PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 185-JULY 1, 1943 56 Stat. 982. 50 U. S. C., Supp. 11, app. § 1191 (a) (1), (2). "Department." "Secretary." 66 Stat. 245 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. U, app. i 1191. Post,p. 564 . Application to addi- tional agencies. Emergent military uses. Participation by National Guard, etc. Rental of land, etc. 31U.S. '. § 529. Private property damage claims. (a) of section 403 of the Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appro- priation Act, 1942, as amended, are amended to read as follows: "SEC. 403. (a) For the purposes of this section- "1. The term 'Department' means the War Department, the Navy Department, the Treasury Department, the Maritime Com- mission, Defense Plant Corporation, Metals Reserve Company, Defense Supplies Corporation, and Rubber Reserve Company, respectively. "2. In the case of the Maritime Commission, the term 'Secre- tary' means the Chairman of such Commission, and in the case of Defense Plant Corporation, Metals Reserve Company, Defense Supplies Corporation, and Rubber Reserve Company, the term 'Secretary' means the board of directors of the appropriate cor- poration.": Providedfurther, That section 403 of the Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: "(k) All the provisions of this section shall be construed to apply to Defense Plant Corporation, Metals Reserve Company, Defense Supplies Corporation, and Rubber Reserve Company". GENERAL STAFF CORPS CONTINGENT FUND, CHIEF OF STAFF For such emergent military uses as the Chief of Staff may determine to be necessary, to be expended at his discretion, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $100, and any advances made from this fund to meet emergency requirements to which any other military appro- priation would be legally applicable may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, be reimbursed from such appropriations when sufficient funds are found to remain therein, such reimbursed amounts to be available for the purposes of this appropriation. FIELD EXERCISES For expenses required for the conduct of special field exercises, including participation therein by the National Guard and the Organ- ized Reserves, and including pay and travel of temporary employees and officers and enlisted men of the National Guard and the Organ- ized Reserves, not otherwise provided for, allowances for enlisted men for quarters and rations, troop movements and travel of personnel of the Regular Army, in connection with special field exercises, including special combat training for small units, movement of materiel, main- tenance and operation of structures and utilities, rental of land or purchase of options to rent land without reference to section 3648, Revised Statutes, use or repair of private property, and any other requisite supplies and services, and for settlement of claims (not exceeding $500 each) for damages to or loss of private property resulting from such exercises that have accrued or may hereafter accrue, when payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages, and each claim is sub- stantiated in such manner as the Secretary of War may prescribe by regulations and is approved by the Secretary of War, or by such other oicer or officers as he may designate, whose action thereon shall be conclusive, $77,000,000. ARIY WAR COLLEGE For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary special stationery; textbooks, books of reference, scien- 348 [57 STAT.
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