Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

authorized e provide Tor such militia.
At the expense of the state. all necessary
food. uniforms, arms, equipments. cloth
ing. horses. baggage wagons, camp
equipage and means OF transporting such
forcc into the service OF the United
States. Enlisted men Of the militia, ma
tional guard and volunteers IN the Serv-
ice Of the United States shalt be paid
by the state tho sum of ten dollars each
per month, IN addition 50 the pay which
they shall receive from the federal gov
erument. provided that the period tor
which such state nay shall be allowed
shall not exceed ono year. The gov
ernor, the state treasurer and the adj
]utant general arc hereby authorized 10
make such provision for the support of
tho dependent wives. children and
widowed mothers of enlisted men OF
the militia, national guard and volun-
teerS, III federal service. as, III the dis
erection OF the governor. state treasurer
and adlutant general, seems necessary
and Just, under such regulations as they
shall prescribe provided that the amount
so expended shall not exceed thiTty-lvc
dollars a month for the dependents Of
any one soldier. and provided further
that no person shall receive the benefits
of this act as the dependent of more than
one soldier. The state treasurer is here
DN aOu3oIlGSus upon lppIONdl OF Tic kOA~
ernor, TO pledge the credit of the state
for the purpose of raising the necessary
funds TO carry out the provisions of this
section.
Sec. s. Every officer, non-commis-
stoned officer and private ordered out,
and every volunteer or drafted man,
who fails to appear ar the time and
place designated. without rendering a
sufficient excuse therefor. shall be dealt
with as provided by the laws OF the
United States in like cases.
Sec. s.. The uniforms and equipment
of organizations and members of the ma
tional guard shall be IS prescribed and
furnished by the federal government;
but the commander in chief may permit
such modification or addition thereto as
he deems for the best interests of the
state. consistent with law and federal
regulations for the government of the
national guard
Sec. 50. A member of the national
guard who wears any portion of a uni
form issued or furnished by the state
or company. when not in the perform
ance of military duty under orders re-
ceived, shall forfeit one dollar for each
day he SO wears such uniform, to be de-
Quoted from his pay, and such further
sum for a wilful injury or destruction
of arms, equipments, uniforms or camp
cquipage as IS assessed by court-maTtial.
Sec. 81. Matters relating to the or
ganization, discipline, training and gov
eminent of the national guard not other
wise provided for in this act, nor in the
general regulations, shall be decided by
the federal laws and regulations pre-
scribed for the national guard and the
army or navy Of the United States as
the case may be, so far as the same are
applicable.
Sec. IS. Discharges to commissioned
officers may be granted by the COM
mander in chief, under such regulations
as he prescTibes.
Sec. 50. All officers who are respon-
sible for public military property or
funds SHALL before assuming such re-
sponsibility, give 4 bond TO the state
treasurer, with sufficient surety or sure
ties, in such sum as the commander in
chief requires, conditioned for the faith
ful performance of their duties
Sec. 90 Officers, noncommissioned
officers, musicians and privates enrolled
IN this state, while under orders for
service under the government of the
United States or under authority of this
state, shall, except for treason. felony
and breach of the peace, be privileged
from arrest and imprisonment by civil
authority, from the date of the issuing
of such orders to the time of their dis
charge from service.
Sec. 81. Officers of the national guard
shall, when on duty under proper orders
pursuant to this act, receive the same pay
as officers of like grade in the army
of the United States. unless otherwise
specially provided. Enlisted men shall,
when on duty under competent author
ity, be paid as follows: Privates and
trumpeters, one dollar and fifty cents a
day: Corporals, wagoners, artifcers,
farTiers and saddlers, one. dollar and
seventy-fIve cents d day; sergeants, COM
pany quartermaster sergeants, cooks.
horseshoers, color sergeants. battalion
sergeants major and chief trumpeters,
two dollars a day; first sergeant, ord
nance sergeants, sergeants of the quar-
termaster corps, regimental quartermas-
ter sergeants, reginental commissaTy
sergeants, regimental sergeants major
and first class seTgeants of the hospital
corps. two dollars and twenty-five cents
a day; members Of bands, including the
drum major. three dollars day. Pro-
yided that when members Of the national
guard shall be paid for duty performed
under this act In whole or IN part from
, federal funds, then the amount TO be
paid to such members from state funds
shall be the difference between the
amounts received By them from federal
funds and the amounts herein author
lied
Sec OF. Military stores belonging to
the state not issued to the militia, and
military property belonging to the Uni
ted States IN possession of the state and
not issued to the militia, shall be stored
in the state arsenal at Montpelier, and
the commander in chief shall prescribe
the necessary regulations TO secure the
of military T1rc0erfy fcefreT
. to the national guard
Sec. %. When military arms, stores,
. uniforms, equipments or property Of any
kind belonging to the state become dam
aged, partially or wholly unfit for use,
: or partially or wholly destroyed, the
officer having such property in charge
may request the commander IN chief TO