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 S1xrY-n1e1~1rH oononnss. Sess. 11. on. ssa. 1925. 1307 trusses, special clothing, and similar appliances may be procured by the bureau in such manner, either by purchase or manufacture, as the director may determine to be advantageous and reasonably necessary: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed f,f,'j"°· N V ee to affect the necessa military control over any member of the Mili- before yiiischzries aniii tary or Naval Establlisliinents before he shall have been discharged m°°°°d' fr2rp7;h%V1pilitary 01;] nav{)al service. iere any isa led person havin neither wife child nor -°°“‘¥’°“s“"°“"?"”¥i dependent parent shall, after July 1, 1924§ have been maintaindd by ii$i>S¤¤in mm msn the bureau for a period or periods amountin to six months in an institution or institutions, and shall be deemed by the director to be insane, the compensation for such person shall thereafter be $20 per month so long as he shall thereafter be maintained by the bureau in an institution; and such compensation may, in the discretion of the director, be paid to the chief officer of said institution to be used for the benefit of such person: Provided, however, That if such person i_°_Q°,{,?§§;nn,nnnwnnee shall recover his reason and shall be discharged from such institu- ¤¤=<=<=¤v·>¤- tion as competent, an additional amount of $60 per month shall be paid to him for each month the rate of compensation was $20 per month as provided b this subdivision. P nt I "All or any part ofy the compensation, of any mentally incompetent pendayfiiaii to °nosi>i£-iii inmate of an institution, may, in the discretion of the director, be °’”°”°'· paid to the chief officer of said institution to be properly accounted O, denennene een, for and to be used for the benefit of such inmate, or may in the discre— timtion of the director be apportioned to wife, child, or children, or dependent parents, in accordance with regulations. _ "After June 30, 1927, the monthly rate of compensation for all ne§§f§,{§' §°°‘$?{§,,{,'i veterans (other than those totally and permanently disabled), who ggP•;¤eg*f¤*~‘*· Mw ·'“”° are being maintained by the ureau in an institution of any ' description and who are without wife, child, or dependent parent, shall not exceed  _ F Be ummm Gm ‘f(9) In addition to the care, treatment, and appliances now to Qucuuged authorized by law, said bureau shall also provide, without charge ;’¤’g°§},°g*°*’;°§,*}'g§gj§; therefor, hospital, dental, medical, surgica, and convalescent care ungcmgpfmytignwn. and treatment and prosthetic appliances (including such dental need', """ °°° appliances as may be found reasonably necessary by the director) · for any member of the military or naval forces of the United States, not dishonorably discharged, disabled by reason of any wound or injury received or disease contracted, or by reason of any aggravation of a preexisting injury or disease, specifically noted at examination for entrance into or employment in the active military or naval service while in the active military or naval service of the United PWM States on or after April 6, 1917, and before July 2, 1921: Provided, It eisstuny not That the wound or injury received or disease contracted or aggrava- *g•e‘,§*,°,g*e,'}’ "“"“' ““S‘ tion of a preexisting injury or disease, for which such hospital, dental. medical, surgical, and convalescent care and treatment and prosthetic appliances (including such dental appliances as may be found reasonably necessary by the director) sha] be furnished, was incurred in the military or naval service and not caused by his own Reimbursement for willful misconduct: Proveklcdz That where a beneficiary of the bureau imma zmupent, 5uHers or has suffered an injury or contracted a disease in service f,',,§,§’,,§L'T°““ “"‘“"‘“ entitling him to the benefits of this subdivision, and an emergency develops or has developed requiring immediate treatment or hospitalization on account of such injury or disease, and no bureau facilities are or were then feasibly available and in the judgment of the director delay would be or would have been hazardous, -the director is authorized to reimburse such beneficiary the reasonable value of such service received from’ sources other than the bureau. > Sec. 9. Paragraph 10 of section  of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, approved June Y, 1924, is hereby amended by adding at p. w¤¤¤¤d•¤. the end thereof the foHow1ng: