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shall assemblefor instruction at company, battalion
or regmental armores or other rendezvous at least
| twice each month, and oftener upon the order OF
commanding officers Commanding officers shall
also have authority to order and provide for in
spections. musters and other ceremonies and
parades; and the Commander Chief may order
out, any part of the troops Cor escort and other
duties
! Sec. 81. That Section 771 of the General Stat
utes OF the State of Florida be, and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
z2l-Goveruor May Order Troops Beyond State
Tor lustruction.-The Commander-in-Ch Chief IS
auth6ized 70 order out the National Guard of
Florida and, If necessary, TO order them beyond
the limits OF the State for the purpose Of paTtici-
pating IN any encampment, maneuveTs or field in
struction of any part of the Regular Army of the
United States, at or near any military post or
camp or lake or seacoast detenses OF the United
States, whenever participation IN such encamp-
ment, nlaneuvers or field instruction is authorized
by the Secretary of War
Sec. 81. That Section 722 of the General Stat
utes of the State of Florida be, and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows;
722-Pay for Participating in Field Exercises
When attending camps of instruction or partiCi-
pating in other field exercises, except as provided
Tor under the foregoing Section, the members of
the National Guard Of Florida shall receive the
following compensation: Officers, three dollars
day and such allowance for horse hire to these
whose duties require them to be mounted and who
actually are mounted as may be fixed by the Com
nander-lu- Chief, not exceeding two dollars per
day, enlisted men, such pay and subsistence as
are at the time allowed by law in the United
States army their respective grades. The Comp
troller shall, upon requisition OF The AdJutant
General, approved by the Commander-iI-C Chief,
draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of
The Adjutant General for such expenditures as
are authorized under this Section and such other
expenses as may be necessary to the cond uct OF
such encampment or field exercises, including
costs of Transportation labor and supplies; which
requiSition shall be paid from any moneys in the
Treasury, appropriated for the, expenses OF en-
campments and field exercises during that year.
When the appropriation is insufficient, The Adju-
tant General may pay the troops pro rata; Pro
vided however, That nothing in this Section shall
be construed as repeating or modifying the pro-
visions OF Chapter SOFA Laws of Florida.
Sec. 50. That Section 723 of the General Stat
utes of the State of Florida be, and the same is
hereby amended so as TO read as follows:
723-Pay, Courts-MartiaI, Aiding the Civil Au-
thOTities, Etc.-Al officers serving on courts
martial shall be considered in actual service and
shall be entitled TO five cents per mile for travelling
expenses, and the same pay as when in attend
ance at encampments Witnesses shall be al
lowed five cents per mile for travelling expenses
and the same pay as witnesses IN attendance upon
civil courts
(a) When called out under this article to aid
the civil authorities, or when employed under the
orders of the Commander-in- Chief to preserve the
public peace, to execute the laws of.the State, to
suppress instruction or to repel invasion, the
National Guard of Florida, including both officers
and enlisted men, shall receive the same pay and
subsistence as are at the time allowed by law to
those holding similar grades and positions in the
United States Army and shall be provided with
transportation when ordered away from home,
d. The Comptroller shall, upon requisition of
The Adjutant General, approved by the Governor,
draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for such ex
penditures as are authorized under this Section
which shall be paid from any moneys in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 81. That Section 774 of the General Stat
utes of the State of Florida be, and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
DoIfe of41r hall
within ten days after being called on to perform
any active duty for which pay is provided by law,
make and forward to The AdJutant General certi-
fed pay rolls, in tripcate of the field and staff
commissioned staff and band, company troop
or detachment, respectively, specifying the name
and rank of each man and the number of days
that he was present and performing duty. One
of these rolls will be filed with the Comptroller
one with The Adjutant General and one with the
retained copies of reports of the organization
Sec. IS. That Section rs of the General Stat
utes of the State of Florida be, and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
725-Expenses of the Military Department.
The general current expenses of the Military De
partment not otherwise specially appropriated
and provided for shall be paid from the fund for
current expenses of the Military Department. by
whatever name or title such fund shall be known
and designated, upon requisition OF The AdJutant
General, approved by the Governor, and no pay
ments shall be made from suchfund except upon
such reQuisition so presented and signed by The
Adjutant General and the Governor.
Sec. 80. That Section 726 of the General Stat
utes of the State of Florida be- and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
26-AIiowances.-There shall be annually
paid to the Ouartermaster of the Brigade, each
regiment and battalion, and quarterly to the com
manding officer of each company, troop and ma
chine gun platoon, to the medical officers com
handing regimental detachments of the Hospital
Corps, and to the chief musicians Of bands, upon
their requisition, approved by the post command
er and by The Adjutant General, the following
sums for the maintenance of such Organizations
and for the of all public property entrusted to
their charge: Brigade, five hundred dollars; regl-
ment, one hundred dollars; battalion, TWEEN
ty-hve dola s; company, troop and band,
twenty-five dollar detachment OF the
twelve and one-nalf dollars. There may
also be paid to inspectors OF small arms practice,
upon their tionlapproved by the command
ing officer OF the organization to which they are
attached and by the Adjutant General, not eX-
ceeding fifty dollars; and to the Surgeon General
upon has requisition. approved by The Adgutant
General not exceeding twenty-five dollars, for the
annual expenses of their respective offices; Pro-
vided That the payment OF these allowances shall
be subject to such rules and restrictions as may be
prescribed by the Regulations for the government
of the National Guard OF Florida and that all
moneys so paid shall be treated public funds
and accounted for as also may be prescribed by
the Regulations.
(a) The rent of armories shall be paid by the
State out of a fund to be biennialy appropriated
by the Legislature.
Sec 36K. That Section 72o of the General
Statutes OF the state OF fiOTlQa Oe ana the same
is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
20-InSpectiOns.-The Commander-in-C Chief
may from time to time require inspections to be
made by officers of the Inspector Generals De-
partuent or other officer officers of the Nation
al Guard Of Florida or by any officer or officers of
the United States Army who may be detailed
under authority from the Secretary of War.
(a) If it shall appear from the report of an in
specting officer, appointed under this Section,
that any officer is incompetent or is impairng the
efficiency of the organization to which he belongs
by mismanagement, neglect or misconduct the
vided for under Paragraph A, Section 6S2, of this
Article.
(b) II it shall appear from the report of an in
specting officer, appointed under this Section,
that any public property which has been distrib-
20 for has been safely