When engaged in exercises afloat or participating in encampments for instructions ashore, and when serving on general courts-martial, officers and men shall receive the same pay as is at the time allowed by law to those holding similar positions in the United States navy.

[L 1915, c 151, §8; RL 1925, §279; RL 1935, §7867; RL 1945, §13087; RL 1955, §354-8; HRS §123-8]