FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 445. 1899. 1357 States, and no reimbursement shall be allowed for payments made to any person in excess of the pay and allowances authorized by the laws of the State or Territory for the grade in which he was accepted into the Volunteer Army of the United States. That the compensation Compensation- J allowed by the laws of the States and Territories to officers and men of . the National Guard, or militia, or naval reserves of said States and Territories shall be allowed to the States and Territories, or the governors of the States and Territories, as pay for such oiilcers and men of said National Guard, or militia, or naval reserves as appeared and remained at the place of muster, and who were afterwards received into the service of the United States for the period between the date of assembly at the rendezvous and the date they were mustered into the United States service: Provided, however, That in all States and Territories —w1¤¤r¤ Regular where no laws exist for the payment of the officers and men of the A"" Wy “u°`”°°‘ National Guard, or militia, or naval reserves, there shall be allowed to said States and Territories, or the governors of said States and Territories, for the officers the same pay as allowed officers in the Regular Army holding the same rank, and for the men, one dollar per day, for such officers and men as appeared and remained at the place of muster and were afterwards received into the service of the United States for the period between the date of assembly at the rendezvous and the date they were mustered into the service of the United States: Provided jvrther, That for all officers and men of the National Guard, or militfa, qejwm tmwmm. or naval reserves of the States and Territories, who appeared at the rendezvous for muster, and were rejected by the medical examiner or mustering officer, pay shall be allowed for the same to the States and Territories or the governors of States and Territories, at the several rates as fixed as aforesaid from the date of assemblyto the date of their rejection: Provided further, That where States and Territories ra-ment time m have not paid amounts to the officers and men or any part thereof the °*“"°"·°*°· pay allowed them by this -Act, the same shall be paid by the States and Territories direct to the officers and men, and no money allowed by this Act for officers and men shall be covered into the treasury of the State or Territory. Sec. 2. That under the appropriation made by said Act the Secretary Tmnspormtiou ¤x~ of the Treasury is hereby authorized to reimburse the governor of any "°““°“‘ · State or Territory for reasonable expenses incurred by him lor the actual transportation of the members of organized militia, or National Guard, or naval reserves of his State from the place of company, battalion, or regimental rendezvous to the State rendezvous, or place designated for examination and acceptance of the members of such organization into the Volunteer Army of the United States, and the actual transportation from such State rendezvous, or such place designated for examination and acceptance, to their respective company, battalion, or regimental rendezvous of such men as were reiected by the medical examiner or mustering officer: Provided, That no reimbursement shall be made for rmam. the transportation of any man who did not present himself for enroll- ,mf*";wf_°*]j']};*’;$rf,;*;*j{’,f ment in the Volunteer Army of the United States as provided by law; mg nmmmm. And provided further, That the provisions of this section shall apply _,,,,,,, 8,,,,,,,,, ,,_ also to payments made by the governor of any State of Territory for iemdthe actual transportation of individual volunteers who presented themselves for enrollment in the Volunteer Army of the United States and who were reiected by the medical examiner or mustering officer. SMG. 3. That nothing in said Act of July eighth, eighteen hundred surnames tz_ qi-- aml ninety-eight, shall be so construed as to prohibit the reimburse- §,i,'},Q,f,f"* “‘“""'· ment of the governor of any State or Territory for reasonable expenses incurred for the subsistence of the members of any organization of the organized militia or National Guard, or naval reserves of his State or Territory after having been called out by the governor on or after April twenty-nfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Provided, That such organizations shall afterwards have been accepted into the Volunteer -°°¤·*¤¤°¤ Army of the United States-
