately, and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel" shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Provided, That additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the United States Vet- erans' Administration in naval hospitals, may be employed in addi- tion to the numbers appropriated for in this Act: Provided further That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any midshipmen whose admission subsequent to January 30, 1938, would result in exceeding at any time an allowance of four midship- men for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; of one midshipman for Puerto Rico, a native of the island, appointed on nomination of the Governor, and of four midshipmen from Puerto Rico appointed on nomination of the Resident Commissioner; and of four midshipmen from the District of Columbia: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or modify in any way existing laws relative to the appointment of midshipmen at large, from the enlisted personnel of the naval service, from the Naval Reserve, from honor graduates of military schools or Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any mid- shipman appointed from enlisted men of the Navy for admission to the Naval Academy in the class entering in the calendar year 1939 who has not served aboard a vessel of the Navy in full commission for at least nine months prior to such admission. 234 [52 STAT.