The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-23
new ORDERS TO
Be IN EFFECT.
NATIONAL GUARD INFANTRY
COMPANIES WILL NOT BE AC-
CEPTED WITH A MINIMUM OF
so ENLISTED MEN.

The office of the adjutant general of
Florida has been authorized to put into
Effect on and after July list, 1920, the
provisions of the act approved june
9Th, 1920, in SO far as applies to the
National Guard.
Some of the most important parts of
this act are herewith quoted for the
information of the public:
Sec. so. Organization of National
Guard units: Until July 1, 1921, COM
panies and corresponding units of the
National Guard may be recognized at
a minimum enlisted strength of fifty;
Provided That the National Guard OF
any state, territory, and the District
of Columbia may include such de-
tachments or parts of units as may be
necessary in order to form complete
tactical units when combined with
troops of other states.
Sec &c. Enlistments in the Ma
tional Guard: Original enlistments in
the National Guard shall be for a pc
riod of three years and subsequent en-
listments for periods of one year each;
Provided, That persons who have
served in the army for not less than
six months. and have been honorably
discharged therefrom, may, within two
years after the passage of this act. en-
list in the National Guard for a period
of one year and re-enlist for like pc
RODS.
Sec. 109. Pay for National Guard
Officers. Captains and lieutenants be-
longing to organizations OF the Ma
tional Guard shall receive compensa-
ton at the rate of one thirtieth of the
monthly base pay of their grades as
prescribed for the regular army for
each regular drill or other period of
instruction authorized by the secre-
tary of war, not exceeding five in any
one calendar month, at which they
shall have been officially present for
the entire required period, and at
which at least SO per centum of the
strength and so per
centum of the enlisted strength attend
ed and participated for not less than
one and one-half hours. Captains
organizations shall re-
celve. $3.50 year in addition to the
drill pay herein prescribed. Officers
above the grade of captain shall re-
ceive not more than $500 a year, and
officers below the grade of major not
belonging to organizations, shall re-
cefve not more than four thirtieths of
the monthly base pay of their grades
for satisfactory performance of their
appropriate duties under such regula-
tons as the secretary of war may pre-
scribe.
Sec. ITO. Pay for National Guard
enlisted men: Each enlisted man be-
longing to an organization of the Ma
tional Guard shall receive compensa-
ito at the rate of one thirtieth of the
initial monthly pay of his grade in the
regular army for each drill ordered for
his organization where he is officially
present and in which he participates
for not less than one and one-half
hours, not exceeding eight in any one
calendar month. and not exceeding six
ty drills in one year: Provided That
no enlisted man shall receive any nav
under the provisions of this section for
any month in which he shall have at
tended less than so per centum of the
drills or other exercises prescribed for
mis- organization.
Note: The new law divides all en-
listed men into seven grades, speci-
Ties the percentage of total enlisted
strength in each and the monthly rates
Of pay for each grade as follows
1st grade 0.6 per cent pay $74.00.
End grade 1.S per cent pay $500.
.3rd grade 20 per cent pay $500.
4th grade 9.5 per cent pay $4,000.
9Th grade 9.5 per cent pay 37.00.
9Th grade $50 per cent pay $35 co.
eth grade SIS per cent pay $4,000.
In addition enlisted men of the 9Th
and 7th grades may be rated as spe-
cialists and receive pay therefore per
month as follows: 1st class, $26: End
class. $50; 3rd class. SIS; 5th class,
s12: 5th class, IS: 9Th class, So.
Information as to the distribution of
enlisted personnel in different grades
according to rank or duty, and the
of specialists will be fur
nished as received from the chief of
staff
Only six companies of infantry re-
main to be organized of the regiment
which has been authorized, of which
two have already been allotted to
cities. 1t is planned to push the or
ganization of these units with view of
before the annual encamp-
nent to be held in August, at which
time the regiment will be assembled
md its officers elected.
In addition to the vacant staff Off |
GERS who have not been appointed this
office wishes to announce that the j
chaplain of the regiment has not been
appointed. Applications will be ac- |
.epted for same.
BY Command of the Governor:
SIDNEY ]. CATS, JR.,
The Adjutant General, Chief of Staff. /
Fly with Lieut. Whitfield. So Phone