78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 689 MILITARY BENEFITS SEC. 212 . (a) For the purposes of this section- (1) the term "full military benefits" means all rights, privi- fiIUminitasrben- leges, immunities, and benefits provided under any law of the United States in the case of commissioned officers of the Army (including their surviving beneficiaries) on account of active military service, including, but not limited to, burial payments in the event of death, six months' pay in case of death, veterans' compensation and pensions and other veterans' benefits, the rights provided under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Sat.sla808. Act, as amended, and under the National Service Life Insurance 501-6; sUpp. III Act, as amended, travel allowances, including per diem allow- u .P s c e818;3 ances for travel without regard to repeated travel between two "PoP, ip8012762, or more places in the same vicinity, exemption from payment 764. of postage on mail, exemption of certain pay from Federal income taxation, and other benefits, privileges and exceptions under the Internal Revenue laws; excluding, however, retired pay, uniform allowances, the right to be awarded military rib- bons, medals, and decorations, and the benefits of the Mustering- out Payment Act of 1944, and excluding reemployment rights A"*, P.a with respect to any commissioned officer of the Service except officers of the Reserve Corps called to active duty after Novem- ber 11,1943; and (2) the term "limited military benefits" means full military benLitsd mi tar . benefits, except veterans' compensation and pensions and other veterans' benefits, and eligibility under the National Service 8stat. i- Life Insurance Act, as amended. 818; supp. m, I 801 (b) Commissioned officers of the Service (including their sur- 762,76. viving beneficiaries)- b (1) shall be entitled to limited military benefits with respect to all active service in time of war; (2) shall be entitled to full military benefits with respect to active service performed while detailed for duty with the Army, Navy, or Coast Guard: (3) shall be entitled to full military benefits with respect to active service outside the continental limits of the United States, or in Alaska, in time of war; (4) shall be entitled to full military benefits with respect to active service performed while the Service is part of the military forces of the United States pursuant to executive order of the President. (c) The authority vested by law in the War Department, the Sec- Au,,huo'to Bs retary of War, or other officers of the War Department with respect to rights, privileges, immunities, and benefits referred to in subsection (a) shall be exercised, with respect to commissioned officers of the Service, by the Surgeon General under the supervision and direction of the Administrator. (d) The President may prescribe the conditions under which com- Aw rd8 missioned officers of the Service may be awarded military ribbons, medals, and decorations. ATLjOWANCES FOR UNIFORMS SEC. 213. An allowance of $250 for uniforms and equipment is authorized to be paid to each commissioned officer of the Service who is hereafter, in time of war, appointed to the Regular Corps or called to active duty in the Reserve Corps, or who is hereafter on active duty in either corps at the commencement of any war, if at such time 93860° --1 6P T. I--U 58 STAT.]
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