R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-4-4: Allowance for armorer’s expenses.

Each independent chartered military organization of the state that has been entered on the approved active roll of the state adjutant general may also receive annually the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for armorer’s expenses, to be paid in January of each year. The adjutant general shall not allow this sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be paid unless the functions of the armorer have been properly performed.