[59 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 393-OCT. 6, 1945 the time such furlough or leave becomes effective, a furlough travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents a mile for the distance between his home or such other place as, subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Department concerned, he may select, and the place at which he is stationed when the furlough or leave becomes effective, and for the distance between his home, or other place so selected, and the place at which he is ordered to report for duty at the termi- sea travel. nation of the furlough or leave. If in order to reach his home, or other place so selected, or to reach the place at which he is ordered to report for duty at the termination of the furlough or leave, sea travel is necessary, he shall be furnished for such sea travel trans- portation in kind and subsistence en route, and the distance thereof shall be excluded in computing the monetary allowance under the Disallowance. preceding sentence. No monetary allowance shall be paid under this section if travel allowance at least as great has been paid under 39 stat. 217. section 126 of the National Defense Act upon the discharge or release 10 U. S.C. §752; upp. iv, 2.752. immediately preceding the enlistment or reenlistment, and if travel allowance m a lesser amount has been so paid under section 126 of the National Defense Act, the monetary allowance provided for in this Funds available. section shall be reduced by that so paid under such secticn 126. Any appropriated funds available to the Department of War or the Navy to defray the cost of travel of military or naval personnel shall be available to defray expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section. at. . Supp SEO. 7 . (a) Section 2 (b) of the Mustering-Out Payment Act of IV, I 91b(b). 1944 is amended to read as follows: Musterng-ut pay- "(b) Each person eligible to receive mustering-out payment under subsection (a) (1) shall receive one-third of the stipulated amount at the time of final discharge or ultimate relief from active service or, at the option of the person so eligible, at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in the Regular Military or Naval Establishment; and the remaining amount of such payment shall be paid in two equal installments- one month and two months, respectively, from the date of the original payment. Each person eligible to receive mustering-out payment under subsection (a) (2) shall receive one-half of the stipulated amount at the time of final discharge or ultimate relief from active service or, at the option of the person so eligible, at the time of dis- charge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in the Regular Military or Naval Establishment; and the remaining amount of such payment shall be paid one month from the date of the original payment. Each person eligible to receive mustering-out payment under subsection (a) (3) shall receive the stipulated amount at the time of such discharge or relief from active service or, at the option of the person so eligible, at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in the Regular Military or Naval Establishment. A person entitled to receive the first installment of the mustering-out payment at the time of discharge or release for the purpose of enlist- ment, reenlistment, or appointment in the Regular Military or Naval Establishment shall, at his election, receive the whole of such pay- ment in one lump sum, rather than in installments." a8U.S. .. ,8 n pp. (b) Section 3 of such Act is amended by inserting before the period optional payment. at the end thereof the following: ", or, at the option of such member, for the purpose of enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment in the Regular Military or Naval Establishment". Applaiity of (C) The amendments made by this section shall be applicable, in the case of the Naval Establishment, with respect to enlistments, reenlistments, and appointments on or after February 1, 1945, and
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