• Current through October 23, 2012

(a) During the annual encampment, and on every duty on parade ordered by the Commanding General, there shall be allowed and paid for each day of service:

(1) To each member of the regularly enlisted bands, $4;

(2) To the chief musicians, $8; and

(3) To the principal musicians, $6.

(b) In the event there is no enlisted band or field music, or not a sufficient number of either, the Commanding General may authorize the employment of such as he may deem necessary for the occasion; provided, that the total pay of the enlisted musicians shall not in any event exceed the rates authorized by this section.

(Mar. 1, 1889, 25 Stat. 780, ch. 328, § 56; Feb. 18, 1909, 35 Stat. 635, ch. 146, § 64.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 39-703.

1973 Ed., § 39-803.