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[CITE: 10USC1123]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 57--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 1123. Right to wear badges of military societies

    (a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is a 
member of a military society originally composed of men who served in an 
armed force of the United States during the Revolutionary War, the War 
of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the 
Philippine Insurrection, or the Chinese Relief Expedition of 1900 may 
wear, on occasions of ceremony, the distinctive badges adopted by that 
society.
    (b) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is a 
member of the Army and Navy Union of the United States may wear, on 
public occasions of ceremony, the distinctive badges adopted by that 
society.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 88.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1123(a)...............................  10:1427 (1st sentence).              Se
pt. 25, 1890, J. Res. 50, 26
                                        34:371 (1st sentence).                S
tat. 681.
1123(b)...............................  10:1427 (less 1st sentence).         Ma
y 11, 1894, J. Res. 26, 28 Stat.
                                                                              5
83.
                                        34:371 (less 1st sentence).          Fe
b. 2, 1901, ch. 192, Sec.  41, 31
                                                                              S
tat. 758.
                                        ...................................  Ja
n. 12, 1903, J. Res. 2, 32 Stat.
                                                                              1
229.
                                        ...................................  Ma
r. 2, 1907, J. Res. 18, 34 Stat.
                                                                              1
423.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``an armed force'' are substituted for 
the words ``armies and navies''. The words ``Revolutionary War'', 
``Civil War'', and ``Philippine Insurrection'' are substituted for the 
words ``War of the Revolution'', ``War of the Rebellion'', and 
``incident insurrection in the Philippines'', respectively, to reflect 
present terminology. The words ``originally composed'' are substituted 
for the words ``in their own right'', to reflect an opinion of the 
Attorney General (see 23 Op. Atty. Gen. 454).
    In subsections (a) and (b), the word ``member'' is substituted for 
the words ``officers and enlisted men''. The words ``Navy * * * or 
Marine Corps'' are substituted for the word ``Navy'', since the word 
``Navy'' in the source statute has, by long-standing administrative 
interpretation, been construed to include the Marine Corps.
    In subsection (b), the words ``in their own right'' are omitted as 
surplusage.
