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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. 11. CHS. 184, 185. 1910. 329 CHAP. 184.-An Act To rovide for the a nt f x 'n h Avril 21. 1910- participation of the militia iii) joint maneuveig zi-Rein the (li{.gg€ud;.(i·S ih; 1H·R·2283°·1 season of nineteen hundred and eight. [Public, N0.147.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amwiea in Congress assembled, That the disbursing officers Militiaof the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia are s&i>s?;tId?»?vhi1ad1g hereby authorized to pay from allotments under section sixteen hun- §gf,81°*”‘ '“’“““"’€“· dred and sixty-one, Revised Statutes, as amended, such sums as may R·S-.S€¢·1661.1>-290· be necessary to settle accounts incurred by the several States, Terri- v°1°34’p'449‘ tories, and the District of Columbia for expenses involved by the participation of the militia in joint encampmentswith the Regular Army _ jduring the season of nineteen hundred and eight: Provided, That the ggh§’!{°;¤,m0unm aécounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed lncredit such disbursements. ,‘ zriapproved, April 21, 1910. CHAP. 186.-—An Act To further amend the Act entitled "An Act to promote the AP1'il21• 1910- eiiciency of the  and for other purposes/’ approved January twenty-Hr t, ___1H·R·”8"°·1 nineteen hundred and three. [Public, No. 148.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of.Reyw·esentatives of the United mime. States ccifAmerieo in Congress assembled, That section fifteen of the Act ggij  TQ .m_ entitle "An Act to promote the eiiiciency of the militia, and for other *¤¤°¤*1°d- purposes, " approved Januar twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, as amended by the Act entitlsed "‘An Act to further amend the Act entitled ‘An Act to Mpromote the efficiency of the militia, and for other plurpgsesf aplprov May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eig t," , and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "SEc. 15. That the Secretary of War is authorized to provide for Pnrticirntion in participation by any part of the organized militia of any State, Terri- Al§i§Q'li,°f$ilE`Qi°u$3,°1l$3 tory, or the District of Columbia, on the request of the governor of a °dd°d· State or Territor, or the commanding-general of the militia of the District of Columbia, in the encampments, maneuvers, and Held instruction of any part of the Regular Army, at or near any military post or camp or lake or sea-coast defenses of the United States. ln such case 1’¤Y· the organized militia so participating shall receive the same Hpay, sub- ` sistence, and transportation as is provided by law for the 0 cers and men of the Regular Army, and no part of the sums appropriated for m;}l;g*0{w¤gg'lfs1;,§** the support of the Regular Army shall be used to pay any part of the ` expenses of the organized militia of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, while engaged in joint encampnneuts, maneuvers, _ and Held instruction of the Regular Army and militia: Provided, That §gg”g·}",f,,mm, suc, the Secretary of \¢Var is authorized, under requisition of the governor mem ¥0$¤1¤¤¤. ewof a State or Territory or the commanding-general of the militia of the District of Columbia, to pay to the quartermaster-ge neral, or such other officer of the militia as may be duly designated and appointed for the purpose, so much of its allotment, under the annual appropriation authorized by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one, Revised Statutes, {$§j·§°,f°,%1’·2°°· as amended, as shall be necessary for the payment, subsistence, trans- i portation, and other expenses of such portion of the organized militia as may engagle in encampments, maneuvers, and Held instruction with any part of the Regular Army at or near any military st or camp or lake or sea—coast defenses of the United States, and th; Secretary of pe@°“‘ °’ °" War shall forward to Congress, at each session next after said encamp— ments, a detailed statement of the expense of such encampments and maneuvers: Provided, That the command of such military post or cam ¤cI§$*'{‘§‘§,,{{,P‘{,0$ and the omeers 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