PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 393-A -UG. 4, 1949 SEC. 14 . The Act approved December 12, 1941, chapter 566 (55 Stat. 797; 10 U. S. C., sec. 628a; 14 U. S. C., sec. 35b; 34 U. S. C., sec. 185), is amended to read as follows: Extension of enlist- "That hereafter any enlisted man of the Army, Navy, and Marine ment for medical pur- poses. Corps of the United States in the active service, whose term of enlist- ment shall expire while he is suffering disease or injury incident to serv- ice and not due to misconduct, and who is in need of medical care or hospitalization, may, with his consent, be retained in such service be- yond the expiration of his term of enlistment, and any such enlisted man shall be entitled to receive at Government expense medical care or hospitalization and his pay and allowances (including expense money authorized by law and credit for longevity) until he shall have recovered to such extent as would enable him to meet the physical requirements for reenlistment, or until it shall have been ascertained by competent authority of the service concerned that the disease or injury is of a character that recovery to such an extent would be Forfeiture. impossible, whichever is earlier: Provided, That any enlisted man whose enlistment is extended as provided herein shall be subject to forfeiture in the same manner and to the same extent as if his term of enlistment had not expired, and nothing contained in this Act shall prevent any enlisted man of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps from being held in the service without his consent under, respectively, 41Stat.8 i59 the provisions of the one hundred and seventh article of war, the 39 Stat. 583. Act of August 29, 1916, as amended (40 Stat. 717), and section 1, 34U. S.C 183. 14U. c.. 35 (a). subsection (a),of the Act of May 26, 1906, as amended (50 Stat. 547)." . 4s. s.iC174a; 33 SEC. 15. The Act approved June 6, 1942, ch. 383 (56 Stat. 328), Po, p. 836. is amended to read as follows: Advancementofer- "That all officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who have been tain officers on retired list. specially commended for their performance of duty in actual combat by the head of the executive department under whose jurisdiction such duty was performed, shall, upon retirement, be placed upon the retired list with the rank of the next higher grade and with three-fourths of the active-duty pay of the grade in which serving at the time of retirement." SEC. 16. Section 8 of the Act approved June 27, 1942, ch. 451 (56 34 U.S. C. 338 Stat. 423), is amended to read as follows: Applicability of Act to Marine orps. The provisions of this Act, except as may be necessary to adapt the same thereto, shall apply to the Marine Corps in like manner and to the same extent and with the same relative conditions in all respects as are provided for the Regular Navy." SEC. 17. The last paragraph under the subheading "General Pro- visions" under the heading "Navy Department" of the Act approved December 23, 1943, chapter 380 (57 Stat. 628; 14 U. S . C ., sec. 148; 34 U. S. C., sections 197a and 722), is amended to read as follows: ivilian clothing fo "On and after July 1, 1943, the limitation on the cost of civilian certain discharged per- sonnel. clothing per person, including an overcoat when necessary, for enlisted personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps given discharges for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, or inaptitude is hereby increased to $30." 34U. S.C I 941a; SEC. 18. Section 1 of the Act approved February 25, 1946, ch. 35 14U. S. c. , 136a. S (60 Stat. 30) is amended to read as follows: Settlement of a- " T hat, hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased offi- sonnel. cers or enlisted persons of the Navy and Marine Corps, where no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow, widower, or legal heirs in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow or widower; second, if decedent left no widow or widower, or the widow or widower be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow, widower, or descendants, then to the father and mother 560 [63 STAT.
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