Section 31-2-16
Per diem of officers or enlisted men under military travel orders.
Any officer or enlisted man of the armed forces of the state detailed for duty by the Governor and while performing such duty under travel orders by the Governor or the Adjutant General, shall be paid the same amount of per diem as a federal active duty officer or enlisted man would be allowed.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §17; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §16.)