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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 417. 1916. 595 traveling expenses, the same to be made a ch e ainst the a ro- "'°m¤°°°"*"°¤d· priation "Arming and equipping Naval ag Pp ““'p`m`- The governor of each State and Territory, and the commanding 1> °td°°` general of the District of Columbia. Militia, shall aplpoint either the above-described disbursing officer or_ such other 0 cer of the pay corps of the Naval Militia as he may elect as accounting officer for eac battalion thereof, or, at his option, for each la er imit or combination of units of the same, who shall be res onsilii-> for the pro accounting for all fproperty belonging to the lgnited States issuedpfid for the use 0 such battalion, or larger unit or combination of units. Accounting officers shall render accounts as prescribedulg the *°°°“"“"‘ °“‘°°”· Secretary of the Navg and shall be required to give good and s cient B°“‘°· bonds to the Unite States in such sums as the Secretary of the Navy may direct, conditioned upon the faithful accounting for alla property elonging to the Unite States and for the safekeeping of suc part thereof as may be in the personal custody of such officer. Accounting officers may issue any or all such (property to other '““°°‘*"°’°"’ by- oHic•i;s_or enlisted nipn of thebIgTdav;sL3i[ilit% glpgch rrfuiles airéd Prom regu tions as ma e rescri : er, at e yu, ;,,,p,,,,,,,,,_ Secretary of the Niivy sliiall cause an inspgtion of the accounts and ly records of the accounting officers to be made by an officer of the NH at least once each year. een accounting officers are traveling in the performance of their '1‘¤v•1¤p¤¤¤•¤. oilicial duties under orders issued by the Secretary of the Navy they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary traveling ex- _ penses, the same to be made a charge against the appropriation "Arming and equiplpingllglaval Militia." That officers an_ en ted men of the Naval Militia to whom R¤¤1>¤¤Smig{{qd f¤r roperty has been issued as herein provided for shall be responsible Y ` For the safe-keeping and return thereof. Stoppages may be made ,t§_°°p*’°‘°°* " '°"· against the compensation payable to any officer or enlisted man of the Naval Militia to cover the cost of public property lost or destroyed by and chargeable to such officer or enlisted man. That no part of the Naval Militia which is entitled to compensa- oulyslyrlzxiliirgnctxiz xiii: tion under the provisions of this Act shall be disbanded without the 8*****- '°'°'°°°¤· consent of the resident. N ti ml N vu V I That to provide a force for use in any emergency including that sarge?. ° °` of actual or imminent war, requiring the use of naval forces in addi-  '°' °‘“°‘? tion to those of the Regular Navy, of which emergency the President · shall be, for the pu?oses of this Act, the sole ju bge, there is hereby created a force to e known as the "National aval Volunteers, Empummemmxa. into which the President alone is authorized, under such regulations "”$,“{mff,f,‘{·,,,m,u,_ as he may prescribe, to at any time enroll, by commission, warrant, ¢i·¤- and enlistment, respectively, and without examination, such number of the officers and men of the various branches of the Naval Militia as he may decide to so enroll from among those of the Naval Militia who have theretofore conformed to the standard of professional and °““"°°‘“°"’· physical examination prescribed for such officers and men under y ` section five of an Act entitled "An Act to promote the efficiency of ‘°'·°*°·"‘”" the Naval Militia, and for other purposes," approved February sixteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and who may volunteer for such enrollment; and may also similarly enroll, immediately subject ,0 emu upon the occurrence of any such emergency (subject to their first or um. subsequently passing examinations satisfactory to him, or may, if he shall think best, enroll without an examination), such further number of the officers and men of the biraval Militia as may so volunteer from among those of the Naval Militia who have not theretofore conformed to said standards. Such omcers and men, so enrolled by ,,I;§,_‘?"‘“"‘“’“"*"‘° commission, warrant, or enlistment, shall be eligible and liable for call for immediate service m the event of any suc emergency.