Ch. 176

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 65 - Militia
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.

(b)  Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men shall
receive the same per diem pay,- including longevity pay,
subsistence and allowances, as officers, warrant officers and
enlisted men of the regular Army 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 [$25] 12 TIMES
THE HOURLY FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF ACTIVE
DUTY.

(c)  Each enlisted man who has served a full three-year term
of enlistment and who reenlists within ninety days after the
expiration of his previous enlistment, shall receive an increase
of 10 percent of his pay during this enlistment, and for each
three years of enlistment served thereafter an increase of 10
percent shall be granted; not to exceed forty percent.

(d)  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 pay of his respective grade for a
period of one year beginning on January first following such
qualification: experts, 20 percent; sharpshooters, gunners,
drivers, and medical, first class, 15 percent; marksmen, gunners,
drivers, and medical, second class, 10 percent.

(e)  Officers, warrant officers and enlisted men of the
organized militia, who entered the military or naval service of
the United States in the Spanish-American, World War I or
subsequent wars, or emergencies, shall be entitled to credit for
the time served in such federal status as if the service had been
rendered in the organized militia.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 2, 1988.

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