The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-06-23

L lie IOilOWllS are tle SdIIenb pOiuJS
of the new bill for the government re-
gulation and maintenance of the
| National Guard of the state which
has received the approval of Governor
Hoyt:
That transportation shall be furnish
ed to officers OF the National Guard for
attendance upon courts martial boards
of examination and such other neces-
sary service as the law may require of
said officers, orders for which shall be
made by division or brigade command
ers, and the necessary expenses in
Cured under the requirements of the
several acts relating to the National
Guard shall be audited and paid upon
proper vouchers by the military
board.
That there shall be held once i'm
every year an encampment of the
National Guard not to exceed eight
days duration at such time and place
as the commander-in-chie shall d-
rect, and during such eDcsmpment
there shall be made by the Adjutant
General an inspection of the troops as
now provided for by law for which
service the troops shall be entitled to
the necessary transportation aud sub
sistance and per diem allowance AS
provided for by the act,approved June
II. 1873, not exceeding five days and
the payment thereof shall be made as
is therein provided, and in addition TO
the inspection above provided for each
brigade commander shall detail staff
officer tomake an inspection of the
troops of his command during the
months of April and May of each year
ut their several company or rregimental
rendezvous, for which service the said
staff officer shall be paid by the state
military board his necessary expenses
on warrant drawn by the Adjutant
General and said officer shall make a
detailed report Of said inspection to the
Adjutant General.
That the service required OF troops
by section two of this act shall be al
lowed and shall be paid upon warrants
of the Adjutant General approved by
the military board, and to be paid out
of any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
That there shall he enlisted and at
tached to each brigade a military band
Of not less than twenty nor more than
thirty musicians who shall be en-
titled to the pay, clothing and allow
ance prescribed by law for musicians,
and in addition thereto said band
shall be entitled to receive from the
state an annual appropriation and an
amount for armory rent equal to one
half the amount given to a company
of infantry, to be paid by warrant
drawn in favor of the brigade quarter
mester. The leader of said band shall
be entitled to the rank, pay and allow
ance of u Sergeant Major. The said
band shall be subject to the orders of
the commander of said brigade who
may discharge aud recruit said band
at his discretion. The duties of said
bands sbal. De to furnish music for
the troops at the regular parades re-
quired Oy law and upon such other
military occasions as the brigade conf
mander shall direct.
| That in lieu of allowances now made
each division, brigade, regimental or
battalion headquarters shall be al
lowed one hundred dollars annually
for rent of quarters and necessary eX-
penses to be paid by the state treasurer
on warrant of the Adjutant General
on approval of the military board.
That the Adjutant General shall
provide for and issue to the National
Guard for rifle ana artillery practice
such ammunition as may be necessary
for the efficiency of the service, and
he shall provide fully such convenien-
ces of rifle practice of the National
Guard as shall be prescribed by the
commander-in-chief.
That any soldier failing to appear
upon any occasion of duty, to which
he shall be ordered by his proper COM
manding officer, shall be subject to
trial by such court martial as the bri-
gade commander may direct and upon
conviction, failing to render good and
sufficient cause therefor, he shall be
sentenced to pay fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, OF upon his fail
ure to pay such fine within twenty
days to a term of imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days a. such court
martial may direct.
That all military offences cogniza-
BILE and triable by the statutes of the
United States army regulations and
articles of war before general or regi-
mental courts martial or field offic ers'
courts as is provided for in the ninety
seventh section of the act approved
May 4, 1864. shall be triable before the
! like courts in this commonwealth, but
the said courts, except in time of war
insurrection, invasion, rebellion OF
riot, and except in cases where the
penalties as provided in the army oi
the United States, shall be dismissing
or cashiering of commissioned off,
Ger, may upon conviction, sentence
to fines not exceeding one hundred
dollars, and on failure to pay the
same within twenty days to an i'm