Definition of terms.
Section 15
SEC. 15. Definition of terms. — The term "aircraft" as used in this Act means any contrivance known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation or flight in the air. The expression "post, camp, or station" as used in this Act shall be interpreted to include naval vessels, military and naval aircraft, and any separate military, naval or air command. The words "war or national defense material" as used herein shall include arms, armament, ammunition, livestock, stores of clothing, food, foodstuffs, or fuel; and shall also include supplies, munitions, and all other articles of whatever description, and any part or ingredient thereof intended for, adapted to, or suitable for the use of the Philippines or the United States, or any associate nation, in connection with the conduct of war or national defense. The words "war or national defense premises," as used herein, shall include all buildings, grounds, mines, or other places wherein such war or national defense material is being produced, manufactured, repaired, stored, mined, extracted, distributed, loaded, unloaded, or transported, together with all machinery and appliances therein contained; and all ports, arsenals, navy yards, prisons, camps, or other military, naval, or air stations of the Philippines or the United States or any associate nation. The words "war or national defense utilities," as used herein, shall include all railroads, railways, electric lines, roads of whatever description, railroad or railway fixture, canal, lock, dam, wharf, pier, dock, bridge, building, structure, engine, machine, mechanical contrivance, car, vehicle, boat, or aircraft, or any other means of transportation whatsoever, whereon or whereby such war or national defense material or any troops of the Philippines or of the United States, or of any associate nation, are being or may be transported either within the limits of the Philippines or the United States or upon the high seas; and all dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, water and gas mains, oil or gasoline stations, pipes, structures, and buildings, whereby or in connection with which water, or gas, or oil, or gasoline, or other fluid is being- furnished, or may be furnished, to any war or national defense premises or to the military, naval, or air forces of the Philippines or the United States, or any associate nation, and all electric light and power, steam or pneumatic power, telephone, and telegraph plants, poles, wires, and fixtures and wireless stations, and the buildings connected with the maintenance and operation thereof used to supply water, light, heat, gas, oil, gasoline, fluid, power, or facilities of communication to any war or national defense premises or to the military, naval, or air forces of the Philippines or of the United States, or any associate nation. The words "associate nation," as used in this chapter, shall be deemed to mean any nation at war with any nation with which the Philippines or the United States is at war. The words "foreign government," as used in this Act, shall be deemed to include any government, faction, or body of insurgents within a country with which the Philippines or United States is at peace, which government, faction, or body of insurgents may or may not have been recognized by the Philippines or the United States as a government.