Chapter 3515. To increase the efficiency of the militia and promote rifle practice
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CHAP. 3515.— An Act To increase the efficiency of the militia and promote rifle practice. June 22, 1906. [[S. 1442](/us/bill/59/s1442).] [[Public, No. 268](/us/pl/59/268).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Militia. [R.S., sec. 1661, p. 290](/us/rs/s1661/p290). Vol. 24, p. 401; Vol. 31, p. 662. That section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Acts of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and June sixth, nineteen hundred, is hereby amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:
" “Section. 1. That the sum of two million dollars is hereby annuallyAnnual appropriation increased to $2,000,000.[R. S., sec. 1661, p. 290](/us/rs/s1661/p290), amended. appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of providing arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster stores, and camp equipage for issue to the militia, such appropriation to remain available until expended.” " Sec. 2. That section two of the Act of February twelfth, eighteenVol. 24, p. 402, amended. hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby amended and reenacted, so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 2. That said appropriation shall be apportioned among theApportionment. several States and Territories, under the direction of the Secretary of War, according to the number of Senators and Representatives to which each State respectively is entitled in the Congress of the United States, and to the Territories and District of Columbia such proportion and under such regulations as the President may prescribe: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Minimum quota required. *however*, That no State shall be entitled to the benefits of the appropriation apportioned to it unless the number of its regularly enlisted, organized, and uniformed active militia shall lie at least one hundred men for each Senator and Representative to which such State is entitled in the Congress of the United States.
And the amount of450 said appropriation which is thus determined not to be available shall be covered back into the Treasury: *Provided also*, That the sums soAllowance for encampment, etc., expenses.Vol. 32, p. 777. apportioned among the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia shall be available for the purposes named in section fourteen of the Act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, for the actual excess of expenses of travel in making the inspections therein provided for over the allowances made for same by law; forRifle practice. the promotion of rifle practice, including the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and equipment of shooting galleries and suitable target ranges; for the hiring of horses and draft animals for the use ofHorses, etc. mounted troops, batteries, and wagons; for forage for the same and for such other incidental expenses in connection with encampments, maneuvers, and field instruction provided for in sections fourteen and fifteen of the said Act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary.
” " Sec. 3. That section three of the Act of February twelfth, eighteenVol. 24, p. 402, amended. hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby amended and reenacted as follows: " “Sec. 3. That the purchase or manufacture of arms, ordnancePurchase of arms, etc., and accountability. stores, quartermaster stores, and camp equipage for the militia under the provisions of this Act shall be made under the direction of the. Secretary of War, as such arms, ordnance and quartermaster stores, and camp equipage are now manufactured or otherwise provided for the use of the Regular Army, and they shall be receipted for and shall remain the property of the United States, and be annually accounted for by the governors of the States and Territories and by the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia,National Guard, District of Columbia, added. for which purpose the Secretary of War shall prescribe and supply the necessary blanks and make such regulations as he may deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States.
” " Sec. 4. That section four of the Act of February twelfth, eighteenVol. 24, p. 402, amended. hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 4. That whenever any property furnished to any State orDisposal of unserviceable arms, etc. Territory, or the District of Columbia, as herein before provided, has been lost or destroyed, or has become unserviceable or unsuitable from use in service, or from any other cause, it shall be examined by a disinterestedSurveying officer. surveying officer of the organized militia, to be appointed by the governor of the State or Territory, or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, to whom the property has been issued, and his report shall be forwarded by said governor or commanding general direct to the Secretary of War, and if it shallDecision as to accountability. appear to the Secretary of War from the record of survey that the property has been lost or destroyed through unavoidable causes, he is hereby authorized to relieve the State from further accountability therefor; if it shall appear that the loss or destruction of property was due to carelessness or neglect or that its loss could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care, the money value thereof shall be charged against the allotment to the States under section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes as amended.
If the articlesSales, etc. so surveyed are found to be unserviceable or unsuitable, the Secretary of War shall direct what disposition, by sale or otherwise, shall be made of them, except unserviceable clothing which shall be destroyed, and if sold the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.” " Approved, June 22, 1906.