[58 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 269-JUNE 22, 1944 per ration; subsistence of supernumeraries on naval vessels because of war conditions, including expenses heretofore incurred for such pur- pose; subsistence of Navy and Marine Corps general courts-martial prisoners undergoing imprisonment; money allowances for subsist- ence and quarters of enlisted personnel when not furnished quarters or subsistence in kind, and for enlisted personnel absent from messes on temporary duty not involving travel (during which time all other subsistence shall be stopped); total subsistence, $579,978,000; ransrtation and Transportation and recruiting: For mileage and actual and neces- sary expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law to officers and nurses while traveling under orders, including ex- eret documents. penses when on duty with traveling recruiting parties, the cost of a compartment or such other accommodations as may be authorized by the Secretary for security when secret documents are transported by officer messenger or when valuable naval property is transported as hand baggage by personnel of the Naval Establishment, and expenses of attendance, at home and abroad, upon meetings of technical, pro- fessional, scientific, and other similar organizations when, in the judg- ment of the Secretary, such attendance would be of benefit in the Midshipmen. conduct of the work of the Navy Department; for mileage at 5 cents per mile to midshipmen entering the Naval Academy while proceed- mg from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment, and for transportation of midshipmen, including reim- bursement of traveling expenses, while traveling under orders after appointment, and transportation in kind and subsistence to discharged midshipmen; travel allowance or transportation and subsistence of enlisted personnel upon discharge, including enlisted personnel dis- charged on medical survey to their homes if residents of the United States; transportation of enlisted personnel and applicants for enlist- ment at home and abroad and insane supernumerary patients to hos- pitals, all with subsistence and transfers en route or cash in lieu thereof; expenses of funeral escorts of naval personnel and appre- hension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway, steamship, and airway guides and expenses incident to transportation; Transportation of transportation of dependents of officers and enlisted personnel, includ- ing those of retired and Reserve officers, and of retired and Reserve enlisted personnel of grades entitled to transportation of dependents in the Regular Navy when ordered to active duty (other than train- ing) and upon release therefrom; for actual expenses of officers and midshipmen while on shore-patrol duty, including the hire of auto- mobiles when necessary for the use of the shore-patrol detachment; for all necessary expenses for recruiting for the naval service, includ- ing lodging and subsistence of applicants, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same, and advertising for and obtaining men; total transportation, $285,175,000; TotaL In all, for pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel, $5,691,721,000, and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy", shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute Care onemfra et one fund: Provided, That hereafter additional commissioned, war- tients. ranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the United States Veterans' Administration in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to the numbers annually appropriated for: AppoiVmentoae Provided further, That during the present emergency qualified Acaemy. enlisted men of the Navy, Naval Reserve, and Marine Corps may be appointed to the Naval Academy after nine months of service: Pro- 308
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