Chapter 436. To amend section 6, Act of March 4, 1923, as amended, so as to better provide for care and treatment of members of the civilian components of the Army who suffer personal injury in line of duty, and for other purposes
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Chap. 436: To amend section 6, Act of March 4, 1923, as amended, so as to better provide for care and treatment of members of the civilian components of the Army who suffer personal injury in line of duty, and for other purposes. Chapter 436 45 Stat. 461 1928-04-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 436.— An Act To amend section 6, Act of March 4, 1923, as amended, so as to better provide for care and treatment of members of the civilian components of the Army who suffer personal injury in line of duty, and for other purposes.
April 26, 1928.[[S. 2948](/us/bill/70/s/2948).][[Public, No. 318](/us/pl/70/318).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That section 6 National Guard.Vol. 42, p. 1508.U. S. Code, pp. 185, 186, 1044.of the Act approved March 4, 1923, entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of section 14 of the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, to validate certain payments made to the National Guard and reserve officers and warrant officers, and for other purposes,” as amended by an Act approved June 3, 1924, be, and the same is Vol. 43, p. 364, amended.hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 6. That officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Hospital treatment, etc., allowed, for injury or disease, while on training duty, etc.Vol. 39, pp. 206, 207.National Guard who suffer personal injury or contract disease in line of duty while en route to or from and 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 who suffer personal injury or contract disease in line of duty while on active duty under proper orders; and persons hereinbefore described who may now be undergoing hospital treatment at Government expense for injuries so sustained; shall, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, when hospital treatment is necessary for appropriate treatment of such injury or disease, be entitled to hospital treatment, including medical treatment, at Government expense, until the disability resulting from such injury or disease can not be materially improved by further hospital treatment, and, during the period of Pay, etc., continued.hospitalization, to the same pay and allowances whether in money or in kind that they were entitled to receive at the time such injury 462Transportation home, and further treatment.was suffered or disease contracted, and to transportation to their homes at Government expense when discharged from hospital; they shall also be entitled to such further medical treatment for such injury or disease as is reasonably necessary after arrival at their homes under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President.Transportation home, and further treatment.Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard who suffer personal injury in line of duty when participating in aerial flights prescribed under the provisions of section 92 of said National Defense Act as amended shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid, be entitled to the same hospital treatment, including medical treatment, pay and allowances, and transportation to their homes, and further medical treatment after arrival at their homes, Vol. 39, p. 206.as if such injury had been suffered while in line of duty at encampments, Members of reserve corps injured in aerial flights, allowed hospital treatment, etc.maneuvers, or other exercises under the aforementioned section 94 of the National Defense Act; and members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and enlisted reserve corps of the Army injured in line of duty while voluntarily participating in aerial flights in Government-owned aircraft by proper authority as an incident to their military training, but not on active duty, shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid, be entitled to the same hospital treatment, including medical treatment, pay and allowances, and transportation to their homes, and further medical treatment after arrival at their Limitation on pay, etc.homes, as if such injury had been suffered while on active duty under proper orders.
No person hospitalized under the foregoing provisions of this section on account of any personal injury suffered or disease contracted shall be entitled to receive, in connection with such injury or disease, pay or allowance other than hospital treatment, including medical treatment, and transportation, as herein provided, for more than six months; but for any remaining period of such hospitalization he shall be entitled to subsistence at Government Allowances to Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and civilian trainees injured at instruction camps.Vol. 41, pp. 778, 779.expense.
Members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and members of the civilian training camps who suffer personal injury in line of duty while en route to or from and while at camps of instruction under the provisions of section 47a and 47d of said National Defense Act as amended shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid, be entitled to hospital treatment, including medical treatment, and transportation to their homes, and further medical Burial expenses and return of body home in case of death.treatment after arrival at their homes, as in the case of persons hereinbefore described, and to subsistence during hospitalization.
If the death of any person mentioned herein occurs while he is undergoing the training or hospital treatment contemplated by this section, the United States shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid, pay for burial expenses and the return of the body to his home a sum not to exceed $100. Previous expenditures validated. “The validation, under this section as heretofore standing, of certain expenditures previously made by the Government shall not be disturbed.” " Approved, April 26, 1928.
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To amend section 6, Act of March 4, 1923, as amended, so as to better provide for care and treatment of members of the civilian components of the Army who suffer personal injury in line of duty, and for other purposes
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