the average sum habitually contributed by him to their support monthly during the period of dependency but not exceeding a year immediately preceding his enlistment or the enactment of this amendatory Act.

§ 514pppp. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 208, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Apportionment of allotments and family allowance between members of Classes A and B.

As between the members of Class A and as between the members of Class B, the amount of the allotment and family allowance shall be apportioned as may be prescribed by regulations.

§ 514q. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 209, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Payments of allotments to Treasury Departments for distribution, etc.

The War and Navy Departments, respectively, shall pay over to the Treasury Department monthly the entire amount of such allotments for distribution to the beneficiaries, and the allotments and family allowances shall be paid by the bureau to or for the beneficiaries.

§ 514qq. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 210, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Investigations as to allowances and allot

ments.

Upon receipt of any application for family allowance the commissioner shall make all proper investigations and shall make an award, on the basis of which award the amount of the allotments to be made by the man shall be certified to the War Department or Navy Department, as may be proper. Whenever the commissioner shall have reason to believe that an allowance has been improperly made or that the conditions have changed, he shall investigate or reinvestigate and may modify the award. The amount of each monthly allotment and allowance shall be determined according to the conditions then existing.

ARTICLE III. COMPENSATION FOR DEATH OR DISABILITY

§ 514qqq. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 300, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Compensation for death or disability; to whom payable.

For death or disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty, by any commissioned officer or enlisted man or by any member of the Army Nurse Corps (female) or of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) when employed in the active service under the War Department or Navy Department, the United States shall pay compensation as hereinafter provided; but no compensation shall be paid if the injury or disease has been caused by his own willful misconduct.

§ 514qqqq. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 301, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Compensation for death; amounts; when and for how long payable; apportionment.

If death results from injury

If the deceased leaves a widow or child, or if he leaves a widowed mother dependent upon him for support, the monthly compensation shall be the following amounts:

(a) For a widow alone, $25.

(b) For a widow and one child, $35.

(c) For a widow and two children, $47.50, with $5 for each additional child up to two.

(d) If there be no widow, then for one child, $20.

(e) For two children, $30.

(f) For three children, $40, with $5 for each additional child up

to two.

(g) For a widowed mother, $20. The amount payable under this subdivision shall not be greater than a sum which, when added to the total amount payable to the widow and children, does not exceed $75. This compensation shall be payable for the death of but one child, and no compensation for the death of a child shall be payable if such widowed mother is in receipt of compensation under the provisions of this article for the death of her husband. Such compensation shall be payable whether her widowhood arises before or after the death of the person and whenever her condition is such that if the person were living the widowed mother would have been dependent upon him for support.

If the death occur before discharge or resignation from service, the United States shall pay for burial expenses and the return of body to his home a sum not to exceed $100, as may be fixed by regulations.

The payment of compensation to a widow or widowed mother shall continue until her death or remarriage.

The payment of compensation to or for a child shall continue until such child reaches the age of eighteen years or marries, or if such child be incapable, because of insanity, idiocy, or being otherwise permanently helpless, then during such incapacity.

Whenever the compensation payable to or for the benefit of any person under the provisions of this section is terminated by the happening of the contingency upon which it is limited, the compensation thereafter for the remaining beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, shall be the amount which would have been payable to them if they had been the sole original beneficiaries.

As between the widow and the children not in her custody, and as between children, the amount of the compensation shall be apportioned as may be prescribed by regulations. The word "widow" as used in this section shall not include one who shall have married the deceased later than ten years after the time of injury.

§ 514r. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 302, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Compensation for disability; amounts; medical, etc., services.

If disability results from the injury

(1) If and while the disability is total, the monthly compensation shall be the following amounts:

(a) If he has neither wife nor child living, $30.

(b) If he has a wife but no child living, $45.

(c) If he has a wife and one child living, $55.

(d) If he has a wife and two children living, $65.

(e) If he has a wife and three or more children living, $75.

(f) If he has no wife but one child living, $40, with $10 for each additional child up to two.

(g) If he has a widowed mother dependent on him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $10.

To an injured person who is totally disabled and in addition so helpless as to be in constant need of a nurse or attendant, such additional sum shall be paid, but not exceeding $20 per month, as the director may deem reasonable: Provided, however, That for the loss of both feet or both hands or both eyes, or for becoming totally blind or helpless and permanently bedridden from causes occurring in the line of duty in the service of the United States, the rate of compensation shall be $100 per month: Provided further, That no allowance shall be made for nurse or attendant.

(2) If and while the disability is partial, the monthly compensation shall be a percentage of the compensation that would be payable for his total disability, equal to the degree of the reduction in earning capacity resulting from the disability, but no compensation shall be payable for a reduction in earning capacity rated at less than ten per centum.

A schedule of ratings of reductions in earning capacity from specific injuries or combinations of injuries of a permanent nature shall be adopted and applied by the bureau. Ratings may be as high as one hundred per centum. The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations and not upon the impairment in earning capacity in each individual case, so that there shall be no reduction in the rate of compensation for individual success in overcoming the handicap of a permanent injury. The bureau shall from time to time readjust this schedule of ratings in accordance with actual experience.

(3) In addition to the compensation above provided, the injured person shall be furnished by the United States such reasonable governmental medical, surgical, and hospital services and with such supplies, including artificial limbs, trusses, and similar appliances, as the director may determine to be useful and reasonably necessary: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the necessary military control over any member of the military or naval establishments before he shall have been discharged from the military or naval service.

(4) The amount of each monthly payment shall be determined according to the family conditions then existing.

