Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 53 Part 2.djvu/136

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 88 -APR . 26, 1939 line of duty, and other expenses in connection therewith, including Burialexpenses. pay and allowances, subsistence, transportation, and burial expenses, 49 Stat. 1507. 10 Ua. 5C., Supp. as authorized by the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), $913,606. rave, Ay offi For travel of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regu- cers, etc. lar Army detailed to, or while on, duty with the National Guard, Post, p. 96. including transportation of dependents, transportation of mounts, and transportation, packing, and crating of household goods and effects as authorized by law, $280,586. equipment, etc. For transportation of equipment and supplies, $387,942. APryeisted men, For expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with details. the National Guard, including payment of an allowance for quarters t,p. 99. at the rate of $35 per month to each man not furnished quarters in kind, $334,375. Post, p.9. For pay of National Guard (armory drills), $14,711,365. No pay to National No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be available Guard officer, etc. , drawing pension. for pay, allowances, or traveling or other expenses of any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard who may be drawing a pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay (where retirement has been made on account of physical disability or age) ndr of pen- from the Government of the United States: Provided, That nothing sion. in this provision shall be so construed as to prevent the application of funds herein contained to the pay, allowances, or traveling expenses of any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard who may sur- render said pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay for the period of his service in the National Guard: Pro- Acutants general, vided furter, That adjutants general who may be drawing such ent stats without emoluments may be continued in a federally recognized status with- pay. out pay under this Act. ARMS, UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT, AND SO FORTH, FOR FIELD SERVICE, NATIONAL GUARD Procurement of arms and equipment. Post, p. 997. Requisitions from Governors, etc. Motor trucks, etc. Increase in strength. Accounting. Provisos. Specifications for motor vehicles. Contract obliga- tions. To procure by purchase or manufacture and issue from time to time to the National Guard, upon requisition of the Governors of the several States and Territories or the commanding general, National Guard of the District of Columbia, such military equipment and stores of all kinds and reserve supply thereof as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, including animals, motor trucks, motorcycles, field ambulances, and station wagons and to repair such of the aforementioned articles of equipage and military stores as are or may become damaged when, under regu- lations prescribed by the Secretary of War, such repair may be deter- mined to be an economical measure and as necessary for their proper preservation and use, $14,067,299, and of the total of such amount $500,000 shall be available exclusively for defraying the cost of increas- ing the strength of the National Guard above approximately two hun- dred and five thousand officers and men, and all of the sums appropri- ated in this Act on account of the National Guard shall be accounted for as one fund, and of the total of all sums appropriated in this Act on account of the National Guard, $1,500,000 shall be available imme- diately: Provided, That specifications for motor vehicles, which shall be so drawn as to admit of competition, shall to the extent otherwise practicable conform with the requirements of the National Guard: Provided further, That the sum of $30,000 of the appropriation for National Guard, fiscal year 1937, shall remain available until June 30, 1940, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts for airplanes, spare parts, and accessories executed prior to July 1, 1937: [53 STAT.