The Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, shall be subject to such rules, regulations, and restrictions as shall be provided by the President of the United States and shall remain under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of the Army.
1930—Act June 18, 1930, provided that the hospital was to be subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Department of War.
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956 enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces”, which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Ex. Ord. No. 10272, July 10, 1951, 16 F.R. 6711, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of August 8, 1950, c. 646, 64 Stat. 419 [section 301 of Title 3 The President], and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the Secretary of the Army be, and he is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of June 30, 1882, 22 Stat. 117, 121, as amended [this section], to provide rules, regulations, and restrictions with respect to the Army and Navy hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas: Provided, That the rules, regulations, and restrictions prescribed under the authority of this order shall, so far as feasible, be uniform with those obtaining with respect to other hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, and that those prescribed by the Executive order of August 25, 1892, as amended by Executive Order No. 6885 of October 23, 1934, shall continue in force and effect until amended, modified, or revoked by the Secretary of the Army in action taken pursuant to this order.
