on credit by commissaries of subsistence, shall be deducted from the payment made to him next after such sale shall have been reported to the Paymaster General. Sec. 1300, R. S.

653. For tobacco purchased.-The amount due from any enlisted man for tobacco sold to him at cost prices by the United States shall be deducted from his pay in the manner provided for the settlement of clothing accounts.-Sec. 1301, R. S.

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654. Cost of repairs or damages to arms, equipments, etc.-The cost of repairs or damages done to arms, equipments, or implements shall be deducted from the pay of any soldier in whose care or use the same were when such damage occurred, if said damages were occasioned by the abuse or negligence of said * * * soldier.-Sec. 1303, R. S.

TRAVEL ALLOWANCE.

655. On discharge.-On and after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, an enlisted man when discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offense, shall receive three and one-half cents per mile from the place of his discharge to the place of his acceptance for enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the service, at his option.-Sec. 126, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 217).

656. Sea travel, on discharge.-For sea travel on discharge transportation and subsistence only shall be furnished to enlisted men.-Ibid.

RETIRED ENLISTED MEN.

657. Pay, etc., thirty years' service.-When an enlisted man shall have served thirty years either in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or in all, he shall, upon making application to the President, be placed upon the retired list, with seventy-five per cent of the pay and allowances he may then be in receipt of, and that said allowances shall be as follows: Nine dollars and fifty cents per month in lieu of rations and clothing and six dollars and twenty-five cents per month in lieu of quarters, fuel, and light; Provided, That in computing the necessary thirty years' time all service in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall be credited.--Act of Mar. 2, 1907 (34 Stat., 1217).

658. Restored to active duty.—And he (the President) may also authorize the employment on any active duty of retired enlisted men of the Regular Army, either with their rank on the retired list or in higher enlisted grades, and such retired enlisted men shall receive the full pay and allowances of the grades in which they are actively employed.-Act of May 18, 1917 (40 Stat., 81).

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659. Commutation of quarters, heat and light.-For commutation of quarters and of heat and light to retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty.-Annual appropriation acts.

THE NATIONAL GUARD.

660. Composition of.-The National Guard shall consist of the regularly enlisted militia between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, organized, armed, and equipped as hereinafter provided, and of commissioned officers between the ages of twenty-one and sixty-four years.-Sec. 58, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 197).

APPROPRIATIONS.

661. Appropriation, apportionment, and disbursement of funds for the National Guard.-A sum of money shall hereafter be appropriated annually, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the National Guard, including the expense of providing arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster stores, and camp equipage, and all other military supplies for issue to the National Guard, and such other expenses pertaining to said guard as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law.-Sec. 67, ibid., 199.

662. Ratio of apportionment among the States and Territories.-The appropriation provided for in this section shall be apportioned among the several States and Territories under just and equitable procedure to be prescribed by the Secretary of War and in direct ratio to the number of enlisted men in active service in the National Guard existing in such States and Territories at the date of apportionment of said appropriation, and to the District of Columbia, under such regulations as the President may prescribe.—Ibid.

663. Purposes for which available.--The sum so apportioned among the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia shall be available under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War for the actual and necessary expenses incurred by officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army when traveling on duty in connection with the National Guard; for the transportation of supplies furnished to the National Guard for the permanent equipment thereof; for office rent and necessary office expenses of officers of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard; for the expenses of the Militia Bureau, including clerical services, now authorized for the Division of Militia Affairs; for expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard, including quarters, fuel, light, medicines, and medical attendance; and such expenses shall constitute a charge against the whole sum annually appropriated for the support of the National Guard, and shall be paid therefrom and not from the allotment duly apportioned to any particular State, Territory, or the District of Columbia; for the promotion of rifle practice, including the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and equipment of shooting galleries and suitable target ranges; for the hiring of horses and draft animals for the use of mounted troops, batteries, and wagons; for forage for the same; and for such other incidental expenses in connection with lawfully authorized encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, and for such other expenses pertaining to the National Guard as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law.-Ibid.

