557. Detailed to the Organized Militia; full pay, etc.-In addition to the detail of retired officers now authorized by law, it shall hereafter be lawful for the Secretary of War to detail, whenever in his judgment the public interests require it, not exceeding twenty retired officers for service in connection with the Organized Militia in the States or Territories, upon the request of the governor thereof, and such retired officers shall be entitled, while so employed, to receive the full pay and allowances of their respective grades.-Act of Mar. 2, 1903 (32 Stat., 982).

558. Detailed as adjutant general, District of Columbia Militia.--The President of the United States may detail as adjutant general of the District of Columbia Militia any retired officer of the Army who may be nominated to the President by the brigadier general commanding the District of Columbia Militia, said retired officer while so detailed to have the active-service pay and allowances of his rank in the Regular Army.-Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 671).

559. In time of war, full pay, etc.-In time of war retired officers of the Army may be employed on active duty, in the discretion of the President, and when so employed they shall receive the full pay and allowances of their grade. Sec. 24, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 183).

560. Recruiting in connection with National Guard. The Secretary of War may assign retired officers of the Army, with their consent, to active duty in recruiting, for service in connection with the organized militia of the several States and Territories, upon the request of the governor thereof, as military attachés, upon courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and boards, and to staff duties not involving service with troops; and such officers while so assigned shall receive the full pay and allowances of their respective grades.-Act of Apr. 23, 1904 (38 Stat., 264).

561. Detailed as acting quartermasters, not regarded as service with troops.Assignments which have been made, or may hereafter be made, of retired officers of the Army to active duty as acting quartermasters shall be regarded as assignments to staff duties not involving service with troops within the meaning of the act of Congress approved April twenty-third, nineteen hundred and four.-Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 48).

ACTIVE DUTY-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

562. Detailed as college professor; retired pay only. Any retired officer may, on his own application, be detailed to serve as professor in any college (but while so serving such officer shall be allowed no additional compensation).-Sec. 1260, R. S.

563. Same-Authority for; no additional allowance.-Upon the application of any college, university, or institution of learning incorporated under the laws of any State within the United States, having capacity at the same time to educate not less than one hundred and fifty male students, the President may detail an officer of the Army on the retired list to act as president, superin⚫ tendent, or professor thereof; and such officer may receive from the institution to which he may be detailed the difference between his retired and full pay, and shall not receive any additional pay or allowance from the United States.-Act of May 4, 1880 (21 Stat., 113).

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564. Same-Commutation of quarters to be paid by school.-No detail shall be made under this act to any school unless it shall pay the cost of commutation of quarters of the retired officers detailed thereto to which they may be entitled by law **: Provided, That no detail shall be made under the provisions of this act unless the officers * * * to be detailed are willing to accept such position: Provided further, That they shall receive no compensation from the Government other than their retired pay.-Act of Apr. 21, 1904 (33 Stat., 225).

565. Detailed to educational institutions, to receive full pay, etc. The act approved November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, authorizing the detail of officers of the Army and Navy to educational institutions, be amended so as to provide that retired officers, when so detailed, shall receive the full pay and allowances of their rank, except that the limitations on the pay of officers of the Army above the grade of major as provided in the acts of March second, nineteen hundred and five, and June twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, shall remain in force.-Act. of Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 738).

566. Educational institutions; pay, etc.-The President is hereby authorized to detail such numbers of officers of the Army, either active or retired, not above the grade of colonel, as may be necessary, for duty as professors and assistant professors of military science and tactics at institutions where one or more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are maintained; ** *. In time of peace retired officers shall not be detailed under the provisions of this section without their consent. Retired officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel so detailed shall receive the full pay and allowances of their grade, and retired officers above the grade of major so detailed shall receive the same pay and allowances as a retired major would receive under a like detail.-Sec. 45, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 192).

LONGEVITY PAY.

567. Increase of, limited. No part of this sum shall be used for payment of further increase of longevity pay to officers now on the retired list, and officers hereafter retired from active service shall not be therefrom allowed or paid any increase of longevity pay above the sum allowed and paid to such officers at the date of retirement, unless retired on account of wounds received in battle.-Act of June 30, 1902 (32 Stat., 511).

568. Same-Exception.-Hereafter, except in case of officers retired on account of wounds received in battle, no officer now on the retired list shall be allowed or paid any further increase of longevity pay, and officers hereafter retired, except as herein provided, shall not be allowed or paid any further increase of longevity pay above that which had accrued at date of their retirement.-Act of Mar. 2, 1903 (32 Stat., 932).

