Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26

minimum required by this. section. then such company, troop or battery shall be declared by the commander in chief ln- efficient for such sservlce and must be disbanded. (5). That upon the petition of forty or more men liable to military duty addressed to the adjutant gsn5ral, setting forth ths residence of the peti- tlorers, and that they desire to form military company, troop, or battery, the governor may in his discretion, order any officer of the state guard to organize the petitioners into a company. troop or battery, and said officer must superintend an election by ballot at time and place selected by such officer The officer elected to command such troop, company or battery must forthwith appoint from his enlisted men the non-commissioned officers as provided in this act; said non commissioned officers shall receive certificate or warrant of their grade, signed by the commanding officer and countersignsd by the adjutant of the reg iment or squadron or battalion If not part of a regiment. O. After com pany, troop or battery is duly organized 1t must be assigned to one of the 'regi- shall, from the undiSturbed arms of the Alabama national guard and the officers commissioned; and the adjutant general shall from thzu ndistributed arms of the state, issue to the commanding officer of the company, at the expense of the state, upon his giving satisfactory bond for Il able arms and equipments and camp equipage, and may prescribe, by gen=ral or special order, rules for the use and preservation thereof. CD. No commis- stoned officer, giving bond for the safe keeping of arms or other public property, is liable for loss by fire, riot, or insurrse- tion, or other casualty of the service, un- less held lfa ble by a board of survey, to be appointed by and, whose finding is ap- proved by the governor. (S). In commit tation of the expense which each active company of the Alabama national guard bears in providing drill rooms and place for the safekeeping of arms and ammunition and in defraying the neces- sary expenses, there shall b. allowed to the commanding officer of each company, troop. or battery, the sum of $16.6o 2-S per month, payabls quarterly, If the company, troop or battery number at least twenty-five uniformed privatss and on-commiSsioned officers, has such par ades and drills, at which not less than twenty-five, rank and file, attend as the governor may prescribe in general or- ders, not less than on= public or private drill a month, and otherwise keep in such state of efficiency IS the governor may deem necessary to constitute an ac- tive military organization. To secure such allowance for any quarter, the com manding officer must make affidavit before any officer authorized to admins ter oaths, that his company, troop or bat tery during the time for which the al- lowance is claimed, had the number of drills and parades required, with the number of men prescribed therin, and was during such period an active and ef- fcient military organizatio Such claim so verified shall be forwarded to the com manding officer of the regiment to which the company. troop or battery is attached and by him to the adjutant general with such recommendations as he deems proper If satisfied that it is just the governor shall approve the same and di- rect the auditor to draw his warrant for such amount in favor of the commanding officer of the company, troop or battery G) The county commissioners in each county are hereby authorized and em- powered in their discretion to appropri- ate sufficient sum out of the monies in the county treasury, not otherwise appro- priated, to pay the necessary expenses of the companies, troops or batteries of the Alabama National Guard located in their respective counties, not to exceed the sum of twenty-five ($25-0O dollars per month Tor the expenses of any one com pany. Q0) The commanding officer of any company, troop or battery may, and on the direction of the regimental squadron or battalion commander, must order at least one drill month, and officers and members failing without good excuse to attend such drill shall be subject to a fine in the discretion of the company, troop or battery court martial, not exceeding twenty dollars. The commanding officer Of regiment, squadron or battalion, when two or more companies, troops or ba atteries are stationed at the same place. may order squadron or battalion drill or dress parade once in each month and on memorial day, and on the occasion of the funeral of any officer or member of the State Guard and any officer or mem- Der of the State Guard failing, without good excuse; to obey such order shall be fined in the discretion or the regimental, squadron, battalion pr summary court martial, not exceeding twenty dollars. The commanding officer of a regiment, squadron or battalion may, when two or more companies, troops or batteries are stationed at the same place. order a squadron or battalion drill or dress pa- rade once in each month and on memorial day, and on the occa- sion of the funeral of any officer or member of the State Guard, and any of- ficer or member of the State Guard fail ing, without good excuse, to obey such order shall be fined at the discretion of regimenta1, squadron, battalion or a summary court martial. not exceeding thirty dollars, and may be dishonorably dismissed from the service of the state. Ql.) Any officer, r,non-commissioned officer or private, who shall have faithfully serv- ed in the state guard in any grade for six consecutive years shall have conferred upon him the right to wear a veterans badge, which shall be prescribed by the governor. Q2.) No company, troops or battery shall go out of the county in which it is stationed as a military organi- zatien except by permission of tAe regi- mental, squadron, or battalion command CT or the briga dier general or the govern or; nor shall any company, troop or bat tery or regiment. or squadron or battal- ion go out of the State except by permis- sion of the governor,
 Sec. 9. The brigadier- general may, upon the approval of the governor, organize a signal corps, which shall consist of one signal officer of the grade of first lieu tenant, and such corps shall not exceed forty non-commissioned officers and privates.
 Sec. 10. That the commanding officer of regiment or a squadron or battalion not part of a regiment, may organize and uniform at the expense of the regi- ment. or squadron or battalion band of musicians, to be under his direction and command, who while on duty, shall be subject to all laws and regulations for the government of the Alabama Ma tional Guard. and they shall be mustered in as prescribed by this act for enlisted men, and shall be counted in the aggre- gate force, and such commanding officer