2182 ARTICLE 65.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 27.

29. Every officer and enlisted man to whom public property of the
State or United States has been issued shall be personally responsible to
the State for such property, and no one shall be relieved from such re-
sponsibility except it be shown to the satisfaction of the Governor that the
loss or destruction of such property was unavoidable and in no way the
fault of the person responsible for the same; in all other cases the value
of the property lost or destroyed shall be charged against the person at
fault or the organization to which it had been issued; and such person or
organization, if not relieved from such charge by the Governor, shall pay
the value of such property to the Ranking Line Officer within ninety days
after such loss or destruction. The value of the lost or destroyed property
and the persons or organizations to be charged therewith shall be deter-
mined by an inspector appointed by the Ranking Line Officer. In cases
of disagreement, such value shall be fixed by the Ranking Line Officer.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 28.

30. At any time upon the report and recommendation of the Rank-
ing Line Officer to the effect that an organization is not up to the proper
standard of numbers, efficiency or discipline required, the Governor may,
in his discretion, muster out of service such organization so reported ineffi-
cient, and thereupon the commissions of all the officers of such company
or separate organization shall be vacated; provided, no organization of the
National Guard; members of which shall be entitled to and have received
compensation under the National Defense Act, shall be disbanded without
the consent of the President.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 29.

31. Whenever the organized militia or any portion thereof shall be
ordered out for active duty by the Governor, or by his authority, either
for State duty or in connection with the troops and forces of the United
States, then the organizations and individuals so ordered out and perform-
ing service shall receive the pay herein specified for each day actually on
duty. When the rate of pay allowed by the United States is less than
the amount set forth in this Article, then the difference shall be paid out
of the militia funds of the State.

Officers shall receive the same per diem pay, including longevity, as
officers of the Regular Army of like grade and length of service, except
that nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing the Ranking
Line Officer to draw any salary except that authorized and provided in
the budget.

Enlisted men shall be paid the following rates per day: Eirst, second
and third grades, two dollars and twenty-five cents; fourth grade, two
dollars; fifth grade, one dollar and seventy-five cents; sixth grade, one
dollar and fifty cents; and seventh grade, one dollar and twenty-five cents.
And in addition to pay, each enlisted man shall receive rations as pre-
scribed by the regulations of the United States Army, or commutation
thereof at a rate not exceeding forty cents per day. Each enlisted man,