PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 407-SEPT. 7 , 1944 56 Stat. 1037, 360 . 37 U. S. C., Supp. m, 66 101, 103. Service in Medical Reserve Corps. 56 Stat. 369. 37 U. S. C., Supp. in, 6 118. 56 Stat. 361 . 37 U. S. C., Supp. mI, I 104 Dependents of fe- male members. 66 Stat. 361 . 37 U. S. 0., Supp. II, §103. Reserve forces. Payment of accru- als. Mileage. 56 Stat. 364. 37 U. 8. C., Supp. m, §no. Reenlistments. Computation of en- listment allowance. 56 Stat. 364. 37 U. . C. , Supp. In, 112. Officers' mileage al- lowance. SEC. 4 . The eleventh paragraph of section 1 and the first para- graph of section 3 of such Act, as amended by the Act of December 2, 1942, are each hereby further amended by inserting after the words "Officers' Reserve Corps", where such words appear in each of those paragraphs, a comma and the following: "or in the Medical Reserve Corps". SEC. 5. The second paragraph of section 18 of such Act is hereby amended by striking out the words "who is assigned or attached as a member of a parachute unit, including parachute-jumping schools, and". SEC. 6. Section 4 of such Act is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof: "Nothwithstandmg any other provision of law, any female member of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, or the reserve components thereof, shall be entitled to all allowances and benefits authorized in this Act on account of dependents but only in the case of a husband, a child or children, or a parent or parents in fact dependent upon her for their chief support." SEC. 7 . The last paragraph of section 3 of such Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "When members of the reserve forces of any of the services men- tioned in the title of this Act are authorized by law to receive Federal pay, payments may include the entire amount lawfully accruing to such persons as pay, allowances, and mileage, and pay, allowances, and mileage for their return home may be paid to them prior to their departure from their last duty station incident to release from active duty: Provided, That any such mileage payable shall be computed from the place of release to the place from which ordered to active duty without regard to actual performance of travel." SEC. 8 . The fourth paragraph of section 10 of such Act is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "Provided further, That an enlistment in a branch of the regular service within three months from the date of discharge from any component of such branch, other than its Regular Establishment, after not less than one year's continuous active service in such component or components immediately preceding the date of discharge therefrom, shall be considered a reenlistment for the pur- pose of payment of the enlistment allowance provided by this section; and the enlistment allowance shall be computed on the basis of the number of full years' continuous active service immediately preced- ing the discharge from such component." SEC. 9 . The first paragraph of section 12 of such Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, including active and retired personnel of the Regular Establishments and members of the Reserve components thereof and the National Guard, while on active duty in the Federal service, when traveling under competent orders without troops, including travel from home to first station in connection with their appointment or call to active duty and from last station to home in connection with relief from active duty or discharge not the result of their own misconduct, shall receive a mileage allowance at the rate of 8 cents per mile, distance to be computed by the shortest usually traveled route and existing laws providing for the issue of transportation requests to officers of the Army traveling under competent orders, and for deduction to be made from mileage accounts when transportation is furnished by the United States, are hereby made applicable to all the services men- tioned in the title of this Act, but in cases when orders are given [58 STAT.
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