Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-21
STATE HOUSE.
Militia Bill Has Passed
Senate and House.
Means Much to National Guard
Of Maine and Other States.
Route Selected for Practice March Of ID
Infantry, n. SIS. NJ, in August.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Friday, Juno %, at 10 A. M.

The members of the National Guard
| of the State of Maine will be interested
| to learn that a telegram was received
| by Adjutant General Farnham Wed :
| nesday morning from Senator Charles
| DICK, Washington, d. c., which stated
| that the Senate militia bill had passed
| the Senate and House and now awaits
| the signature of the President This
is bill for increasing the efficiency
| of the militia of the United States,
and was approved by the Interstate
National Guard Association in con-
vention at st. Paul, Mimi, in June,
| 1905, and provides for the appropria-
ton of s2,000,000 annually for the
militia, instead of $1.OOO,O0O as by the
original bill. being an amendment of
Section 1861 of the Revised Statutes,
as amended by the Acts of Feb. II,
1887. and June 6. 1900. The text of the
bill is as follows. the amended portions
being in quotations.:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives Of the
| United States of America in Congress
| assembled, That section 1861 of the
Revised Statutes, as amended by the
Acts of February Il, 1887. and June 6,
1900, is hereby amended and rcenacted
so as to read as follows:
Section l. That the sum of two"
| million dollars is hereby annually APP
propriated. to be paid out of any
| money in the Treasury not otherwise
| appropriated, for the purpose of pro-
vidinS arms, ordnance stores. quarter
| masters stores. and camp equpage for
issue to the militia.
Section 2 of the Act Of February II,
1887, is hereby amended and reenacted
so as to read as follows:
Section =. That said appropriation
shall be apportioncd among the several
| States and Territories under the direc-
| ton of the Secretary of War, accord
ing to the number of Senators and
Representatives to which each State
| respectively is entitled in the Congress
of the United States. and to the
| Territories and District of Columbia
| such proportion and under such reg
| ulations as the President may pre-
| scribe: Provided, however" That no
| State shall be entitled to the benefits
| of the appropriation apportioned to it
| unless the number of it's regularly en-
| listed. organized, and uniformed ac-
| tive militia shall be at least one
| hundred men for each Senator and Re
| preventative to which such Stat" is en-
| titled in tn" Congress of the United
| States. And the amount of said ap-
! preparation which is thus ,ictcrnincd
not to be available shall be- covered
back into the Treasury. "Providcd.
also, That the sums so apportioned
among the several States and Terri
| tories and the District of Columbia
| shall be available for the purposes
| named in section IA of the Act of
| January II. 1903; for the actual excess
| of expenses of travel i'm making the in
| Spections therein provided for over the
| allowances made for some by law; for
the promotion Of rifle practice includ-
| ing the acquisition. construction
maintenance. and equipment of shoot =
| ing galleries and suitable target
ranges: for the hiring of horses and
draft animals for tho use OF
/ mHncuverS, and field instruction pro-
vidcd for in sections II and Is Of the
said act Of January II. 1903. as the
Secretary of War may deem ncceS-
sary"
Section , of the Act of February II
1887. is hereby amended and rc-cnact-
| Cd as follows: