Chapter 140. To amend section 4878 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of March 3, 1897
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CHAP. 140.— An Act To amend section 4878 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of March 3, 1897. April 15, 1920. [[S. 4082](/us/bill/66/s/4082).] [[Public, No. 175](/us/pl/66/175).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* National cemeteries.[R. S., sec. 4878, p. 944. amended](/us/rs/s4878/p944).Vol. 29, p. 625. That section 4878 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of March 3, 1897 (chapter 378, Twenty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 625), be, and it hereby is, amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 4878. Burials in, extended. All soldiers, sailors, or marines dying in the service of the United States, or dying in a destitute condition after having been honorably discharged from the service, or who served, or hereafter shall have served, during any war in which the United States has been, or may hereafter be, engaged, and, with the consent of the Citizens serving with allies in World War included.Secretary of War, any citizen of the United States who served in the Army or Navy of any government at war with Germany or Austria during the World War and who died while in such service or after honorable discharge therefrom, may be buried in any national Authority required.cemetery free of cost.
The production of the honorable discharge of a deceased man in the former case, and a duly executed permit of the Secretary of War in the latter case, shall be sufficient authority Army nurses.for the superintendent of any cemetery to permit the interment. Army nurses honorably discharged from their service as such may be buried in any national cemetery, and, if in a destitute condition, free of cost. The Secretary of War is authorized to issue certificates to those Army nurses entitled to such burial.
” " Approved, April 15, 1920.