Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-09-28


he governors of the several states and terri
nding general of the militia of the District of
of the United States standard service maga-
It's. bayonet scabbards, gun slings, belts, and
such other necessary accOuterments and
equipments as are required for the army of
the United States, District OF Columbia,
without charging the cost or value thereof,
or any which have been issued since De-
cember Ist, 1901, or any expense connected
Herewith. against the allotment to said state,
territory or District of Columbia, out OF the
annual appropriation provided by section
I66I of the revised statutes. as amended, or
requiring payment therefor and to exchange
without receiving any money credit therefor,
ammunition, or parts thereof suitable to the
new arms round for round. for correspond
ing ammunition suitable to the old arms
heretofore issued to said state territory, or
District by the United States. Provided,
that said rifles and carbines and other prop
erty shall be receipted for and shall remain
the property of the United States and be an
nually accounted for by the governors of the
states and territories as now required by
law, and that each state, territory. and Dis
trict shall. on receipt of the new arms, turn
in to the ordnance department of the United
States army without receiving any money
credit therefor, and without expense for
transportation, all United States rifles and
carbines now in its possession.
To provide means to carry into effect
the provisions of this section the necessary
money to cover the cost of exchanging or
issuing the new arms accouterments. equip
ments. and ammunition to be exchanged or
issued hereunder is hereby appropriated out
of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Sec. II. That whenever it shall appear
by the report OF inspections, which it shall
be the duty of the secretary OF war to cause
to he made at least once in each year by
officers detailed by him for that purpose,
that the organized militia of a state or terri
tory or of the District of Columbia is suf-
ficiently armed, uniformed and equipped for
active duty i'm the field. the secretary of war
is authorized. on the requisition of the gov
ernor of such state or territory. TO pay to the
quartermaster general thereof, or to such
officer of the militia of said state as the said
governor may designate and appoint for the
purpose. so much of its allotment out of the
said annual appropriation under section I66I
OF the revised statutes as amended as shall
be necessary for the payment, subsistence,
and transportation of such portion of said
organized militia as shall engage in actual
field or camp service for instruction, and the
officers and enlisted men of such militia
while so engaged shall be entitled to the
same pay subsistence. and transportation or
travel allowances as officers and enlisted men
of corresponding grades of the regular army
are or may hereafter be entitled by law, and
the officer so designated and appointed shall
be regarded as a disbursing officer of the
United States, and shall render his accounts
through the war department to the proper
accounting officers of the treasury for set
tlement. and he shall be required to give
good and sufficient bonds to the United
States, in such sums as the secretary of war
to account for the safe keeping and payment
70 intrusted to him for disbursement
secretary of war is hereby authorized to pro-
by any part of the organized militia of any
he request of the governor thereof in the en-
and field instruction of any part of the regular
military post or camp or lake or seacoast de-
states. In such case the organized militia so
i've the same pay, subsistence and transporta-
law for the officers and men of the regular
the appropriation for the pay, subsistence and
army. Provided, that the command of such
and of the officers and troops of the United
shall remain with the regular commander of
d to the rank of the commanding or other of
nporarly so encamped within its limits or in
enever any officer of the organized militia shall.
of the governor of any state, territory or gen