The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
CHAPTER cccxx.

An act to amend the supplement to an
actentitled IAN act for the organiza-
4. ton Of the national guard of thestate
Of New Jersey" approved March ninth.
one thousand eight hundred ana sky
n.ne, which supplement vas approves
March seventeenth. one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three.
j. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State OF New
for the organization Of the national
guard approved arch ninth, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, which
supplement was approved arch seven
tenth, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three, be amended so that the
section section shall read as follows;
That the second section shall read tnat
all surgeons, assistant surgeons n nos
Wisepital stewards, commissioned or war
ranted, as officers of the nationaa gua tar
and all the persons who may hereaIler
he commissioned or warranted as sur,
geons, assistant surgeons ana nospltai
stewards, with the speeifled snan con n
of the national guard, n shall be under
the medical control n directlonof the
sl1rgeon-general, and that the hoSpltal
and ambulance ~corpsnow. attached to the
~headouarters of each brigade of the ma
tional guard shall be consolidated INTO
one corps, which corps, lncludlns sue
persons as may hereafter become mem,
bers of it shall be known, as the nospliaI
and ambulance corps, ana snan e s,r u !
general. but they may be detailed or as
Signed to duty in connection with any
organization or rgan nann m nd u erliin n
or mafor-genera when the said corps or
any part of it so detailed shall be under
| the military direction of the m
ING officer Of the organization or organl-
| zafions to which the said corps or a parl
thereof is assigned, and that al per rsons
connected with this corps Shall De fegu7
Ia r,1embers of the national guard ana
| entitled to all the tights and privileges
commonly accorded by law TO meHoers
% % And be It enacted, That the third sec
finn of the said section of the Said sup
| plement shall be amended to read as Iol-
That the comander-in-chief, on the rec
concentration of the surgeon-general'
shall appoint one ~ as of sssalonel uf one medi-
caj insnector. with the rank of lieutenant
~colonel; two hospital and ambulance corps
officers to have the immediate coInilaido
of the hospftal and ambulance corps, one
with the rank of captain of cavalry, ano
one with the rank of first lieutenant o.
cavalry. all of whom shall be ofhcerS 81
nc danartment medical staff and under
the direction and control OF the sufseon
| general. tt
section of the said supplement shall be
amended to read as folloWs
That the surgeon-general or such otnei
officer or ofheefS o. ane nv nm to act
may enlist a hospital and ambulance
corps not to exceed sixty men, proVlqee
that all persons who are now members
of the hospital and ambulance corps
shall continue to be members of tina
| CORPS until discharged from the nationa
eIlard service and that shall be included
as a mart OF the sixty men authorized K
he enlisted, no re-enlistment on their par
shall be necessary; but as vacancies II
the said corps may occur, enlistments
may be made to the full quota author
ized, and that the surgeon-generai may
may recommend to the commandments
chief. to be warranted as a non-eomis'
stoned officer, one enlisted man for eaci
six men enlisted in the said corps; these
non-commissicned officers shall rank as
sergeants, and any regular graduate o.
medicine or pharmacy, or student O
medicine or pharmacy, enlisted In sale
corps, may be warranted as a sergean
and DESIGNATED as amedical cadet; pro
vided, the number of authorized non
commissioned. officers is not increase
tary board, on the recommendation O.
the surgeon-general, and with the appro
val of the cornmander-in-chief, shall IA
power to make such regulations as ma,
be. considered necessary for the miiitar.
government, disciuline and equipment @
4 said corps.
4. And be it enacted, That there shall
be q hospital and ambulance corps court
martial appointed by the surgeon-gen
| Ger attached to the corps, and two
sergeants or medical cadets they shall
hold sittings as may be directed by thu
gurgeon-gensral, h commissioned Off
! Ger shall be president of the court, AM
one Of the members shall be appointed
nv the president as recorder; they shall
| have Jurisdiction over the enlisted mef
Of the corps, and shall have power t
Impose such fines and penalties as may