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 402 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 105. 1917. "1¤1¤¤*-" " (10) The term ‘injury’ includes disease. _ "P“Y·" " (11) The term ‘pay’ means the pay for service in the United States according to grade and length of service, excluding all allowances. “MiIitary or naval u 1 • • 1 _·· (12) The term military or naval forces means the Army the kms Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserves; the National Naval Volunteers, and any other branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the Army or the Na. P°Y'”¤“*°'¤*¤°¤ ‘g1¤o. 2}.%. That when, by the terms of this amendatory Act, any payment is to be made to a minor, other than a person in the military or naval forces of the United States, or to a person mentally incompetent, such payment shall be made to the person who is constituted guardian or curator % the laws of the State or_res1dence of claimanlii; or is otherwise leg y vested with responsibility or care of the c imant. ·, B¤¤¤¤n,¤§_g,fg{_¤g=¤¤¤; "Sec. 24. That the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, so far as practitracts ofinsurancgum cable, shall upon request fumish information to and act for persons in the military or naval service, with respect to any contracts of insurm to he ancgcglgzt er with the goylegnment or otherwise, as may befpre- _ * ‘· scri regulations. ai ureau may u on request procure rom lm and keeplz record of the amount and kind oi) insurance held by every commissioned and appointive officer a.nd of every enlisted 1118.11 m the military or naval service of the United States, mcluding the name and principal place of business of the company, societg, or organization m which such msurance is held, the date of the po cg, amount of premium, name and relationship of the benefdciaq, an such other _ ata. as may be dieelgpglsof service in protecting the interests of the an bene c . m ‘°_g§L° "Sec. 25. That whoever in any claim for family allowance, comece- ’ pensation, or insurance, or  any document required by this Act or y re§lation made under this Act, makes any statement of a material M- h ar,eg1;w&°;·:Fa228;%::.e¤&si 2£i$1`:.i.#¤?.;h8t‘.2: pums e a ne o o 1 p iso en not more tlian two lfyears, or both. ’ ’ rmssmm me as- "Sec. 26. That any person_entitled to payment of family allow- $,t{’{§,§’,'§{'(£"c'i:;Y,2,’{'°°' ance or compensation under this Act, whose right to such payment under this Act ceases upon the happening of any contingéancy, thereafter fraudulently accepts any suc payment, e shall e punished by a fine of not more t an $2,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.", Anricnm II. uyniueggiggsmazm- axmorrmmrrs arm remix annowancns. c,,;ggd¤¤**S*°d ¤¤·¤ *¤· £mc.d200. Thaththe lprovisions ofdtpis artiplehshpyll alapgy to all ,` . . e `ste menin the m` `tary or nav . orceso the United States. mgiévimzi ¤“¤*· Sec. 201. That allotment of pay shall, subject to the conditions, ` limitations, and exceptions hereinafter specified, be compulsory as to wife, a former wife divorced who has not remarried and to whom V°'*¤=*¤*Y· alimony has been decreed, and a child,  voluntary as to any other person; but on the written consent of the wife or former wife divorced, supported by evidence satisfactory to the bureau of her ability to sugport herself and the children in her custody, the allotment for her an for such children may be waived; and on the enlisted man’s F¤>¤¤P¤°¤· gjiplication or %hh€1'W`lS6 ger good ripuse glhown, exemption from ith; otment may egrante upon suc con tions as may e prescribe by regulations. uogm 0* ¢>¤¤=¤¤t¤» The monthly compulsory allotment shall be in an amount equal to pin, p.610. the family allowance hereinafter specified except that it shall not be more than one-half the pay, or less than $15; but for a wife living