Upon the recommendation of the Surgeon General, the Secretary of the Army may order a gratuitous issue of clothing to any enlisted member of the Army who has had a contagious disease, and to any hospital attendant who attended him while he had that disease, to replace clothing destroyed by order of an officer of the Medical Corps to prevent contagion.
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PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 765— ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES
§ 7563. Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion
§ 7564. Navy and Marine Corps: camp equipment and transportation; when on shore duty with Army
§ 7565. Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition