§ 30-8-1 National guard service medal.
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In recognition of honorable service in the Rhode Island national guard, the
Rhode Island national guard service medal will be awarded to every commissioned
officer, warrant officer, and enlisted person now or hereafter in the Rhode
Island national guard, who has rendered seven (7) years continuous honorable
service in the Rhode Island national guard; each commissioned officer, warrant
officer, and enlisted person who shall have rendered honorable service in the
Rhode Island national guard for a period of ten (10) years, at least seven (7)
of which shall have been continuous, and for each additional five (5) years of
honorable service, whether continuous or not, shall receive appropriate clasps
to be worn on the ribbon of the medal; provided, that officers or enlisted
persons of the Rhode Island national guard who were in federal service during
world war I, world war II, or the Korean emergency shall be given credit for
this service as state service and those who were commissioned, warranted, or
enlisted in the Rhode Island national guard upon its reorganization or within
six (6) months from the time of discharge from federal service shall be
entitled to have the intervening period counted as state service for the
purposes of this section.
(P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 231; G.L. 1956, § 30-8-1; P.L. 1962, ch. 65,
§ 1.)