§ 514rr. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 303, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Compensation for disability; examination of persons receiving; submission to medical, etc., treatment. Every person applying for or in receipt of compensation for disability under the provisions of this article shall, as frequently and at such times and places as may be reasonably required, submit himself to examination by a medical officer of the United States or by a duly qualified physician designated or approved by the director. He may have a duly qualified physician designated and paid by him present to participate in such examination. For all examinations he shall, in the discretion of the director, be paid his reasonable traveling and other expenses and also loss of wages incurred in order to submit to such examination. If he refuses to submit himself for, or in any way obstructs, any examination, his right to claim compensation under this article shall be suspended until such. refusal or obstruction ceases. No compensation shall be payable while such refusal or obstruction continues, and no compensation shall be payable for the intervening period.

Every person in receipt of compensation for disability shall submit to any reasonable medical or surgical treatment furnished by the bureau whenever requested by the bureau; and the consequences of unreasonable refusal to submit to any such treatment shall not be deemed to result from the injury compensated for. § 514rrr. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 304, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Persons injured required to follow courses of reeducation, vocational training, etc.; enlistment in military or naval service of such persons unable to follow gainful occupation; pay.

In cases of dismemberment, of injuries to sight or hearing, and of other injuries commonly causing permanent disability, the in

jured person shall follow such course or courses of rehabilitation, reeducation, and vocational training as the United States may provide or procure to be provided. Should such course prevent the injured person from following a substantially gainful occupation while taking same, a form of enlistment may be required which shall bring the injured person into the military or naval service. Such enlistment shall entitle the person to full pay as during the last month of his active service, and his family to family allowances and allotment as hereinbefore provided, in lieu of all other compensation for the time being.

In case of his willful failure properly to follow such course or so to enlist, payment of compensation shall be suspended until such willful failure ceases and no compensation shall be payable for the intervening period.

§ 514rrrr. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 305, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Review of awards.

Upon its own motion or upon application the bureau may at any time review an award, and, in accordance with the facts found upon such review, may end, diminish, or increase the compensation previously awarded, or, if compensation has been refused or discontinued, may award compensation.

§ 514s. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 306, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Time of occurrence of death or disability as affecting right to compensation.

No compensation shall be payable for death or disability which does not occur prior to or within one year after discharge or resignation from the service, except that where, after a medical examination made pursuant to regulations, at the time of discharge or resignation from the service, or within such reasonable time thereafter, not exceeding one year, as may be allowed by regulations, a certificate has been obtained from the director to the effect that the injured person at the time of his discharge or resignation was suffering from injury likely to result in death or disability, compensation shall be payable for death or disability, whenever occurring, proximately resulting from such injury.

§ 514ss. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 307, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Official record of death as prerequisite to payment of compensation.

Compensation shall not be payable for death in the course of the service until the death be officially recorded in the department under which he may be serving. No compensation shall be payable for a period during which the man has been reported "missing" and a family allowance has been paid for him under the provisions of Article II.

§ 514sss. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 308, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) No compensation for death inflicted as lawful punishment; effect of dismissal or dishonorable, etc., discharge from service.

No compensation shall be payable for death inflicted as a lawful punishment for a crime or military offense except when inflicted by the enemy. A dismissal or dishonorable or bad conduct discharge from the service shall bar and terminate all right to any compensation under the provisions of this article.

§ 514ssss. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 309, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Time of filing claim as affecting right to compensation.

No compensation shall be payable unless a claim therefor be filed, in case of disability, within five years after discharge or resignation

from the service, or, in case of death during the service, within five years after such death is officially recorded in the department under which he may be serving: Provided, however, That where compensation is payable for death or disability occurring after discharge or resignation from the service, claim must be made within five years after such death or the beginning of such disability.

The time herein provided may be extended by the director not to exceed one year for good cause shown. If at the time that any right accrues to any person under the provisions of this article, such person is a minor, or is of unsound mind or physically unable to make a claim, the time herein provided shall not begin to run until such disability ceases.

§ 514t. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 310, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Payment of compensation and increased compensation prior to date of filing claim; limitation of time for. No compensation shall be payable for any period more than two years prior to the date of claim therefor, nor shall increased compensation be awarded to revert back more than one year prior to the date of claim therefor.

§ 514tt. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 311, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Compensation not assignable; exemption of compensation from taxation, etc.

Compensation under this article shall not be assignable, and shall be exempt from attachment and execution and from all taxation. § 514ttt. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 312, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) No compensation to persons receiving service or retirement pay; pension laws, etc., when not applicable; compensation for death or disability of members of Army or Navy Nurse Corps in lieu of compensation provided by Act Sept. 7, 1916, c. 458.

Compensation under this article shall not be paid while the person is in receipt of service or retirement pay. The laws providing for gratuities or payments in the event of death in the service and existing pension laws shall not be applicable after the enactment of this amendment to persons now in or hereafter entering the military or naval service, or to their widows, children, or their dependents, except in so far as rights under any such law shall have heretofore accrued.

Compensation because of disability or death of members of the Army Nurse Corps (female) or of the Navy Nurse Corps (female) shall be in lieu of any compensation for such disability or death under the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

§ 514tttt. (Act Sept. 2, 1914, c. 293, § 313, as amended, Act Oct. 6, 1917, c. 105, § 2.) Assignment to United States by persons receiving compensation of right of action against third person for injury causing death or disability.

If an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this amendatory Act is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability upon some person other than the United States or the enemy to pay damages therefor, the director, as a condition to payment of compensation by the United States, shall require the beneficiary to assign to the United States any right of action he may have to enforce such liability of such other person or any right which he may have to share in any money or other property re