Chapter 281. To extend the benefits of section 14 of the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, to validate certain payments made to National Guard and reserve officers and warrant officers, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 281.— An Act To extend the benefits of section 14 of the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, to validate certain payments made to National Guard and reserve officers and warrant officers, and for other purposes. March 4, 1923.[[H. R. 14077](/us/bill/67/hr/14077).][[Public, No. 532](/us/67/pl/532).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That officers andNational Guard.Officers of, and reserve officers, to receive Regular Army, while on active duty, etc.Vol. 39, pp. 206, 207. warrant officers of the National Guard, while participating in exercises or performing the duties provided for by sections 94, 97, and 99 of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, as amended, and reserve officers and reserve warrant officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, while on active duty, including duty for training purposes, shall receive the allowances prescribed for officers and warrant officers of the Regular services under sections 5, 6, and 11 of the said pay Act, and payments heretofore made, or accruingPayments made, of services, rental allowances at camps, etc., made retroactive and validated. under the operation of this section, hereby made retroactive in effect, for rental allowances to officers and warrant officers of the National Guard or reserves while attending camps of instruction or service schools are hereby validated. 1508 Sec. 2.
Services of officers prior to December 15, 1922, deemed regular.Vol. 39, p. 202.Payments validated. That service rendered by National Guard officers during temporary Federal recognition, prior to December 15, 1922, shall be deemed to have been rendered in compliance with the provisions of section 75, National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916; and all payments heretofore or hereafter made therefor are hereby validated and authorized. Sec. 3. Payments to officers for Army service, including mileage, with advance for return home.*Ante*, p. 841.
That hereafter the payments authorized by section 3, Act of September 14, 1922 (Public Numbered 299, Sixty-seventh Congress), may include the entire amount lawfully accruing to such officers as pay, allowances, and mileage on account of such service, and, including pay and mileage for their return home, may be paid to the officer's during said period and prior to their departure from the camp or other place at which such service is performed. Sec. 4. Captains and lieutenants.Services at drills, with designated strength attending, recognized and payments validated.Vol. 41, p. 783.
That payments heretofore made to captains and lieutenants belonging to organizations of the National Guard for drills provided for in section 109, National Defense Act, at which at least 50 per centum of the commissioned strength and 60 per centum or more of the enlisted strength, but not less than 60 per centum of Payments authorized for.the required recognition strength attended and participated for the required time be, and the same are hereby, validated; and such officers, who have heretofore participated in drills held under the conditions prescribed in this section and who have not been paid therefor, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Sec. 5. Payments to staff officers of States, etc., not having statutory requirements validated.Ante, p. 1036. That payments heretofore made to the National Guard of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, which by regulation required the qualification for staff officers as provided in section 110 of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, as amended, be, and the same are hereby, validated regardless of the failure of such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to provide by statute for the requirement of such qualification.
Sec. 6. Hospital treatment, etc., allowed for injuries to National Guard, etc., on training duty, etc.Vol. 39, pp. 206,207.*Ante*, p. 1035. That officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard injured in line of duty while at encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, or at service schools, under the provisions of sections 94, 97, and 99 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended; members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and of the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army injured in line of duty while on active duty under proper orders; members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and members of the civilian military training camps, injured in line of duty while at camps of instruction Vol. 41, pp. 778, 779.under the provisions of sections 47a and 47d of said National Defense Act as amended; and anyone belonging to any of said classes of persons who may now be undergoing hospital treatment for such injuries so sustained, shall be entitled, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, to medical and hospital treatment at Government expense until they are fit for transportation to their homes, Transportation to their homes.and upon termination of such medical and hospital treatment shall be entitled to transportation to their homes at Government expense.
Allowance for injuries in air service.Officers and enlisted men of the National Guard air service injured in line of duty when performing the duties and exercises described Vol. 39, p. 206.in section 92 of said National Defense Act as amended, which involve flying, shall be entitled to like medical and hospital treatment and Previous payments for, validated.to like transportation to their homes. Any expenditures heretofore made by the Government in caring for persons injured under the *Provisos*.Officers under treatment to have subsistence if not receiving pay.conditions specified herein are hereby validated: *Provided*, That officers and warrant officers undergoing treatment in hospital under any of the foregoing provisions while not in receipt of pay, and other persons undergoing hospital treatment under any of the foregoing provisions, shall be entitled to subsistence at Government expense.
Approved, March 4, 1923.