all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Aci are hereby repealed: Provided, however, That this Act shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under any Act, public or private. Sec. 1, Act of Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 844).

1498b. Restoration of widow who was dropped on remarriage but has again become a widow, etc.-Any widow of an officer or enlisted man who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the Civil War whose name was placed or shall hereafter be placed on the pension roll, under any existing law, and whose name has been or shall hereafter be dropped from said pension roll by reason of her marriage to another person who has since died or shall hereafter die, or from whom she has been heretofore or shall be hereafter divorced upon her own application and without fault on her part, shall be entitled to have her name again placed on the pension roll at the rate allowed by the law under which she was formerly pensioned, and the law or laws amendatory thereof, unless she be entitled to a greater rate of pension under the provisions of section one of this Act, such pension to commence from the date of filing her application in the Bureau of Pensions after the passage of this Act. Sec. 2, id., 845.

1498c. Same-Where pension after second or subsequent marriage accrued to helpless or idotic child.—Where the pension of said widow on her second or subsequent marriage has accrued to a helpless or idiotic child, or a child or children under the age of sixteen years, she shall not be entitled to renewal under this Act unless said helpless or idiotic child, or child or children under sixteen years of age, be then a member or members of her family and cared for by her, and upon the renewal of pension to said widow payment of pension to said child or children shall cease. Id.

1498d. Same-Extended to certain widows who were barred under existing law because of remarriage, etc.-The provisions of this Act shall be extended to those widows, otherwise entitled, whose husbands 'died of wounds, injuries, or disease incurred during the period of their military or naval service, but who were deprived of pensions under the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, because of their failure to draw any pensions by reason of their remarriage, and to any person who was lawfully married to an officer or enlisted man, who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during the Civil War and was honorably discharged therefrom and has since deceased, and who, having remarried since his death is again a widow, or has been divorced from her last husband upon her own application without fault on her part and who, otherwise entitled, was barred by reason of such remarriage from receiving pension under any existing law. Id.

1498e. Pension to widows married prior to June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five.-Any widow, as described in section two of the Act approved April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and eight,1 who married the soldier or sailor prior to June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five, shall have title to pension under the provisions of said section of said Act, to commence from the date of filing her application in the Bureau of Pensions after the passage of this Act. Sec. 3, id.

1498f. Same-Where pension has been granted to helpless or ioditic children. Where a pension has been granted to a soldier's or sailor's helpless or idiotic child or children, or child or children under the age of sixteen years, his widow shall not be entitled to pension under this section, unless the pension to such child or children has terminated, or unless such child or children be a member or members of her family and cared for by her, and upon allowance of pension to the widow, payment of pension to such child or children shall cease. Id. 1498g. Restrictions as to fee of claim agents under provisions of Act. No claim agent or attorney shall be recognized in the adjudication of claims under the first section of this Act, nor shall any claim. agent or attorney be recognized in the adjudication of claims under the second section of this Act for renewal of pension previously allowed, and in claims for original pension under section two of this Act no greater sum than $10 shall be allowed for services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim, which sum shall be payable only upon the order of the Commissioner of Pensions under such rules and regulations as he may deem proper to make. Sec. 4, id. 1498h. Rate of pensions to widows of officers or enlisted men of Army, etc., serving in Civil War, etc.-From and after the passage of this Act the rate of pension for a widow of an officer or enlisted man of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States who served in the Civil War, the War with Spain, or the Philippine Insurrection, now on the pension roll or hereafter to be placed on the pension roll, and entitled to receive a less rate than hereinafter provided, shall be $25 per month; and nothing herein shall be construed to affect the additional allowance provided by existing pension laws on account of a helpless child or child under sixteen years of age. Sec. 2-314, Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 408).

(For the provisions of this act immediately preceding this paragraph see pars. 1483yyy, 1483zzz, ante.)

14981. Same-Pension laws not affected.-This Act shall not be so construed as to reduce any pension under any Act, public or private. 1.

(For the ensuing provision of this section see par. 1483bbbb, ante.)

'Sec. 2 of Act referred to (35 Stat. 64), provides for a pension for widows of soldiers and sailors who served ninety days, etc., provided the widow shall have married the soldier or sailor prior to June 27, 1890.

1502a. Secretary of War to report branches of National Пome for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers which can be discontinued.-The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to report to Congress, not later than January first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, what branch or branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, if any, can be discontinued without prejudice to the care of the persons entitled to admission to the home. Act of June 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 140).

(See historical note following chapter on the Soldiers' Home, pp. 571-572, ante.)

1502b. Persons entitled to benefits of National IIomes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.-So much of the Act making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes, so far as it designates the classes of persons entitled to the benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, is amended so as to read as follows: The following persons only shall hereafter be entitled to the benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and may be admitted thereto upon the order of a member of the board of managers, namely: All honorably discharged officers, soldiers, and sailors who served in the regular, volunteer, or other forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been or is engaged, including the Spanish American War, the Provisional Army (authorized by Act of Congress approved

March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine), in any of the campaigns against hostile Indians, or who have served in the Philippines, in China, or in Alaska, or in the Organized Militia or National Guard when called into the Federal service to enforce the laws, suppress insurrection, or repel invasion, who are disabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise and have no adequate means of support, and who are not otherwise provided for by law, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 368), amending Act of Mar. 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 853).

1507a. Pay and allowances of soldiers sentenced to dishonorable discharge during execution of suspended sentence.-Hereafter pay and allowances shall not accrue to a soldier under sentence of dishonorable discharge, during such period as the execution of the sentence of discharge may be suspended under authority of the Act of Congress approved April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and pay which has heretofore been forfeited under such suspended sentence shall not be held to have accrued to the Soldiers' Home under the operation of section forty-eight hundred and eighteen, Revised Statutes, but shall be covered back into the Treasury of the United States. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1065).

(This provision will also be found under par. 727a.)

1524a. Revocable permit to Saint Elizabeths Hospital to use certain lands.-The Secretary of War is authorized to grant a revocable permit to the Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the use of such portions of land as are at present not under lease and such other portions. thereof as leases thereof expire, of that portion of land lying along Anacostia Flats which has been reclaimed by the War Department and is valuable for farming purposes. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 373).

1525a. Admission of insane prisoners of war and interned persons.-Interned persons and prisoners of war, under the jurisdiction of the War Department, who are or may become insane hereafter shall be entitled to admission for treatment to Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Id.

1526a. Transfer to public hospitals of patients entitled to treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital.-The Secretary of War is authorized, during the existing emergency, to transfer to the various public hospitals for the care of the insane, patients of every class entitled to treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital and that are admitted on order of the Secretary of War. Id.

1526b. Transfer of insane from military hospitals to nearest public hospitals.-The Secretary of War is authorized to transfer from any military hospital to the nearest available public hospital for the care of the insane any insane patient who is in need of treatment, prefer