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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 580, 581 -DEC. 14, 1944 SEc. 4. Appointees under this Act shall, while on active duty, re- ceive the same pay and allowances as a rear admiral of the upper half, plus a personal money allowance of $5,000 per annum. SEC. 5. In the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, each officer who shall have served in the grade or rank of Fleet Admiral or General of the Army by virtue of an appointment under the provisions of this Act shall, upon retire- ment or reversion to the retired list, as the case may be, have on the retired list the highest grade or rank held by him on the active list or on active duty: Provided, That each such officer shall be entitled to retired pay equal to 75 per centum of the active-duty pay provided herein for an officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Act: Provided further, That no officer of the naval or military service on the active or retired list shall be appointed or advanced to the grade or rank of Fleet Admiral or General of the Army except as provided in this Act. SEC. 6. The officers appointed under the provisions of this Act shall take rank among themselves while on active duty according to dates of appointment. SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of the Act of September 3, 1919 (41 Stat. 283- 10 U. S. C. 671a), or any other law relating to the office of General of the Armies of the United States. SEC. 8. This Act shall be effective only until six months after the termination of the wars in which the United States is now engaged as proclaimed by the President, or such earlier date as the Congress, by concurrent resolution, may fix. Approved December 14, 1944. [CHAPTER 581] AN ACT 803 Pay and allowances. Grade or rank upon retirement or rever- sion to retired list. Retired pay. Restriction. Precedence. General of the Armies of the U. S. Effective period. December 14,1944 To provide Government protection to widows and children of deceased World [H. R. 1744] War I veterans, and for other purposes. [Public Law 483] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Congress, June 28, 1934, as amended, is hereby amended by repealing subsections (a) and (b) thereof and substituting the following: "SEC. 1 . (a) The surviving widow, child or children of any deceased person who served in World War I before November 12, 1918, or if the person was serving with the United States military forces in Russia before April, 2, 1920, and who was discharged or released from active service under conditions other than dishonor- able after having served ninety days or more or for disability incurred in the service in line of duty, or who at time of death was receiving or entitled to receive compensation, pension, or retirement pay for service-connected disability, shall, upon filing application and such proofs in the Veterans' Administration as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe, be entitled to receive pension as provided by this Act." SEC. 2. That section 2 of Public Law Numbered 484, Seventy-third Congress, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. (a) That the monthly rates of pension shall be as follows: Widow but no child, $35; widow and one child, $45 (with $5 for each additional child); no widow but one child, $18; no widow but two children, $27 (equally divided); no widow but three children, $36 (equally divided) with $4 for each additional child (the total amount to be equally divided). Pensions for widows and children of World War I veterans. 48 Stat. 1281; 53 Stat. 1068. 38 U.S.C .C 603 (a), (b). 48 Stat. 1281. 38U.S. C. i504. Monthly rates.

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