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 534 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 59-61. 1918. },’§jn*f’,‘})r§‘§_fg{{,d°dm The words "United States" shall include the Qanal Zone_and all term. territory and waters, continental and insular, subject to the jur1sd1o- A, te ti tion of the United States. _ _ _ n$°..m°'§g J?$,·.,°.>'.i,,, The words " assocmte nation," as used 111 this_Act, shall be deemed to mean any nation at war with any nation with Wl]10l1 the United Ijunishment_ for in-  is at Wax` · · • • imag, emrpymg,etc,, mo. 2. That when the United States IS at war, whoever, with intent ig   P'°’“‘ to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any assosimmee ms. ciate nation in preparing for or carrying on_ the war, or whoever, with reason to believe that his act may 1I1j;l].I‘6,. mterfere with, or obstruct the glmted Stlaatiils $11  ass0c1ate natgon in preparlmj foirtor ciriéymg on the war s y injure or estroy or s a ern _ 0 so injure or dehtroy, any war material, war premises, or war ut1.Et1es, as herein defined, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than . $10,000 or imprisoned not more than thirty years, or both. Prmxshment for ob-. . . . stmamg, etc.,_u¤1m1 Sec. 3. That when the United States IS at war,_whoever, with m- §,$$°§,,°'é§”"2,,‘{‘,°}¥,;° Q}; tent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any thelgzréed ms associate nation in preparinifor or carrying on the war, or whoever, ` with reason to believe that IS act may injure, mterfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preiparing for or C8.1‘I’_Y111g on the war, shall willfully make or cause to e made in a defective manner, or attempt to make or cause to be made m a defect1ve manner, any war_ma.ter1al, as herein denned, or any tool, unplement, machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in makmg, roducin manufact or repa1r1n any such war material, as E _ 8, m‘mg», _ 8 erem dehned, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than thirty years, or both. . Approved, April 20, 1918. ‘iguB?¤6}g5· CHAP. 60.-An Act To provide for reimbursement of actual expenses or flat per diem for enlisted men trave ing on duty xmder competent orders. Amy Be it enacted  Ute Senate and House of R'le£;eaentatives of the United eureka msu mm- States of America pn _Congress assembled, t hereafter under such ,,g"‘,,",§§,,,'§ ‘”'°' °" regulations and with1n such_ maximum rates as_may be prescribed by the Secretary of War enhsted men may be reimbursed for actual expenses of travel, mcluding subsistence and lodging, incurred while traveling under competent orders and not embraced in the movement of troops, or they may be paid a flat per diem therefor m lieu of such reimbursement. Approved, April 20, 1918. lgilzcilégdi CHAP. 61.—An Act To amend section eigt of an Act entitled ‘ ‘An Act to author- ize the President to increase temporarily t   Establishment of the United States, " approved May eighteenth, mneteen hun and seventeen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re eaentatives of the United mildly °°w°°°°y m` States of America in Congress assembled, 'Ight the last sentence of Anl¢,p.8l,ame·nded. stgctilou ncrease por y e tary hshmen o e ni States/’ approved Ma eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen { - * General Omms for be, and the same here y is, amended to read as follows:_ em., 0,, "Vacanc1es m the grades of the Regular Army resulting from the m§;£‘§§n;§xS§f§}’;§vf* appointment of officers thereof to higher Etudes in the forces other v0i.e»,p.eu. ‘ an the Regular A1-mg herein provided or shall be filled b tem— _ porary promotions an a;;pmntments in the manner  by P;:§§g;Q'm;,2g; pf; section one hundred and ourteeu of the national de ense Act, apvisee. proved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, except that such promotions   ’ appomtments may be made by the President alone