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      Sec. 27-61. Pay and allowances. For military service when ordered out by the Governor, except when federal pay has been authorized, each commissioned officer, warrant officer and enlisted person assigned to a federally recognized National Guard unit in Connecticut shall be paid at the same rate, including longevity pay and allowances, as would be authorized if ordered out by federal authority but such rate shall be increased by the amount of ten dollars for enlisted persons and five dollars for warrant officers and first and second lieutenants. For military service when ordered out by the Governor, each commissioned officer, warrant officer and enlisted person in a unit of the organized militia which is not federally recognized shall be paid on the same scale as the federal pay for corresponding grades in the tables of organization of the federally recognized National Guard, increased by the amount of ten dollars for enlisted persons and five dollars for warrant officers and first and second lieutenants. Unless otherwise provided by law, the determination of the corresponding grades in the organized militia, other than the federally recognized National Guard, shall be made by the Adjutant General. Officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel of the Connecticut National Guard who attend schools, conferences or staff or ceremonial exercises by order of the Governor shall be paid their travel and actual expenses. Commissioned officers serving on boards or military commissions or attending conferences called by higher headquarters in or out of the state shall receive pay and allowance of their grade plus actual expenses. Each commissioned and warrant officer, chief petty officer and enlisted person of the naval militia when ordered out by the Governor, except when federal pay has been authorized, shall receive for each day's service the same pay and allowances as are prescribed by the federal government for the corresponding grades of members of the United States Navy but such pay shall be increased by the amount of ten dollars for enlisted persons and five dollars for chief petty officers, warrant officers, lieutenants junior grade and ensigns.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1273; 1949, S. 861d; 1959, P.A. 464, S. 1; P.A. 74-321, S. 9; P.A. 78-258.)

      History: 1959 act deleted provision for additional compensation for supply sergeants and adjutants; P.A. 74-321 substituted "person" for "man" and "personnel" for "men" where appearing; P.A. 78-258 provided for extra compensation of $10 for enlisted personnel and $5 for warrant officers and first and second lieutenants and in the case of the naval militia, $10 for enlisted personnel and $5 for chief petty officers, warrant officers, lieutenants (j.g.) and ensigns.