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 Guard and who at the time of assignment are reserve officers, and any such officer while so assigned shall receive out of the whole fund appropriated for the support of the National Guard the pay and allowances provided in the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, for officers of the National Guard when authorized by law to receive Federal pay. The President may also assign, with their consent, and within the limits of the appropriations previously made for this specific purpose, not exceeding five hundred offiers of the National Guard, who hold reserve commissions, to duty with the Regular Army in addition to those attending service schools, and while so assigned they shall receive the pay and allowances authorized in the preceding sentence, to be paid out of the whole fund appropriated for the support of the militia."

. That section 99 of said Act be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 99. National Guard officers and men at service schools, and so forth: Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the governor of any State or Territory or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, authorize a limited number of selected officers or enlisted men of the National Guard to attend and pursue a regular course of study at any military service school fo the United States, except the United States Military Academy, or to be attached to an organization of the same arm, corps or department to which such officer or enlisted man shall belong for routine practical instruction at or near an Army post during a period of field training or other outdoor exercises; and any such officer shall receive out of any National Guard allotment of funds available for the purpose, the pay and allowances provided in the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, for officers o the National Guard when authorized by law to receive Federal pay and the travel allowances provided in section 12 thereof, and any such enlisted man shall receive therefrom, except as otherwise provided in section 14 of the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, the same pay and allowances, including allowances for quarters, subsistence, and travel to which an enlisted man of the Regular Army of like grade would be entitled for attending such school, college, or practical course of instruction under orders from proper military authority, while in actual attendance at such school college, or practical course of instruction, and for the necessary period of travel from and to home station."

. That section 110 of said Act, as amended by section 48 of the National Defense Act of June 4, 1920, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:

" 110. Pay for National Guard enlisted men: Each enlisted man belonging to an organization of the National Guard, other than enlisted men of the sixth and seventh grades, shall receive compensation at the rate of one-thirtieth of the initial monthly pay of his grade in the Regular Army for each drill ordered for his organization where he is officially present and in which he participates for not less than one and one-half hours, not exceeding eight in any one calendar month and not exceeding sixty drills in one year:Provided. That no enlisted man shall receive any pay under the provisions of this section for any month in which he shall have attended less than sixty per centum of the drills or other exercises prescribed for his organization: Provided further, That the proviso contained in section 92 of this Act shall not operate to prevent the payment of enlisted men actually present at any duly ordered drill or other exercise: And provided further, That periods of any actual military duty equivalent to the drills herein prescribed (except those periods of service for which members of the National Guard may become lawfully entitled to the