Volume 45
Public Law 70–779
Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to provide an escort for the bodies of deceased officers, enlisted men, and nurses.
Approved May 26, 1928
Statutory text
An Act
Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to provide an escort for the bodies of deceased officers, enlisted men, and nurses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Navy.
Escort for burial of officers, etc., dying in service, authorized.
of the Navy, in his discretion, is hereby authorized to furnish an escort not to exceed one person to the place of burial for the bodies of officers, enlisted men, or nurses who have lost their lives in the naval service. Such expenses as are incurred for this purpose shall
Proviso.
R. S., sec. 1587, p. 271, repealed.
U. S. Code, p. 1142.
be paid from the proper appropriation: Provided, That section 1587 of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby repealed.
Approved, May 26, 1928.