PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 393-AUG. 4, 1949
protection of the uniform of the Coast Guard, in the same manner, to
the same extent, and under the same conditions.
§ 485. Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel
(a) The Coast Guard may purchase uniforms, accouterments, and
related equipment for sale to officer personnel and cadets of the Coast
Guard.
(b) The Coast Guard may purchase uniform clothing for sale to
enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard. The actual cost of the clothing
thus sold to enlisted personnel may be withheld from their pay.
(c) The Coast Guard may purchase uniform clothing for distribu-
tion to enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard pursuant to law, or to
pay to such enlisted personnel a cash clothing allowance pursuant to
law.
§ 486. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons
The Coast Guard may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute
shipwrecked persons, and the Coast Guard may reimburse, in cash
or in kind, Coast Guard personnel who furnish clothing and subsistence
to destitute shipwrecked persons.
§ 487. Procurement and sale of stores to officers, enlisted men,
and civilian employees
Such stores as the Secretary may designate may be procured and
sold to officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard, and to the widows
of such officers and enlisted men. Such designated stores may also
be procured and sold to civilian officers and employees of the United
States, and to such other persons as may be specifically authorized
by the Secretary, at Coast Guard stations and other units beyond the
continental limits of the United States or in Alaska.
§ 488. Advancement of public funds to personnel
The Commandant, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary,
may advance public funds to personnel when required to meet expenses
of officers and men detailed on emergency shore duty. Funds so
advanced shall not exceed a reasonable estimate of the actual expendi-
tures to be made and for which reimbursement is authorized by law.
§ 489. Death gratuity
The provisions of law relating to the payment of an additional
amount of pay to the widow, children, or other dependent relative
of an officer or enlisted person of the Regular Navy or Marine Corps
upon official notification of the death ofsuch officer or enlisted man
shall apply in the same manner, to the same extent, and under the same
conditions to officers and enlisted men of the Regular Coast Guard.
The authority and duty vested in the Secretary of the Navy by such
provisions of law shall be exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury
in the application and administration of such laws to the Coast Guard
when it is in the Treasury Department.
§ 490. Settlement of claims of military and civilian personnel
(a) The Secretary, and such other officer as he designates for such
purposes and under regulations prescribed by him, may consider,
ascertain, adjust, determine2 settle, and pay any claim against the
United States, including claims not heretofore satisfied arising on or
after December 7, 1939, of military personnel and civilian employees
of the Coast Guard, when such claim is substantiated, and the property
determined to be reasonable, useful, necessary or proper under the
attendant circumstances, in such manner as the Secretary may by
regulations prescribe, for damage to or loss, destruction, capture, or
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