664. Disbursements and accounting.—All amounts appropriated for the purpose of this and the last preceding section shall be disbursed and accounted for by the officers and agents of the Quartermaster Corps of the Army, and all disbursements under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be made as soon as practicable after the thirty-first day of December and the thirtieth day of June of each year upon pay rolls prepared and authenticated in the manner to be prescribed by the Secretary of War.-Sec. 110, ibid.

DISCHARGE.

665. Of enlisted men. An enlisted man discharged from service in the National Guard shall receive a discharge in writing in such form and with such classification as is or shall be prescribed for the Regular Army, and in time

of peace discharges may be given prior to the expiration of terms of enlistment under such regulations as the President may prescribe.-Sec. 72, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 201).

666. Of officers, for unfitness.-At any time the moral character, capacity, and general fitness for the service of any National Guard officer may be determined by an efficiency board of three commissioned officers, senior in rank to the officer whose fitness for service shall be under investigation, and if the findings of such board be unfavorable to such officer and be approved by the official authorized to appoint such an officer, he shall be discharged.—Sec. 77, ibid.

667. For other causes; attached to reserve.-Commissions of officers of the National Guard may be vacated upon resignation, absence without leave for three months, upon the recommendation of an efficiency board, or pursuant to sentence of a court-martial. Officers of said guard rendered surplus by the disbandment of their organizations shall be placed in the National Guard Reserve. Officers may, upon their own application, be placed in the said reserve.-Ibid.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

668. Allowance to officers for clothing and equipment.—There may be paid to all commissioned officers (without discrimination, and in lieu of the limited pay authorized by this section) an allowance to be used by them in the purchase and maintenance of clothing and equipment.-Act of Mar. 2, 1911 (36 Stat., 1004).

669. Pay for active service in case of riot, etc.-Whenever the National Guard of the District of Columbia shall be ordered to duty in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, or whenever called in aid of the civil authorities, all enlisted men who do duty shall be paid at the rate equivalent to two times the pay of enlisted men of the Regular Army of like grade. Commissioned officers who do duty shall be entitled to and shall receive the same pay and allowances as commissioned officers of like grade of the Regular Army. Each mounted officer and enlisted man shall be paid a reasonable per diem compensation for each horse actually furnished and used by him.-Sec. 53, act of Feb. 18, 1909 (35 Stat., 634).

670. Pay for active service with Regular Army.-When the National Guard of the District of Columbia is called into the actual service of the United States the officers and enlisted men shall, during their time of service, be entitled to the same pay and allowances as are or may be provided by law for the Regular Army.-Ibid.

671. Pay to members of bands during annual encampment and on days of parades. During the annual encampment, and on every duty on parade ordered by the commanding general, there shall be allowed and paid for each day of service: To each member of the regularly enlisted bands, four dollars; to the chief musicians, eight dollars; and to the principal musicians, six dollars. In event there is no enlisted band or field music, or not a sufficient number of either, the commanding general may authorize the employment of such as he may deem necessary for the occasion: Provided, That the total pay of enlisted musicians shall not in any event exceed the rates authorized by this section.— Sec. 64, act of Feb. 18, 1909 (35 Stat., 635).

672. Uniforms and equipments to be issued from Army stores.-Every organization of the National Guard (District of Columbia) shall be provided with such ordnance and ordnance stores, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, quartermaster's stores, medical supplies, and other military stores as may be necessary for the proper training and instruction of the force and for the proper performance of the duties required under this act. Such property shall be issued from the stores and supplies appropriated for the use of the Army, upon the approval and by the direction of the Secretary of War.-Sec. 31, act of Mar. 1, 1889 (25 Stat., 776).