569. Increase of, for active service. Hereafter any retired officer of the Army who has been detailed to active duty, and who has since his retirement served on active detail shall be entitled to increases of longevity pay to be computed as provided by existing statute for the computation of longevity pay, for the time of his service before retirement and on active detail since his retirement.-Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 48).

WHOLLY RETIRED OFFICERS.

570. Pay and allowances.-Officers wholly retired from the service shall be entitled to receive, upon their retirement, one year's pay and allowances of the highest rank held by them, whether by staff or regimental commission, at the time of their retirement.-Sec. 1275, R. S.

ENLISTED MEN.

571. Monthly pay during first enlistment.-Hereafter the monthly pay of enlisted men of the Army during their first enlistment shall be as follows: Master electricians, master signal electricians, seventy-five dollars; engineers, sixty-five dollars; sergeants, first class, Hospital Corps, fifty dollars; regimental sergeants major, regimental quartermaster sergeants, regimental commissary sergeants, sergeants major, senior grade, Coast Artillery, battalion sergeants major of Engineers, post quartermaster sergeants, post commissary sergeants, post ordnance sergeants, battalion quartermaster sergeants of Engineers, electrician sergeants, first class; sergeant, first class, Signal Corps, and first sergeants, forty-five dollars; battalion sergeants major of Infantry and Field Artillery, squadron sergeants major, sergeants major, junior grade, Coast Artillery, battalion quartermaster sergeants, Field Artillery, and master gunners, forty dollars; electrician sergeants second class, sergeants of Engineers, Ordnance, and Signal Corps, quartermaster sergeants of Engineers, and color sergeants, thirty-six dollars; sergeants and quartermaster sergeants of Cavalry. Artillery, and Infantry, stable sergeants, sergeants, and acting cooks of the Hospital Corps, firemen, and cooks, thirty dollars; * * * corporals of Engineers, Ordnance, Signal Corps, and Hospital Corps, chief mechanics and mechanics, Coast Artillery, twenty-four dollars; corporals of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry, mechanics of Field Artillery, blacksmiths and farriers, saddlers. wagoners, and artificers, twenty-one dollars; privates first class of Engineers, Ordnance, Signal Corps, and Hospital Corps, eighteen dollars; privates, Hospital Corps, sixteen dollars; trumpeters, musicians of Infantry. Artillery, and Engineers, privates of Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry, Signal Corps and privates second class, Engineers and Ordnance. fifteen dollars.-Act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 109).

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572. Post quartermaster and post commissary sergeants hereafter to be known as quartermaster sergeants.-The noncommissioned officers now known as post quartermaster sergeants and post commissary sergeants shall hereafter be known as quartermaster seargeants.-Sec. 3, act of Aug. 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 592).

573. Monthly pay of certain enlisted men.-Hereafter the monthly pay of enlisted men of certain grades of the Army created in this act shall be as follows, namely: Quartermaster sergeant, senior grade, Quartermaster Corps; master hospital sergeant, Medical Department; master engineer, senior grade, Corps of Engineers; and band leader, Infantry. Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, seventy-five dollars; hospital sergeant, Medical Department; and master engineer, junior grade, Corps of Engineers, sixty-five dollars; sergeant, first class, Medical Department, fifty dollars; sergeant, first class, Corps of Engineers; regimental supply sergeant, Infanery, Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; battalion supply sergeant, Corps of Engineers; and assistant engineer, Coast Artillery Corps, forty-five dollars; assistant band leader, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; and sergeant bugler, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, forty dollars;

musician, first class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; supply sergeant, mess sergeant, and stable sergeant, Corps of Engineers; sergeant, Medical Department, thirty-six dollars; supply sergeant, Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery; mess sergeant, Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery; cook, Medical Department; horseshoer, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Signal Corps, and Medical Department; stable sergeant. Infantry and Cavalry; radio sergeant, Coast Artillery Corps; and musicians, second class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, thirty dollars; musician, third class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Corps of Engineers; corporal, Medical Department, twenty-four dollars; saddler, Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Corps of Engineers, and Medical Department; mechanic, Infantry, Cavalry, and Field Artillery, and Medical Department; farrier, Medical Department; and wagoner, Infantry, Field Artillery, and Corps of Engineers. twenty-one dollars; private, first class, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Medical Department, eighteen dollars; private, Medical Department, and bugler, fifteen dollars. Nothing herein contained shall operate to reduce the pay or allowances now authorized by law for any grade of enlisted men of the Army.— Sec. 23, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 186).

