The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-09
APPOINTMENT OF MILITIA OFFICERS.


Thnd.-The third section of the
these words:
SECTION 3. All militia officers shall
be commissioned bv the Governor and
shall hold their offices no longer than
six years"
The sixth section of the fifteenth ar
ticle of the constitution reads as follows:
SECTION 6. ALI commissions shall is
sue in the name of the State, shall be
signed by the Governor, sealed by the
State seal, and attested by the Secretary
of State
Both these provisions are nullifed by
eleventh section of the Military Bill,
which reads as follows:
SEC u. The officers of the State, viz:
the Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer of
State, and the Attorney General, shall
recommend to the Governor a suitable
person to be appointed Major General of
the militia, and also suitable person to
be appointed Brigadier General in the
several Congressional Districts of this
State. The term of office for the Major
General shall be four years, and until
e his successor is appointed and qualified
The term of office for Brigadier General
shall be two years, and until his successor
is appointed and qualified. At the time
of recommending person for appoint
ment as above, the said officers of State
shall make out and deliver to such per-
sons certificate to the effect that he has
been chosen Major General, or Brigadier
General, as the case may be, for the
term of sfour years or two years, as the
case may be, and until his successor is
selected and qualified, which certificate
shall have all the force of a commission
until commission, issued by the Cover
nor, shall be received. If vacancy
SHOULD occur in the Office of Major Gen
eral or Brigadier General, the said Off
GERS of State shall choose a successor
hereinbefore prescribed
BY the above section, a certificate of
appointment issued by the. Secretary.
Auditor, Treasurer, and Attorney Cen
eral of State, stands as a commission,
comforting the highest military offices in
tie State, and commissions by the Gov
ernor, sealed with the seal of the State,
as required by the constitution, are dis
pensed with.
Should the Governor, from any cause.
refuse to commission the persons APP
pointed, it is of no Importance, as the
certificates, issued by the officers of
State named, confer full power to COM
mand the military forces of the State,
and draw the salarses from the public
treasury.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS.
Fourth-The twenty-fourth and twen-
ty-ffth sections of the Military Bill pro-
vide that the Major General and Briga-
der General may select staff equal to
that of Major Generals and Brigadier
Generals of the regular army Of the
United States, and issue to these staff
officers certificates disappointment, which
shall have the full force and effect of
commissions, until commissions from
the Governor are received.
Should the Governor be of onin;on
that the Major General, Brigadier Cen
erals, or officers of their staff, were in
competent or disloyal, and should he
on that account, refuse to issue commits.
sions, it would make no difference, as
their certificates disappointment stand in
the place of commissions, aud the above
quoted constitutional provisions are ut
terly nulliied.
Concluded TO tO-mOrrOsr.)