Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/898

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880 s1X*rY-F11·**rH CONGRESS. sms. 11. cn. 143. 1918. $‘§;fg{°‘;§ Sec. 7. That section nineteen of chapter one hundred and ninety- V°,_,.,'pp_,, 5.,5_ tgp of Lgfhirtyfiiriplt Statuteséhlgzge seven hundred and f:iftIy—three; ' c ter ty o i -seven tatutes, pa e seventy-two; t at part of &e Act approvelg August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve (Thirty-seventh Statutes, page five hundred and seventydive), vom, P 2,, providing for allowances, subsistence, and medical care during illness ’ ` or the Supprintendent of the Nurse Corps; and that part of the Act approved arch twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty- sixth Statutes, page two hundred and forty-nine) prescribing the pay of the superinten ent and members of the Nurse Corps, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Cmrrnn VI. 1>¤>1¤»r¢y m°i¤$il°t° Cmms or 1:Nms1:m> MEN Fon Loss or PRIVATE Pnormmir: That $§’,{T“§l,‘;"Qj§,#{‘°"d°°‘ the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the settlement of the claims 4*% P- *79- of officers and enlisted men of the Army, for loss of private property destroyed m the military service of the United States," approved March third_,`eighteen hundred and eighty-five (chapter three hundred and thirty-five, 'I`wen·ty-third~ Statutes, page three hundred ands cum mm m_ fifty), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:} gmac., mr rspedlgptd "Sec._1. Thatpinvate belonging °l50T0m0C1'B, men m_,m,§’L°§$u{ 1911: and mzxépers oi » 0eENurse · ?rps(%;1:l:1e)¤f t{E:%;E,mc1ud,ng.,1i· rescri artic es' equipmentan ‘the` w °c " fare' `inllfddri gy law oiéxilegulatipng dt: pwngand use in p perfoi*11%{1eerr‘:fllthii>$ir‘ uties, an orses n · mpmentreq ‘ * y aw orregu ations to _ provided by ‘mounted’·oflic5ers, gwhielr since the fifth da?_of A ri]?

 hundred anbdisevépteeng lim been or p1h%l1b£1erei§ ter be lixst,

. amag or destro_ 8 in emi 'ta service s a re aced, or the c,m,,,,,,s_ damage tliereto or he value recoupegto the owner as heiieinafter rovided, when such loss, damage or destruction has occurred or sliall www, ,,,,,,,,,, hereafter occur m any of the following circumstances: f¤¤¤r.¤¢¤· _ "First. When such loss or destruction was without fault or negli- 8,,,},,,,,,, on ,,,,,,, gence on the W of the owner. ' Er v¤=¤¤1 ¤¤¤¤ f‘Second. en such private property so lost or destroyed was ' shggped on boarld andunseagvorthy vegselllby order of an officer author- II owner wa ving IZ t0·g1VB SHG QP BY OI' ll'6Ct SDC S • HIGH'}. publw 1>r¤x>¤¤;-so *‘Tlm·d, _W'hen it appears that suchpriirate propert was so lost or dgstroyed mf consequenge Iof its owne1i1h%inge§iven attention to t esavingo property eong1ng` to the nit St tes hi h ` B, cmmm mw danger at the same time and in similar circumstanlles. W C was m magma. " ourth. When during travel under orders the regulation allowance of baggage transferred by a common carrier is lost or damagedbut replacement or recoupment in these circumstances shall be limited to %e gxtent ofjsuch or damage over and above the amount recovera e rom said camer. ,,,§f°*"°Y°‘“’Y°°°*“>’· th"Fifth. When (puch pgppte property ipaldlgitroyed pir plaptured ply e enemy,_or is estroy 0 prevent its cr t t ds f t enemy, or IS abandoned on account of lack ol tlgaliispdlrtftlion br by? reasop dif mil§;axgy Eimgrgency requiring its abandonment, or is other- .wiseos mte e uringcam ai.

,;1l§i§liu°u°° °° h°' _ "Sec. 2. That, except as to silichgyllropert asby law or regulations

1S re%u1red to be possessed and used by oécers, enlisted men, and mem ers of the Nurse_Corps (female), respplepively, the liability of the Government under this chslpter shall be `ted to dam e to or loss of such articles of person property as the Secretary ,5 War shall decide or declare to be reasonable, useful, necessary, and roper for pffiriers, enlisted men, or xlpcembliiiis of the Nurse Corps (femalg), reappo- IV€y,8S ecasema W 111 ters, d` li ` cc, m the Imc of e quar engage in the pu ho