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 1508 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 525, 526 . 1929 . SEC. 9 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1929. Amen dment. March 2, 1029. [S. 5332.1 CHAP. 528 .-An Act To enable the mothers and widows of the deceased [Public, No. 952.] soldiers, sailors, and marines of the American forces now interred in the ceme- teries of Europe to make a pilgrimage to these cemeteries. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home o f Representatives o f the American cemeteries arP in Europe. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary `la magei fomeo- of War is hereby authorized to arrange for pilgrimages to cemeteries Americ an forces who in Europe by mothers and widows of members of the military or died during World War and buried therein, to naval forces of the United States who died in the military or naval be arra nged for. service at any time between April 5, 1917, and July 1, 1921, and whose remains are now interred in such cemeteries. Such pilgrimages shall be made at the expense of the United States under the conditions set forth in section 2. SEC. 2. T he conditions under which such pilgrimag es may be mad e extended. (a) Invitations to make the pilgrimages shall be extended in the name of the United States to the mothers and widows for whom the pilgrimages are authorized to be arranged under section 1. (b) Upon acceptance of the invitation the mother or widow shall be en titled to mak e one such pil grimage ; b ut no mother or wi dow who has previous to the pilgrimage visited cemeteries described in section 1 shall be entitled to make any such pilgrimage, and no mother or widow shall be entitled to make more than one such (c) The pilgri h mages sall be madt e a such times during the period from May 1, 1930, to October 31, 1933, as may be designated by the Secretary of War. Is sue ,i or speu it pass- (d) For the purpose of the pilgrimages the Secretary of State shall port ; with limitation, if parties are citizens. (1 ) issu e speci al pass ports, limite d to th e dura tion of the pi lgrima ge, to mothers and widows making the pilgrimages and to such person- nel as may be selected to accompany and/or arrange for the pilgrim- ages, if such mothers, widows, and personnel are citizens of the United States, and (2) issue suitable travel documents, if aliens. No fee for either of such documents or for any application therefor shall be charged. Such alien mothers, widows, and personnel shall be per- mitted to return and be granted admission to the United States with- out regard to any law, convention, or treaty relating to the immigra- tion or exclusion of aliens, if the return is made within the period covered by the pilgrimage of the particular group or, in the case of personnel, within such times as the Secretary of War shall by regula- tion prescribe ; except that in any case of unavoidable detention the Secretary of War may extend in such case the time during which return may be made without regard to such laws, conventions, or treaties. (e) The pilgrimages shall be by the shortest practicable route and for the sho rtest practic able ti me, to be des ignated by th e Secre tary of War. No mother or widow shall be provided for at Government expense in Europe for a longer period than two weeks from the time of disembarkation in Europe to the time of reembarkation in Europe. In the case of any mother or widow willfully failing to continue the pilgrimage of her particular group, the United States shall not incur or be subject to any expense with regard to her pilgrimage after such failure. Expens e by Unite d States. Con diti ons. Upon acce ptance, one pilgrimage allowed. Restric tions. times the refor. Travel do cuments, if aliens. Wit hout fee. Alien mothers, etc., permitted to return to United S tates within period of pilgrimage. Extension of time . Invitations to be are as follows Des igna tion of the pilgrimage. Shortest practical route and time to be designated. Period for Govern- ment expense limited.

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