St. Mary's gazette., 1867-04-18

tfsc respective regiments or battaitslii< =
Non-ccInussioued officers cf conrpan les
snail be elected by the ballots Of their res
pective cempan s Warrants for nom
commissioned officers shall Be issued by
the regimcutal or battalion Cor iniepen-
dent company commanded; prooile,i tha,
no person shall be entitled or appointed an
officer under this act who Is not i native cf
this State or has been a resident of til.
same fFe years prior to said appointment
or election
/ II. Whenever any company OF the Ma
tioual Guard shall have provided itself
with proper uniform to the satisfaction
of tie Inspector General, the members
thereof may be reim m5urscd for the expense,
either in whole or in part, to an amount
not exceeding twenty dollars per man. SO
SOON as tue military fund Of the State shall
warrant
13 TIE military forces Of this State,
when in actual service of this State in time
of war, insurrcction, invasion, riots or i'm
minent danger thereof, shall during the
time of such service, be entitled to the
same pay, rations and other allowances as
are or may be hereafter established by law
I for be array Of the United States; and
whenever any officers. no@-commissioned
officers ,r soldiers shall perform camp
garrison, guard or other duty un 'cr the
orders Of the Commandcr-iu-C Chic, or BY
virtue of general regulations, they shall be
entitled to the sanle rate of pay as herein
before proyidei, fnr every day actually en-
ployed in the performance of such duty.
II Every pcsson who, whist in the
actual military service of this State shall
Be wounded or disabled in opposing or
supprcssing any invasion, iusurrcction or
ri5t, shall be entitled to receive i pension
from the Stat, clua! to the amount allow
ed by the United States.
Is. Uriforms. arms aud accoutrcmcnts
Of the National Guard Shall be exempt
from all suits, distrcsscs, executions or
sales for debts, or for the payment of tax
G.; and every mounted officer or any mem
b.r Of troop or Ii ,ht battery, who shall
own Il suitable horse necessary for his use
as such officer or member. shall hold the
same with the like exemption.
16 Al persons liable to military duty
other than members Of the National Guard,
shall be enrolled and be commando / hy the
captain of the company, district, or other
officer assigned to such anty.
Il. The Inspector General shall attend
! to the organization of the militia of this
State He shall inspect every branch CON
ncctcd with the military service, attend
general parades and encampments wh"re
other official duties will pelmit and re-
/ port at the end of the year, to the Com,
mandcr-In- Chief.
IS. Every regiment battalion, squadron
or independent company OF the National
Guard shall paralc for the purpose of dis
ciplno. Inspection and review at least four
times in each year, between the first day
of May and the frs; day of December, on
such day and at sach places as the COM
manding officers there of respectively may
designate Brigade AMI division paradcs
will be ordered from time to time by their
respective commanders. 4 camp of in
s!luction will be ordered once il each year,
in each of the divisions or brigade districts
as the Commandcr-ln-Chi may direct,
aud between the first day OF May AMI tie
first day of October for period of not
over five days, and in case suitable ground
canLot be found in any district for said
camp. the s..me may be held in an adjoln
ing district
10. Every p.rson called on to be enroll
ed, who shall refuse to declare his true
ame and age to the best of his knowledge
or the name Of any person, and lnhabitant
of lis house with Which he is acquainted,
shall for each oficrce forfeit and pay the
sum of FIVE dollars, to be recovered by or
der and upon the certificate of the proper
officer as other fiues and forfciturcs arc
hereby directed to be recovered.
20 No person shall be excused from
militia duty on account of corporcal tnt'r-
nitg. uncss he shall obtain from the sur
gcon of his military district, ifany or if
nonc from such respectable physician of
the nci 1hborhood or connty to which he be-
longs as the commanding officer of the dis
trict may name certificate of such lnabl!-
ity. and the samo be endorsed by the said
commanding officer.
q. Every commi: stoned and non-com-
missi0ncd officer and soldier of the Nation
al Guard shall be held to service therein
for thc term of three years, unless he shall
sooner arriv, at the aye OF forty five years.
or be disabled or diis ylarSed, AID thereaf-
ter he shall be entitled to a certificate o.
such service from the Adjutant General,
and be exempted from further military duty
in time of peace.
- The military wear shall commence
on the first day of March, eighteen hun
dred and sixtv-scycn.
-. Tue Commandcrin-C Chief shall dcs-
i.nuc the manner by which the commua-
ton money as herelabc:orc provided for
shall be collected AMI paid over: and shall
make a.: lie cssary rules anl rcgulationS
ther for, AMI such rules and regulations
shall have the force Of law.
~. The Treasurer shall keep an ac-
count of all moneys which shall be coliec-
ted for the State military fund, showing
all the sources and districts from which 1t
may be derived, and whether paid as con
mutation or as a dne or penalty: and all
6nc and ,r,uai,;cs imposed by civil courts