Chapter 70. Permitting any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in the present war to retain his uniform and personal equipment, and to wear the same under certain conditions
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CHAP. 70.— An Act Permitting any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in the present war to retain his uniform and personal equipment, and to wear the same under certain conditions. February 28, 1919.[[H. R. 13366](/us/bill/65/hr/13366).][[Public, No. 300](/us/pl/65/300).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Uniforms, etc.Retention of clothing, etc., used in the war by persons honorably discharged from service.*Ante*, p. 891.
That any person who served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps in the present war may, upon honorable discharge and return to civil life, permanently retain one complete suit of outer uniform clothing, including the overcoat, and such articles of personal apparel and equipment1203 as may be authorized, respectively, by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, and may wear such uniform clothing after such discharge: *Provided*, That the uniform above referred to shall*Proviso*.Distinctive insignia for. include some distinctive mark or insignia to be prescribed, respectively, by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, such mark or insignia to be issued, respectively, by the War Department or Navy Department to all enlisted personnel so discharged.
TheCoast Guard included. word “Navy” shall include the officers and enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard who have served with the Navy during the present war. Sec. 2. That the provisions of this Act shall apply to all personsApplicable to discharges since April 6, 1917. who served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the present war honorably discharged since April sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. And in cases where such clothingReturn in kind If previously restored. and uniforms have been restored to the Government on their discharge the same or similar clothing and uniform in kind and value as near as may be shall be returned and given to such soldiers, sailors, and marines.
Sec. 3. That section one hundred and twenty-six of the ActTravel allowance on discharge.Vol. 39, p. 217, amended. entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes,” approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 126. That an enlisted man honorably discharged from theAllowances to enlisted men of Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Army, Navy, or Marine Corps since November eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or who may hereafter be honorably discharged, shall receive five cents per mile from the place of his discharge to his actual bona fide home or residence, or original muster into the service, at his option: *Provided*, That for sea travel on discharge,*Provisos*.Sea travel. transportation and subsistence only shall be furnished to enlisted men: *Provided*, That naval reservists duly enrolled whoNaval reservists released from active service included. have been honorably released from active service since November eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or who may hereafter be honorably released from active service, shall be entitled likewise to receive mileage as aforesaid.
” " Sec. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisionsConflicting laws repealed. of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1919.