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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 134. 1916. 203 State, Territory, or District shall have been brought into the service ”*"°"“· ‘“'·““’· of the United _States, the reserve battalions of such regiments may be organized into provisional regiments and higher units. If for S,§§,§g§§‘f°“““°° °‘ any reason there shall not be enou h volunta enlistments ,to keep ` the reserve battalions at the prescribed strength, a sufficient number of the unorganized militia s all be drafted into the service of the i United States to maintain each of such battalions at the proper strengths  vacancies occur from death or other causes in any Fi”*¤€V=¤>¤¤¤¤¤S- organization m the service of the United States and composed of men taken from the National Guard, men shall be transferred from the reserve battalions to the organizations in the field so that such _ organizations may be maintained at war strength. Officers for the c,,¥“'g°m°”t °‘ °m` reserve battalions provided for herein shall be drafted from the National Guard Reserve or Coast Artillery com anies of the National Guard or the Officers’ Reserve Corps such ogicers to be taken, if practicable, from the States, respectively,  which the battalions shall Duty H mam d e organized. _Ofiicers and noncommissioned officers returned to a¤m¤,m. ° their ome stations because of their inability to perform active Held service may be  to reserve battalions for dutg, and all soldiers invalided home shall be assigned to and carried on the rolls of reserve battalions until returned to duty or until discharged. Sec. 80. Lmavns or ansmws Fon onnram Govnnnmnm mu- p,§y‘;§s‘f’“’“°“* °’¤· r1.oYsms.—All officers and em logees of the United States and of the wwgiig M ·eb¤¤¤¤• District of Columbia who shsl e members of the National Guard 'W _°°m°g` shall be entitled to leave of absence from their rexlective duties, ` · without loss of gay, time, or efficiency rating, on days during which they shall e engaged in field or coast·de ense training ordere or authorized under the provisions of this Act. _ _ _ Sec. 81. Mrnrrm BUREAU OF THE WAR DnPA1zTMENT.——The B0}.l$ii.i°£i§i.i5[ailm° National Militia Board created by section eleven of the Act of May V°l·35»P·*‘**- twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, amending section twenty of the Act of January twenty—first, nineteen hundred and three, shall, from the date of the approval of this Act, be abolished. The Militia Division now existing in the War Department shall here- mgf,Q§l{gm¥f1i,*;}=g;¤; after be known as the Militia Bureau of said department, shall, like ngyanueuz. ether bureaus of said de artment, be under the immediate super- j},i;?f;_%5,"5‘ vision of the Secretaiz of gifar, and shall not form a part of any other bureau, office, or other organization, but the Chief of the Militia Bureau shall be ex officio a member of the General Staff Corps: Pro- _{’;§,':,‘,Z;,,,,, 0, N, vided, That the President may, in his discretion, assign to duty in the perm Gwd ¤¤‘*<=•¤ Militia Bureau as assistants to the chief thereof not to exceed one °’ ' colonel and one lieutenant colonel of the National Guard, for terms of four years, and an such officer while so assigned shall, subject to such regulations as tlie President may prescribe, receive out of the whole fund appropriated for the support of the militia the pay and allowances of a Re lar Arm officer having the same rank and of service as said National Guard officer, whoseprior service in the Organized Militia shall be counted in ascertaining his rights under this proviso. Armammt ew. to Sec. 82. Anmammrr nqrrrrmizrrr, AND muronu or rim NATIONAL b,,m.,, A;-my_' GUAnn.—The National Guard of the United States shall, as far as practicable, be uniformed, armed, and equippxed with the same type of uniforms, arms, and equipments as are or s all be provided for e R€g\1l¤1' Arm - Ai-ms ae. nw asm Ec. 83. e cret o ar is ere y authoriz o procure, servicewbopuzchssod S ThSe aryfW 'h b h_°edt mdmiuti Under such regulations as the President may prescr1be,_by purchase p,.¢,p,m, · or manufacture, within the limits of availa le aépprgwriations made by Congress, and to issue from time to time to e ational Guard, upon requisition of the governors of the several States and Territories or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of