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The Army and Marine Corps
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4he Army and Marine Corps.
h (b) The pay for specialists
rating received by an enlisted
man of the Army or the Marine
Corps at the time of his retire.
ment shall be included in the
computation of his retired pay.
Co The pay of enlisted men Of
the sixth grade of the National
Guard for each armory drill
period, and for each day of par
ticipation In exercises under sec
Hons "a, 81 and 80 of the National
Defense Act. shall be $120.
Id No back pay or allowances
shall accrue by reason of this
Act for any period prior to Oc-
tober /. 1910.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall
operate to reduce the pay now
being received by any retired
enlisted man.
Z % The provisions Of this sec
tion shall be effective on and
after october l. 1910. Thereafter
Ill laws and parts of laws inso-
tar as the same are inconsistent
Herewith or in conflict with the
provisions hereof are hereby re-
pealed.
Armed Mems Relief Act
BHnefits Are Extended.
Sec. 13 (a) The benefits OF the
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief
Act, approved March, 8, 1918, are
hereby extended to all persons
inducted into the land or naval
forces under this Act, and to all
members of any reserve COM
ponent of such forces now or
hereafter on active duty for a
period Of more than one month;
and, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, the provisions of such Act
OF March s, 1918, shall be effective
for such purposes.
90 For the purposes OF this
section
Cd The following provisions of
such Act of March 8, 1918, shall
be imperative: Section 100; par
agraphs %. 90, and 90 of sec
ton lo1; article 4; article S; par
agraph 90 of section COL; and
section sos
~ the term persons in mill
tary ser ice" when used in such
Act of March 8, 1918, shall be
deemed to mean persons inducted
into the land or naval forces un-
der this Act and all members of
any reserve component of such
forces now or hereafter on active
duty for a period of more than
one month;
90 the term period of mill
tary service" when used in such
Act of March 8, 1918, when appi-
cable with respect to any such
person, shall be deemed to mean
the period beginning with the
date of enactment of this Act, or
the date on which such person is
tnducted into such forces under
this Act for any period of train
ing and service or is ordered to
such active duty, whichever is the
later, and ending so days after
the date on which such period of
training and service or active
duty terminates.
a. The term date of approval
Of this Act" when used in such
Act of March s, 1918, shall be
deemed to mean the date of
enactment of the Selective Train
ing and Service Act of 1910.
(c) Article III Of such Act Of
March 8, 1918, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the
following new section:
Sec. 303 Nothing contained
In section 30l shall prevent the
termination or cancellation of q
contract referred to in such
section, nor the repossession or
retention of property purchased
or received under such contract,
pursuit to a mutual agreement
Of the parties thereto, or their
assignees, if such agreement is
executed In writing subsequent
to the making of such contract
and during the period of military
service Of the person concerned"
Sec. IA (a) Every person shall
be deemed to have notice of the
requirements Of this Act upon
publication by the President OF
a proclamation or other public
notice fixing a time for any reg
istration under section 2.
(b) II any provision Of this