448                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 207

(c)  An Assistant Adjutant General for Air shall be appointed by
the Governor and his term of office shall be at the pleasure of the
Governor. He shall have a commissioned grade not above that of
Brigadier General. He will perform such military duties as may be
assigned to him by the Governor or by the Adjutant General.

(d)   The Adjutant General, The Assistant Adjutants General, The
Ranking Line Officer, and other officers, warrant officers, and enlisted
men who are full-time employees of the Military Department are
military personnel in an active duty status. They shall be entitled to
receive the same per diem pay, including longevity pay, subsistence
and allowances, as officers, warrant officers and enlisted men of like
grades and length of service in the Regular Army or Air Force, as
the case may be. Subsistence and allowances shall be accorded the
same treatment for income tax purposes under the laws of this State
as granted by the United States Internal Revenue Code, and regula-
tions promulgated thereunder for federal income tax purposes; and
such subsistence and allowances shall not be used in calculating the
salary base for retirement purposes for any employee who is a mem-
ber of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland.

(e)  An individual who holds more than one of the above mentioned
offices simultaneously shall receive only the pay allowances and sub-
sistence provided herein for a single office.

(f)  The Governor may choose a staff consisting of the Adjutant
General, and not more than twelve Aides. The Aides will be selected
by the Governor from among the commissioned officers of the Na-
tional Guard and Naval Militia. Each of them may receive an ap-
pointment as Aide, which however, shall not add to the actual grade
of the officer so appointed; nor shall such officer be relieved from
duty with the organization to which he is assigned, except when
actually on duty as Aide under the orders of the Governor.

(g)  The appointment of a Chief of Staff and Aides shall be at the
pleasure of the Governor.

32.

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply when the organized
militia, or any part thereof, shall be ordered 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,] (b) Officers, war-
rant officers, and enlisted men shall receive the same per diem pay,
including longevity pay, subsistence and allowances, as officers, war-
rant officers and enlisted men of the regular Army [or] of like grade
and length of service, but no such persons ordered to active duty
other than for training shall be paid a per diem of less than ten
dollars ($10.00) [; provided 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.]

[Officers, warrant officers and enlisted men who are full-time em-
ployees of the Military Department shall be entitled to receive the