574. Monthly pay in time of war.-Commencing June one, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and continuing until the termination of the emergency, all enlisted men of the Army of the United States in active service whose base pay does not exceed twenty-one dollars per month shall receive an increase of fifteen dollars per month; those whose base pay is twenty-four dollars, an increase of twelve dollars per month; those whose base pay is thirty dollars, thirty-six dollars, or forty dollars, an increase of eight dollars per month; and those whose base pay is forty-five dollars or more, an increase of six dollars per month: Provided, That the increases of pay herein authorized shall not enter into the computation of continuous-service pay.-Act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82).

575. Grades of chauffeur, first class, and chauffeur, Signal Corps, created; pay and allowances.-That the grades of chauffeur, first class, and chauffeur are hereby created in the Signal Corps. The pay and allowances of 'a chauffeur, first-class, shall be the same as a sergeant, first class, in the Signal Corps. Pay and allowances of a chauffeur shall be the same as a sergeant in the Signal Corps.-Sec. 3, act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 244).

576. Temporary forces, Signal Corps; pay and allowances.--That all * * * enlisted men of the temporary forces of the Signal Corps, including the aviation section thereof provided for herein, shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as permanent listed men of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army.-Sec. 8, act of July 24, 1917 (40 Stat., 245).

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577. Payment to be made by check where no paymaster is on duty.-The Secretary of War is also authorized to arrange for the payment of the enlisted men serving at posts or places where no paymaster is on duty by check or by currency, to be sent to them by mail or express, at the expense and risk of the United States.-Act of Feb. 27, 1893 (27 Stat., 479).

578. Receipt of any pay or allowances under fraudulent enlistment a military offense.-Fraudulent enlistment and the receipt of any pay or allowance thereunder, is hereby declared a military offense and made punishable by a court-martial, under the sixty-second article of war.-Act of July 27, 1892 (27 Stat., 278).

579. Arrears of pay not to exceed two months.-The Army shall be paid in such manner that the arrears shall at no time exceed two months, unless circumstances shall render further arrears unavoidable.-Sec. 1189, R. S.

580. During captivity.-Every noncommissioned officer and private of the Regular Army, and every officer, noncommissioner officer, and private of any militia or volunteer corps in the service of the United States who is captured by the enemy shall be entitled to receive during his captivity, notwithstanding the expiration of his term of service, the same pay, subsistence, and allowance to which he may be entitled while in the actual service of the United States; but this provision shall not be construed to entitle any prisoner of war of such militia corps to any pay or compensation after the date of his parole, except the traveling expenses allowed by law.-Sec. 1288, R. S.

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581. Conscripts. That all * * enlisted men of the forces herein provided for other than the Regular Army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as * enlisted men of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army.-Sec. 10, act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 82).

ADDITIONAL PAY AND EXTRA-DUTY PAY.

582. Duty at recruit depots.-Hereafter the Secretary of War shall be authorized to detach from the army at large such number of enlisted men as may be necessary to perform duty at the various recruit depots and the United States military prison, and of the enlisted men so detached, and while performing such duty there shall be allowed for each depot and the prison one who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of battalion or squadron sergeant major, and for each recruit and prison company one who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of first sergeant, five the rank, pay, and allowances of sergeant, and six the rank, pay, and allowances of corporal, of the arm of the " service to which they respectively belong.-Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat., 242).

583. Same; extended.-Hereafter one of the enlisted men detached from the Army at large for duty at each of the recruit depots under the provisions of the act of June twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, shall, while so detached, have the rank, pay, and allowances of a regimental sergeant major.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 624).

584. Receiving twenty per centum increase in pay proper, not entitled to.— Enlisted men receiving or entitled to the twenty per centum increase of pay herein authorized, shall not be entitled to or receive any additional increased compensation for what is known as extra or special duty.-Act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 903).

585. Constant labor of not less than ten days' duration.-When soldiers are detailed for employment as artificers or laborers in the construction of permanent military works, public roads, or other constant labor of not less than ten days' duration, such extra-duty pay hereafter shall be at the rate of fifty cents per day for mechanics, artisans, school-teachers, and clerks at Army, division, and department headquarters, and thirty-five cents per day for other clerks, teamsters, laborers, and other enlisted men on extra duty.-Sec. 1287, R. S., as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1885 (23 Stat., 359).

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