454 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 410

out for active duty or training by the Governor, or by his
authority; but shall not apply to the Organized Militia or
any part thereof, which has been ordered to duty incident
to a call or order into the active military service of the
United States.

Except as in this Article otherwise provided, officers
and enlisted men shall receive the same per diem pay,
including longevity, as officers and enlisted men of the
Regular Army of like grade and length of service; pro-
vided 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.

In addition to pay, each enlisted man shall receive
rations, or commutation thereof, as prescribed by the
Governor.

Each enlisted man, who has served a full three-year
term of enlistment and who re-enlists within ninety days
after the expiration of his previous enlistment, snail re-
ceive an increase of 10 per cent, of his pay during this
enlistment, and for each three years of enlistment served
thereafter an increase of 10 per cent, shall be granted; not
to exceed forty per cent.

Each enlisted man who qualifies as prescribed by the
Governor, in small arms practice or as proficient in the
various duties of the branch or arm to which he belongs,
shall be paid the following increase in the pay of their
respective grades for a period of one year beginning on
January first following such qualification: Experts, 20 per
cent.; sharpshooters, gunners, drivers, and medical, first
class, 15 per cent.; marksmen, gunners, drivers, and medi-
cal, second class, 10 per cent.

For all purposes of this section, officers and enlisted
men of the Organized Militia, who entered the military
or naval service of the United States in the Spanish-
American or subsequent wars, shall be entitled to credit
for the time served in such service as if the service had
been rendered in the Organized Militia.

38. In order to reward those citizens of Maryland who
volunteered in the Spanish-American War, or who served
in any subsequent war, the Governor shall have power,
under regulations to be prescribed by him, to issue medals
of appropriate designs, to officers and enlisted men who
served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.

58A. Authority and Name. Whenever any part of the
National Guard of this State is in active Federal Service,
the Governor is hereby authorized to organize and main-