3 treatment except as other civilians not in the public service are admissible under the provisions of paragraph 1459, Army Regulations. 2. Any soldier, sailor, or marine, however, who has been honorably discharged from the service since April 6, 1917, and who suffers from disability contracted in the line of duty while in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or dependent upon a condition so contracted, is entitled to receive reasonable hospital treatment from the Bureau of War Risk Insurance under the provisions of section 302 (6) of the war-risk insurance act, approved October 6, 1917, as amended by the act of Congress approved December 24, 1919 (Sec. II, Bul. No. 1, W. D., 1920), and such hospital treatment may be provided by that bureau either in a United States Public Health Service hospital, in an Army hospital (if there is room for him), in any other United States. Government hospital, or in a local civilian institution. 3. Ordinarily an application for hospital treatment in such case should be addressed by the former soldier, sailor, or marine, or in his behalf, on Form 526, B. W. R. I., to the chief medical advisor of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C., or to the nearest representative of the United States Public Health Service who is authorized to take action thereon. Should the official addressed so request, the patient will be admitted to an Army hospital on Bureau of War Risk Insurance account. The application form will be filled out for any claimant at any office of the Public Health Service, and if the patient presents prima facie evidence that he is a proper claimant, he will at once be given treatment pending decision of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance as to his status. This prima facie evidence consists only in his presentation of an honorable discharge, or a properly authenticated copy thereof, and information showing whether the disability or sickness requiring treatment is due to or was aggravated by his military or naval service. 4. If the case is one of emergency, the former soldier, sailor, or marine may be admitted forthwith to an Army hospital upon direct application thereto. In that event, report of the admission will be made at once by the commanding officer of the hospital or surgeon of the station to the chief medical advisor of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C., and also to the nearest representative of the United States Public Health Service, giving the man's name, the organization from which he 4 was discharged, his rank at discharge, the character of his disability, and the conditions which demanded immediate admission to the hospital in advance of authority therefor from the proper service. 5. An itemized statement of subsistence and medicine charges covering each individual admitted to an Army hospital from date of entry to date of release therefrom will be submitted by the commanding officer of the hospital concerned, direct to the Public Health Service, Washington, D, C., in such form as that service may prescribe. The rates charged for subsistence and medicine for civilian patients at military hospitals are covered by Army Regulations and the Manual for the Medical Department. [705.12, A. G. O.] Rescinded Sec. I, Bull, 40, 1920 BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAB: OFFICIAL: P. C. HARRIS, The Adjutant General. PEYTON C. MARCH, WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1920 Sen I rescinded. See II. Bul. 22.-1921. BULLETIN No. 5. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, February 28, 1920. The following instructions previously published in War Department numbered circulars for the month of February, 1920, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Section. Use of finished products made in vocational training schools----- Use of public animals for polo--- I II III I__Use of finished products made in vocational training schools (Cir. No. 64, W. D., 1920).-Articles of furniture and other finished products resulting from work done in vocational schools within a post, camp, or station may, when suitable, be used for furnishing and equipping buildings devoted to educational and recreational purposes (Sec. IV, G. O., No. 109, W. D., 1919). The interest of students engaged in vocational training may be increased by pointing out that suitable finished products will be used in furnishing post schoolrooms, service clubs, theaters, or utilized in some other manner that will be enjoyed by the student. Materials so utilized, when of a permanent nature, will be taken up by the proper supply officer as property “manufactured in vocational training schools." [353.9, A. G. O.] II__Pay of enlisted men as provided by act of Congress approved July 11, 1919 (Cir. No. 66, W. D., 1920).-The following instructions relative to the pay of enlisted men of the Army are published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 1. The act of Congress approved July 11, 1919 (Bul. No. 23, W. D., 1919, p. 8), continuing the increased pay provided by section 10 of the act of Congress approved May 18, 1917 (Bul. No. 32, W. D., 1917, p. 12), for enlisted men of the Army has been construed by the Comptroller of the Treasury in decision dated January 31, 1920, as permanent legislation, effective from date of approval of the act. 2. Under the terms of this decision the additional rates prescribed by the act of May 18, 1917 ($15, $12, $8, and $6 per 167469°-20 2 month), are considered a part of base pay of the soldier and will be included in the computation of the 20 per cent increase for foreign service. Such additional pay does not, however, enter into computation of continuous-service pay as established by the act of Congress approved May 11, 1908 (G. O., No. 80, W. D., 1908, p. 7). 3. The act is further construed as having full application with respect to the pay of retired enlisted men of the Army, including men retired prior to July 11, 1919. 4. Enlisted men in active service are benefited to the extent of $3, $2.40, $1.60, or $1.20 per month, conditioned on grade and foreign-service status since July 11, 1919. 5. Additional pay due for foreign service during current enlistment will be adjusted on February pay rolls. Courtmartial fines which have been collected will not be reopened. Service in Canal Zone, Porto Rico, and Hawaii should not be included in foreign-service computations. 6. Foreign-service pay due in a prior enlistment will not be paid on pay rolls. Men so circumstanced may apply to the Director of Finance, Claims Division, Washington, D. C., for proper blanks for stating claim. [242.1, A. G. O.] III__Use of public animals for polo (Cir. No. 67, W. D., 1920).-Paragraph 3. section II, Bulletin No. 40, War Department, 1919 (Polo), states that "Organizations desiring to take up polo are empowered to use regulation mounts of their authorized quota for this purpose. Regulation mounts of the necessary speed and handiness will be furnished such organizations as part of their quota on requisition made to the appropriate remount officer." It is necessary to call attention to the fact that existing law forbids the purchase of polo ponies as such. The War Department authorizes, however, the use of horses for polo that are habitually used as regulation service mounts and which form a part of the regular quota of animals prescribed by Tables of Organization. As regulation mounts, having speed and handiness, are procured, remount officers are instructed to furnish them to units whose requisitions for such animals have been approved and which can draw them as a part of their authorized quotas. Department, division, brigade, and regimental commanders, each 3 in his own sphere, are empowered to allot these animals so as to meet the needs of the service and so as to foster and develop polo. Speedy and handy animals are not being procured in large numbers, and it will be impracticable for a considerable time to fill all requisitions. At present such animals are being sent to units so situated that, with small additional help, an active polo center may quickly be developed. As more animals of the class desired become available, they will be sent to fill up the quotas of units evidently interested in developing polo and having a mounted strength of sufficient size to make polo practicable. In general, animals will not be issued except where the needs of the service demand that the units or the officers concerned should be mounted in order to perform their proper military duties. [353.85, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: |