For every Navy officer, seaman, or marine admitted into a Navy hospital, the institution shall be allowed one ration per day during his continuance therein, to be deducted from the account of the United States with such officer, seaman, or marine.
24 U.S.C. § 16
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONR.S. §4812 derived from act Feb. 26, 1811, ch. 26, §5, 2 Stat. 650.