673. Subsistence during annual encampments, etc.-During the annual encampment, or when ordered on duty to aid the civil authorities, the National Guard (District of Columbia) shall be furnished with subsistence stores of the kind, quality, and amount allowed and prescribed by the Army. Such stores shall be issued from the stores and supplies appropriated for the use of the Army, upon the approval and by the direction of the Secretary of War, to the commanding general upon his requisitions for the same.-Act of Mar. 1, 1889 (25 Stat., 780).

ENCAMPMENTS AND MANEUVERS.

674. Participation in Army, etc.--Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of War is authorized to provide for the participation of the whole or any part of the National Guard in encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field or coastdefense instruction, either independently or in conjunction with any part of the Regular Army.-Sec. 94, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 206).

675. Allotment for expenses of.-There may be set aside from the funds appropriated for that purpose and allotted to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia such portion of said funds as may be necessary for the payment, subsistence, transportation, and other proper expenses of such portion of the National Guard of such State, Territory, or the District of Columbia as shall participate in such encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field and coast-defense instruction.-Ibid.

676. Pay, etc. The officers and enlisted men of such National Guard while so engaged shall be entitled to the same pay, subsistence, and transportation as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades of the Regular Army are or hereafter may be entitled by law.-Ibid.

677. Pay, etc., attending National Guard instruction camps.-Officers and enlisted men attending such camps shall be entitled to pay and transportation, and enlisted men to subsistence in addition, at the same rates as for encampments or maneuvers for field or coast-defense instruction.-Sec. 97, ibid.

678. Payments to be made any time after muster.-When any portion of the National Guard shall participate in encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field or coast-defense instruction, under the provisions of this act, it may, after being duly mustered, be paid at any time after such muster for the period from the date of leaving the home rendezvous to date of return thereto as determined in advance, both dates inclusive; and such payment, if otherwise correct, shall pass to the credit of the disbursing cfficer making the same.-Sec. 98, ibid.

679. Reduced rates by common carriers permitted.-Hereafter nothing in the act of February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, known as the act to regulate commerce or any amendments thereto, shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates for members of National Guard organizations traveling to and from joint encampments with the Regular Army.-Sec. 1, act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 646).

EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS.

680. To be the same as for Regular Army. The National Guard of the United States shall, as far as practicable, be uniformed, armed, and equipped with the same type of uniforms, arms, and equipments as are or shall be provided for the Regular Army.-Sec. 82, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 203).

681. Authority for purchase and issue of.-The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to procure, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, by purchase or manufacture, within the limits of available appropriations made by Congress, and to issue from time to time to the National Guard, upon requisition of the governors of the several States and Territories or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, such number of United States service arms, with all accessories, field-artillery matérial, engineer, coast artillery, signal, and sanitary matérial, accouterments, field uniforms, clothing, equipage, publications, and military stores of all kinds, including public animals, as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard in the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia.-Sec. 83, ibid.

682. Provision for protection, care, etc., of.-That as a condition precedent to the issue of any property as provided for by this act, the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia desiring such issue shall make adequate provision, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, for the protection and care of such property.-Ibid.

683. New types to be furnished without charge.—Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, whenever a new type of equipment, small arm, or field gun shall have been issued to the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia such equipment, small arms, and field guns, including all accessories, shall be furnished without charging the cost or value thereof or any expense connected therewith against the appropriations provided for the support of the National Guard.-Sec. 84, ibid.

684. Replacing prior, etc., issues. Each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia shall, on the receipt of new property issued to replace obsolete or condemned prior issues, turn in to the War Department or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of War, all property so replaced or condemned, and shall not receive any money credit therefor.Sec. 85, ibid.

685. Disposition and replacement of damaged property.-All military property issued to the National Guard as herein provided shall remain the property of the United States. Whenever any such property issued to the National Guard in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia shall have been lost, damaged, or destroyed, or become unserviceable or unsuitable by use in service or from any other cause, it shall be examined by a disinterested surveying officer of the Regular Army or the National