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ing public highways, and on any public
work owned or controlled by the United
States, the States thereof, or counties,
districts, and cities therein, as may be
designated by Congress, the President
of the United States, or the Secretary
Of Labor.
1t is expressly provided that all male
members of the industrial army herein
provided for shall receive ten hours
military training each week during the
period of enlistment, by competent of
ficers appointed by the Secretary of
War or designated by said Secretary of
War from the ranks or officers of such
industrial army; that for the purpose
of such military training each male
member OF such industrial army shall
be equipped with the regulation uni
form and firearms of the Regular Army
of the United States.
Sec. 6. That each member of such
industrial army who has been resident
of the United States for five consecu-
tive years or more shall receive in law
full money of the United States for each
days labor of eight hours not less than
81 SO per day and hoard and lodging, to
be paid at the close of each week s ser
vice; that each member of such army
who has been a resident of the United
states less than five years and not more
than three years, shall receive board
and lodging and S1.25 per day; and
each member of said army who has been
a resident of the United States less
than three years shall receive 81 per
day with board and lodging but no per
son not native of the United States,
and who may arrive from foreign
country after the passage OF this Act
shall receive as wages no more than
board and lodging and 80 cents per day
until he has been resident of the
United States for three consecutive
years.
Sec, I. That this organization shall
be designated as the industrial army of
the United States. The enlistment in
SAID army shall be for term of not less
than one year nor more than three
years, and at the expiration thereof
members shall be discharged. If the
service of a member has been uniform
ly good, the mastering out officer shall
state that fact in the discharge,
That any member of such army hav-
ing served the full term Of enlistment,
and not having been discharged from
said army for crimes committed, or be-
cause of any offenses against law, may
reenlist second, third, or any number
OF times upon complying with the con
dtons required in the first enlistment.
Sec. 8. That if any recruit after
taking the oath of enlistment, and af-
ter having been transported to camp,
! rendezvous, or place where he shah be
employed, shall desert; or. being ahle-
bodied, shall refuse to labor under di-
rections of the regularly constituted
overseers or officers, according to the
| terms and conditions of his enlistment
and IN accordance with the provisions
OF this Act, such recruit shall be ad
Judged to be guilty of insubordination
and shall be dishonorably discharged
from such industrial army, and shall be
denied the right of renenlistment in
snch army for period of five years
thereafter, and shall be subject to such
punishment as the Secretary of Labor
may, in his discretion, impose.
Sec, 9. That the Seer etary of Labor
1 is hereby expressly authorized and en-
powered to make and enforce all neces
/ sary rules for the carrying out of tie
provisions of this Act and for the en-.
forcement of discipline in the ranks
and among he officers of the industrial
army herein provided for, except as
/ herein otherwise provided; such rules,
c2stoms, and regulations, for discipline
in force in the Regular Army Of the
! United States, including the payment
of wages, shall, as far as practicable,
be applied to such industrial army here.
in provided for.
Sec. 10. That in the event of illness
of any member, or bodily injury re.
ceived from accident during his tern
of service, he shall be properly anc
humanely cared for, and shall receive
the professional services of regular
physicians, and if practicable, by ply.
sicians in the employ of the United
States and be given medical treatm ent
without expense to such member. He
shall also receive his full wages as
though able to perform the usual labor
while under the physicians care.
Sec. IL. That the members of such
industrial army shall be organized by
the colonel for each state into as many