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 402 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 204. 1908. and the District of Columbia for each enlisted man of the organized militia thereof, and thereafter issues of clothing to such States, Territories, and the District of Columbia shall be in accordance with such allowance, and the overnors of the States and Territories and the commanding gener:5 of the militia of the District of Columbia shall I mm be authorized to drop from their returns each year as expended ¢a:°°m8° ml"' clothing corresponding in value to such allowance. The Secretary of War is hereby further authorized to issue from time to time to the organized militia, under such regulations as he may prescribe, small arms and artillery ammunition upon the requisition of the govu'““‘ ernor, in the proportion of fifty per centum of the corresponding R S M ,661 P M Regular Army allowance, withoutc argc to the State’s allotment from ` “Q _ ’` the appropriation under section sixteen hundred and sixty- one, ,,;*,§,f‘{,°,§"‘"°" f" Revised Statutes, as amended. To provide means to carry into effect the provisions of this section, the necessary money to cover the cost of procuring, exchanging, or issuing of arms, accouterments, equip- ’ ments, uniforms, clothing, equipage, ammunition, and military stores Mmmm upemu to be exchanged or issued hereunder is hereby appropriated out of any mc. money in the Treasury not otherwise aplpropriated: Provided, That the sum expended in the execution of the purchases and issues pro- Re m vided for in this section shall not exceed the sum of two million do lars P° in any fiscal year: Provided also, That the Secretary of War shall M annually submit to Congress a report of expenditures made by him in the execution of the re uirements of this section." Sec. 9. That section hfteen of said Act as amended be, and the same _ is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: ,J,°,§‘,,_?°’*,§,'T,l},f'“ QR "Sec. 15. That the Secretary of War is authorized to provide for ¤¤`¤;:)r{¤=¢¤;:» °*;· ,,.,8 participation by any part of the organized militia of any State or Termeuheu.’ ritory on the request of the governor thereof in the encampment, maneuvers,·and field instruction of any part of the Regular Army at or near any military post or camp or lake or seacoast efenses of the P"Y· ""’· United States. In such case the organized militia so participatin shall _ _ receive the same pay, subsistence, and transportation as is provided by R°“"°“°“· law for the officers and men of the Regular Army, and no part of the sums appropriated for the support of the Regular Army shall be used to pay any part of the expenses of the organized militia of any State, Territory, or District of Columbia, while engaged in joint encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction of the Regular Army and militia, but all payments to the militia under the rovisions of this section and all allowances for mileage shall be made solely from the m§h,m,,0m,,, sums appropriated for such purposes: Provided, That the command of wretninicvmmnni such military post or camp and the officers and troops of the United States there stationed shall remain with the regular commander of the post without regard to the rank of the commanding or other officers of the militia temporarily so encamped within its limits or in its vicinity: mgm tor-nmmanrl, [’rm·ided_furtho2·, That except as herein specified the right to com- °°°· mand during such joint encampments, maneuvers and field instruction shall be governed by the rules set out in articles one hundred and twenty-two and one hundred and twenty-four of the rules and articles Di¤*>¤¤r¤~¤¤¢¤*»*- for the government of the armies of the United States. The sums appropriated for the organized militia for such joint encampment, maneuvers, and field instruction shall be disbursed as, and for that W§L¢;;ir¤¢¤¤¤ ·>f M- purpose shall constitute, one fund; and the Secretary of War shall ' forward to Congress, at each session next after said encampment, a detailed statement of the expenses of such encampments and maneuvers." Sec. 10. That section sixteen of said Act as amended be, and the same is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: mA1i)<gvm£e Bngding “Sec. 16. That whenever any officer or enlisted man of the organnma m°§¤`¤¢mmm,S ized militia shall upon the recommendation of the governor of any °°Q,';{l*-3,, p_ ,,,8 State, Territory, or the commanding eneral of the District of Colummended.bia militia, and when authorized by gre President, attend and pursue