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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 413-JUNE 16, 1942 of the vessel to which the person concerned may be ordered; and a duly authorized change in home yard or home port of such vessel payment of excess shall be deemed a change of station: Provided further, That if the cost of such transportation exceeds that for transportation from the old to the new station, the excess cost shall be paid to the United States by the officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man concerned: Transportation tb Provided further, That transportation supplied the dependents of itso u.s. such officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man, to or from stations beyond the continental limits of the United States, shall not be other than by Government transport, if such transportation is available as may be Household ects. determined by the head of the department concerned: Provided fur- ther, That the personnel of all the services mentioned in the title of this Act shall have the benefit of all existing laws applying to the Army and Marine Corps for the transportation of household effects: lieu of transrtation nd provided further, That in lieu of transportation in kind author- inkind. ized by this section for dependents, the President may authorize the payment in money of amounts equal to such commercial transporta- tion costs for the whole or such part of the travel for which transpor- tation in kind is not furnished when such travel shall have been completed. Ofesrien"t change The words "permanent change of station" as used in this section shall include the change from home to first station and from last station to home when ordered to active duty other than training duty, of any officer, warrant officer, nurse, or enlisted man of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, including retired per- sonnel and members of the Reserve components thereof, in a grade for which the transportation of dependents is authorized at Govern- ment expense, and the change from last station to home in connection with retirement, relief from active duty, or transfer to a Reserve component. mentraves on eover Personnel of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act performing travel on Government-owned vessels for which no trans- portation fare is charged shall be entitled only to reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses incurred. wtraelstatus; travel The head of the department concerned may determine what shall constitute a travel status and travel without troops within the meaning of the laws governing the payment of mileage or other travel expenses. Arem and Navy. SEC. 13. The annual base pay of female nurses of the Army and Annual base pay. Navy shall be as follows: During the first three years of service, t 07. $1,080; from the beginning of the fourth year of service until the completion of the sixth year of service, $1,260; from the beginning of th ie seventh year of service until the completion of the ninth year of service, $1,440; from the beginning of the tenth year of service until the completion of the twelfth year of service, $1,620; from the beginning of the thirteenth year of service, $1,800. duperintendents, Superintendents of the Nurse Corps shall receive pay at the rate of $2,500 a year, assistant superintendents, directors, and assistant direc- tors at the rate of $1,500 a year, and chief nurses at the rate of $600 Allowances for sub- a year, in addition to their base pay as nurses. Nurses shall be entitled sistence and quarters. to the money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters as established by sections 5 and 6 of this Act for officers receiving the pay of the first period. Rethiremntforother The annual pay of a retired member of the Army Nurse Corps or ity. the Navy Nurse Corps retired for other than physical disability shall pomputation of be 3 per centum of the total annual active duty pay which she is receiving at the time of retirement multiplied by the number of com- " p lete years of service rendered prior to retirement, but not exceeding t . per centum of such annual active-duty pay: Provided, That in computing the period of service for retired pay a fractional year of P aional years of^ 366 [56 STAT.

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