Chapter 23. To authorize the Secretary of War to grant furloughs without pay and allowances to enlisted men of the Army of the United States
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CHAP. 23.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant furloughs without pay and allowances to enlisted men of the Army of the United States. March 16, 1918.[[S. 3471](/us/bill/65/s/3471).][[Public, No. 105](/us/pl/65/105).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Army.Furloughs without pay, etc., allowed enlisted men for civil work during the war. That, whenever during the continuance of the present war in the opinion of the Secretary of War the interests of the service or the national security and defense render it necessary or desirable, the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to grant furloughs to enlisted men of the Army of the United States with or without pay and allowances or with partial pay and allowances, and, for such periods as he may designate, to permit said enlisted men to engage in civil occupations and *Proviso*.Applications, etc.pursuits: *Provided*, That such furloughs shall be granted only upon the voluntary application of such enlisted men under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Approved, March 16, 1918.