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 ?¤'i*¤*· d T Se t f W hall also make or cause to be made a comgtuyitm PLT; gum plethmlist (i§BaillU;>1?ivate;1yS0wned plants ih the Lnited States equipped I°{°t"“`u°° "` to manufacture arms or ammxmition, or the component parts thereof. umm- He shall obtain full and plpmplete info1£mat;ipné§§:(1(g_mIiai;l1l:>f Slip; gg arms `f, com onen pa s _ _ or thxili- dlauximbleinfnhiiliifidizitmteid bypeach such plant, the equipment in Pl¤¤*·¤ "h*°h ‘”“‘ each plant, and the maximum capacity thereof. He shall also premmuh°mmums'°tc` pare, or cause to be repared, a list of privately owned manufacturing plants in the Unitedp States capable of being readily transfpliéned mgo ammunition f pctories, whlerehmec capapitysof ge p ism fggglgipeg tt- rm.m`gsuc orpan in amm l gatliiiili of ::115 1; when war shall   imminent; and as_to all such plants the Secretary of War shall obtain full and lcpilnplete mforrnaticilxzlagitfg s rming. . iir a factory in which to manufactme such parts of ammumtiopl as in B d on www the op1mon_ of the Secretary of War such plant IS best atdppte ._ t u¤¤°%i mama; Ee The President is hereby authorized, in  discretion, appom da ¤¤¤¤·¤ *0* mm Board on Mobihzation of Industries Essential for Military Prepare - vc. ness, nonpartisan in character, and to take all necessary steps to provide fordsuch clericalhassistaipcile as lhef mayl deerbned necessary to organize an coordinate the work hereinbefore described.
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—The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to appoint a board of five citizen, two of whom shall be civilians and three of whom shall be officers of the Army, to investigate and report to him the feasibility, desirability, and practicality of the Government manufacturing arms, munitions, and equipment, showing in said report the comparative prices of the arms, munitions, and equipment manufactured in Government plants and those manufactured in private plants, the amount of money necessary to build and operate Government plants for the manufacture of arms, m1m1tions, and equipment; showing also what the Government plants and arsenals are now doing in the way of manufacturing arms munitions, an equipment, and what saving has accrued to the Government by reason of its having manufactured a large part of its own arms, munitions, and equipment for the last four years. And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to transmit said report to Congress on or before January first, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

—A board to consist of five general officers on the retired list of the Army shall be convened by the Secretary of War, within sixty days after the approval of this Act, for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon past awards or issues of the so–called congressional medal of honor by or through the War Department; this with a view to ascertain what medals of honor, if any, have been awarded or issued for any cause other than distinguished conduct by an officer or enlisted man in action involving actual conflict with an enemy by such officer or enlisted man or by troops with which he was serving at the time of such action. And in any case in which said board shall find and report that said medal was issued for any cause other than that hereinbefore specified the name of the recipient of the medal so issued shall be stricken permanently from the official medal of honor list. It shall be a misdemeanor for him to wear or publicly display said medal, and, if he shall still be in the Army, he shall be required to return said medal to the War Department for cancellation. Said board shall have full and free access to and use of all records pertaining to the award or issue of medals of honor by or through the War Department. The actual and necessary expenses of said board and its members shall be paid out of any appropriations available for contingent expenses of the Army of the War department.