The Secretary of the Army is authorized to furnish to the National Museum, for exhibition, upon request therefor by the administrative head thereof, such articles of arms, materiel, equipment, or clothing as have been issued from time to time to the United States Army, or which have been or may hereafter be produced for the United States Army, and which are objects of general interest or of foreign or curious research, provided that such articles can be spared.
(Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 166, § 1, 41 Stat. 1438; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(4), 65 Stat. 708.)