"This compilation, prepared under the direction of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, contains the permanent and general laws of the United States now in force which affect the Department of the Army, including legislation enacted by the Eightieth Congress, which adjourned 31 December 1948. In addition, it contains certain temporary provisions which have been reenacted from year to year in appropriation acts."--Preface, page iii

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