Arizona republican., 1910-10-31

| conference with the National Militia
 Board may prescribe, the commission ed officers of the organized militia of
 each state, territory and the District | of Columbia shall receive in compen- sation for their services other than | at annual encampments, or in case ! of riot, insurrection or invasion, cer- | tain percentages of the annual rate of pay for officers of like grade in | the army of the United States as is
 now or may be hereafter established | by law as follows: All officers below
 the grade of general officers, includ- | ing officers of the medical corps com
 manding officers of all companies, troops, fifteen Q5) per cent, and an | additional five per cent to the con-
 manding officers of all companies, troops and batteries; general officers and officers of staff departments | serving with general officers, five (5) per cent; provided, each such officer shall have performed at least seven- ty-five (75) per cent of the duties prescribed by statutes or in orders by the commander in chief of his
 state or territory or the command ing general of the organized militia of the District of Columbia, excepting for services hereinbefore excluded; provided, further, that no officer shall
 be entitled to such compensation until
 he shall have passed such examination
 as shall be prescribed for officers of
 that grade by the Secretary of War
 in conference with the National Mi
 litia Board
 Section 2. That, under such regu-
 lations as the Secretary of War in
 conference with the National Militia
 Board shall prescribe, each enlisted man of the Ornganized militia of each state, territory and the District of Columbia shall receive in compensa-
 ton for his services, other than at annual encampments or in case of riot, insurrection or invasion, twenty five (25) per cent of the annual rate of pay for enlisted men of like grade in the army of the United States as is now or may be hereafter estab- lished by law, for attendance upon forty eight (4S) drills or equivalent military duty prescribed by statutes or in orders by the commanders in chief of his state or territory, or the commanding general of the District of Columbia, during any one year, or a proportionate amount for attendance upon any number of drills or equiv alent military duty not less than twenty (20); provided, no compensa- tion shall be paid for attendance at less than twenty (20) such drills or equivalent military duty; paid semi annually as proportioned above, and provided, further, that no cOmpen- satiOn hereunder shall be paid to any enlisted man, except non-combat- ants, in the first year of his enlist ment unless and until he shall have made a record score with the pre- scribed weapons of his arm of the service, nor thereafter unless and until he shall have fired the prescrib- ed course or such equivalent as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War in conference with the National Mi litia Board
 Section 3. All disbursements under the provisions of the preceding sec tions shall be made on or before the fifteenth days of June and December of each year
 Section 4. Stoppage may be made against the compensation payable to any officer or enlisted man hereun- der to meet the cost of public prop erty lost or destroyed by and charge able to such officer or enlisted man.
 Section 5. All moneys required to meet the disbursements provided for in this act shall be payable out of any public moneys in the treasury of the United States not otherwise ap- propriated