55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 362-AUG. 18, 1941 Seventy-sixth Congress, or (b) inducted under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, prior to the enactment of this 54 Stat. 885 . 50 U.S. C., app.II Act, shall, notwithstanding the limitation in section 602 (a) of the 301-318. National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 upon the time within 54 Stat. 100a). which application for National Service Life Insurance may be made, be granted insurance under such section without further medical examination if application therefor is filed within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 4. The Secretary of War shall, when not in conflict with the Release when reten- interests of national defense, release from active military service those undue hardship. persons who apply therefor through the regular military channels and state their reasons for such release, and whose retention in active military service would, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, subject them or their wives or other dependents to undue hardship if retained on active military service. Any person so released who, Certifiate forsatis- in the judgment of those in authority over him, has served satisfac- torily shall be entitled to a certificate to that effect, which shall be in the same form and have the same force and effect as a certificate issued under the provisions of section 8 of the Selective Training 54 tat. 89 0. and Service Act of 1940, as amended. Any person so released shall 3o08. be transferred to, or remain in, as the case may be, a reserve corn- component. ponent of the land forces for the same period and with the same rights, duties, and liabilities as any person transferred to a reserve component of the land forces under the provisions of section 3 (c) 54 US. C., app of such Act. 303( ). SEC. 5 . Section 3 (c) of the Selective Training and Service Act Credit for extended of 1940, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 54r tat. 886 . following: "The active military service or training and service of 303 (c). any person pursuant to section 2 of the Service Extension Act of 1941 shall be credited against the service in a reserve component required by this section or section 4 of the Service Extension Act of 1941." SEC. 6 . The President is hereby authorized to order retired per- Recall of retired sonnel of the Regular Army to active duty and to employ them as personne he shall deem necessary in the interests of national defense. SEC. 7 . Any person who, subsequent to May 1, 1940, and prior to Reemployment the termination of the authority conferred by section 2 of this joint benefts. resolution, shall have entered upon active military or naval service in the land or naval forces of the United States shall be entitled to all the reemployment benefits of section 8 of the Selective Training 54 Stat p. . and Service Act of 1940 to the same extent as in the case of persons 308. inducted under said Act: Provided, That the provisions of section Prorio. 8 (b) (A) of said Act shall be applicable to any such person without D. C . employees. regard to whether the position which he held shall have been covered M tat. 890. into the classified civil service during the period of his military or naval service. SEC. 8. (a) Any person inducted into the land or naval forces of Additional pay for the United States for active training and service, under section 3 (b) serontin .e of1 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 shall, in addition 0Sat.8.., app. to the amounts otherwise payable to such person with respect to such 303 ). training and service, be entitled to receive the sum of $10 for each month of such training and service in excess of twelve. The provi- Applicabilityofpro- sions of this section shall also apply (1) to any enlisted personnel of von the National Guard of the United States or of any other reserve com- ponent of the Army of the United States ordered into the active military service under the authority of Public Resolution Numbered 96, approved August 27, 1940, or section 37a of the National Defense 50 Stat, pp. Act of 1916, as amended, for any such service so rendered by any 4o0- . such personnel in excess of twelve months, and (2) to any enlisted U.ovs.c. IIcI.36 627
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