Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-24
DECISION
AT HEAD OFFICE
ABOUT GUARD PAY
Memorandum Issued Today
From Afmory Digests In
structions of Bureaus

Information from washington which
/, should settle finally the much-dis-
cussed question CT pay for national
guardsmen has just been received at
national guard headquarters and was
announced today in q memorandum
from the head office, covering the
semi-annual period ending Decemher
81. as follows: u.
Dates From Reecpnition ,zss
2. The period of seryice-that Is.
the number OF days an officer or en-
listed man has served In the national
guard is the actual and primary ba.
sis for computing pay contingent on
the number OF drills he may have at
tended for which there is minimum.
to become entitled to any pay, and
upon the following conditions:
tal Pay can only accrue for any
! member OF company, from the date
of recognition By the war department.
as national guard organization, OF
which he is member.
(b) Pay can only accrue for any
member of the national guard from
the date he has individually qualified
as member Of the national guard by
taking the oath prescribed.
tcf Pay can only accrue for any
member Of q company where the or
ganization Of which he is a member
has the prescribed average attend
kance for the semi-annual period. This
attendance Is So per cent OF the aver
age attendance of the organization for
the six months period I'm case OF
period Just closed from date OF recog-
milton as national guard
5. The number OF days service for
which q member OF the national
guard Is qualified for pay. may be
paid alta hllEineiit IA C laaxirnun1 fotfI
or at ateintefmedfate rates. The pay Ii
based n10n the number OF days SER
vice. not the number eof drills at
tended, although the latter is the basis
for determining the rate Of pay, wheth.
2er maximum, minimum or intermedi-
ate. A formula for determining this
ratio Of pay will shortly be generally
! distributed for the convenience OF or.
gani5ation commanders In preparing
pay rolls.
Checks From Washington
4. All payments will be made by
check by the depot quartermaster,
Washington, D.. C. Organization COM
manders prepare their pay rolls and
submit them to the adjutant-general's
office, where they are to be checked
for errors and then forwarded to
Washington for payment. No rolls
can be forwarded until those for the
entire guard have been submitted to
the adjutart-general For this reason
1t is apparent that one dilatory organ
ization might hold up the pay Of the
entire guard. ~ -.
Defines Pay Period ID
5. The pay period for the national
guard is the calendar year divided into
six-month intervals. On this account
members of the national guard who
have earned pay from the date their
organizations we're recognized as ma
tional guard, and from the date that
they individually took the new oath,
will receive such pay as soon after
December 81. 1916, as pay rolls can be
prepared and forwarded, and individu-
all checks drawn. These men will not
have to wait until next July for the
pay earned during the last semi-annu-
al period.
6. The pay year begins January l
and ends December 81, but for pur-
poses or clearing up the status for
period ending December 81, 1916, or
ganization commanders should begin
with date Of recognition as national
guard under their qualification by
new oath as announced, and figure
only from this oath for their average
attendance OF so per cent. etc. In 9TH
er words, the Malta bureau considers
qualification unler the new oath as
"an original enlistment" for purposes
of figuring service and pay under
sections 20 and 10. act June 3, 1916.