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 77TH CONG. , IsT SESS.-CH. 8 -FEB. 19, 1941 the same duties with reference thereto as in the case of civil employ- ees of the United States. Temporary members of the Reserve who contract sickness or disease while performing active duty shall be entitled to the same hospital treatment as is afforded members of the regular Coast Guard. BEC. 213. Officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia who may become members of the Reserve shall be entitled to the same leave of absence with pay while on training duty and, except as otherwise provided by this Act, to all other bene- fits which are now or hereafter may be applicable by law to officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia who are members of the Naval Reserve. SEC. 214. Chief warrant and warrant officers and enlisted men of the regular Coast Guard may, under regulations promulgated pur- suant to section 204 of this Act, be issued appointments as commis- sioned, chief warrant, or warrant officers in the Reserve, under which appointments they may be required to serve only in time of war or during any period of national emergency declared by the President to exist: Provided, That while serving on active duty under such appointments, the regular status of such appointees shall be consid- ered as in abeyance, and upon termination of active duty thereunder they shall revert to the status held by them immediately preceding such active duty: Provided further, That active duty in the Reserve performed under the provisions of this Act shall be counted for all purposes as though it had been rendered by the individuals con- cerned in the status held by them immediately preceding such active duty. SEC. 215. Members of the regular Coast Guard called to active duty in the Reserve, as provided by section 214 of this Act, shall not thereby suffer any reduction in pay and allowances: Provided, That if while so serving on active duty such members contract sickness or disease or sustain injury, or die as a result of such sickness, disease, or injury, they or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to all the bene- fits provided for commissioned, chief warrant, or warrant officers of the Reserve of the same rank, or to the benefits to which they would have been entitled had such active service been performed in their prior status as chief warrant or warrant officers or enlisted men of the regular Coast Guard, whichever may be the greater. TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. The term of enrollment in the Auxiliary and appoint- ment and enlistment in the Reserve (except for temporary members of the Reserve) shall be three years. SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe one or more suitable distinguishing flags or pennants to be flown from the motorboats and yachts owned by members of the Auxiliary or the Reserve, and one or more suitable insignia which may be worn by such members. Such flags and insignia shall be furnished by the Coast Guard at actual cost, and the proceeds received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation from which paid: Provided, That any member of the Auxiliary who surrenders flags, pennants, or insignia which were furnished to him by the Coast Guard as a member of the former Coast Guard Reserve shall be entitled to a like number of the flags, pennants, and insignia pre- scribed for the Auxiliary without additional charge. Any person who shall, without proper authority fly from a motorboat, yacht, or other vessel, any flag or pennant or wear any insignia of the Auxiliary or of the Reserve shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $100. Hospital treatment. Leave of absence while on training duty. Emergency appoint- ment of regular Coast Guard members. Provisos. Reversion to regular status. Counting of active duty. Pay and allowances. Proviso. Sick or death bene- fits. Term of enrollment, etc. Distinguishing flags and insignia. Proviso. Exchanges. Penalty for unau- thorized display. 13 55 STAT.]

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