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198 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sr:ss._I. C11. 134. 1916. ¤·¤°·¤°- S . 61. Marrrmnancn or ornmz ·r1zoo1>s nr run S·r.·yrss.—TNo niiiizdzsms mm Staticshall maintain troops in time of peace other than as authorized in accordance with_ the orgamzatioqbjpxriczilgpldllrigidezrg egcs; €'.'Zi"§°{£m¤¤:Wm. Provided, That nothing contained in ’c _ a_ teh f th limiting the ts of the States Territories in _ e use 0 e National Gudrydh within their respective borders in time of peace: mw p°H°°’°w' Prmnkled further, That nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the organization and maintenance of State olice or constabulary. N‘""°°',,,'°‘*E*'°‘L,,,i{,,,,,S. Sec. 62. N Ummn or rim NATIONAL &)UARD.—Th0 number of ¤£:¤";·P*°¤¤¤°°'°“· enlisted men of the National Guard to be organized under this Act within one year from its assage shall be for each State in the proportion of two hundred such men for each Senator and Representative Y.,] inn, in Congress from such State, and a number to be detennmed by tha Y President for each Territory and the District of Columbia, and sha be increased each year thereafter in the pro rtion of not less than fifty per centum until a total peace strengtllfo of not less_thah eight hundred enlisted men for each Senator and Representativein Con §¢Q"¢z°:Faa one me ess shall have been reached: Pramlied, That in States which haye f•¤¤¤*··**'°· , gint one Re resentative in Co such increase shall be at the disungrdi. ° tm eretion of the President: Pr ur¢7wr, That this shall not be construed to prevent any State Territory, or the District of Columbia from organizing the full number of troops required under section in less time than is specified in this section, or from maintaining existing organizations if they shall conforlm to such ruleshanld reglulag D I { anization strength anlarmarnentas the residen B¤¤•vi¤¤ti•:> MPE; nitgyspcrgsadribez tlligrd further,} That nothin in this Act shall °°°°°m°' be construed to prevent any State with but one dtepresentative in ‘ C0 ess from o ` one or more regiments of troops, with such augiilary troops as the President may prescribe; such organizations and members of such o amzatrons to receive all the beneEts accruing under this Act under llheconditions set_ forth herein: P1;omded lfurm§°!E‘“"‘ °' “T°"f ther, That the word Territory as used m this Act and_in all laws ` relating to the land mrhtia. and National Guard shall mclude and ap ly to Hawaii, Alaska, Porto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the militia of the Canal Zone shall be organized under such rules and regulations, not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, as the ° `b . Q§,‘,Q;°§§§,,§‘ °""°"’ Prgsiif rddgrzh bf Artillery Cavalry, or Infantry existing in °xv¤L 1. p. vi- my of the States on the passage of the Act of May eighth, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, which by the laws, customs, or usages of said States has been in continuous existencesince the passage of said Act, under its provisions and under the provisions of section two hundred and thirty-two sections sixteen hundred and twenty-five to - sixteen hundred and sixty, both inclusive, of title sixteen of the m1·3.s..f;$"z?€I2io8i5- Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and seventgthree, and the Act véfgr. ii 775· of Janua twenty-first, nineteen hundred and thee, relating to_ the militia, sihall be allowed to retain its ancient privileges, subrfect,

_ nevertheless, to all duties required by law of militia: Pmmded, _ hat

saifliuozigamzxions miayhbei. part of lthai i\z::fional_Gu§rd and tesnttrttlpld t err eeso is c,ans co ormina respec o_ o Amgumon, ,0 0?‘g¤HiZ8tll¤¤,_di§<;pli¤6, Bild training of the National Guard in time mpmaum. of war: Prmgided urtlugr, That for purposes of training and when on active duty in the service of the United_States they may be' assigned to higher units, as the President may direct, and shall be subject to the orders of officers under wlglim they shgll be serving. A”*¤¤’¤°¤° '° “’°“‘ Sec. 64. Assrormnxr or ATIONAL UARD T0 nmoamas AND www nrvrsroNs.—For the purpose of maintaining appropriate organization and Iéo assilténailndstrpglron anczltgzzupng, they resident mgyhaspggn the ation u o e sever a es an erritories an the istrict of Columbia to divisions, brigades, and other tactical units, and may detail officers either from the National Guard or the Regular