Volume 75
Public Law 87–83
To provide that participation by members of the National Guard in the reenactment of the Battle of First Manassas shall be held and considered to be full-time training duty under section 503 of title 32, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Approved July 6, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide that participation by members of the National Guard in the reenactment of the Battle of First Manassas shall be held and considered to be full-time training duty under section 503 of title 32, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
any member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States who, in his status as a member of the National Guard, voluntarily participates in the reenactment of the Battle of First Manassas shall, while participating in and while proceeding directly to and from any such reenactment, pageant, or ceremony, be held and considered to be engaged in full-time training duty under a call or order to perform training under
the provisions of section 503 of title 32, United States Code; but no such member shall be entitled to any pay or allowances from the Federal Government on account of his participation in any such reenactment, pageant, or ceremony.
With respect to the transportation of members described in subsection (a) of this section, maximum utilization shall be made of transportation facilities issued to National Guard units by the Federal Government, and in any case in which such facilities are inadequate for such purpose, transportation facilities of the Armed Forces may be used to the extent deemed practicable by the Secretary of Defense.
Approved July 6, 1961.