The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08

niles, batteries, hospital and signal corps,
and bands shall conform to those OF Blmi.
lar organizations In the army OF the United
! States, including O. battalion adjutant IN
| infantry with the rank Of first lieutenant
and a battalion sergeant major. The field
officers OF eacn regiment shall be elected
by the commissioned officers Of the compa-
niles OF each respective regiment; the COM
pany officers by the members or each re-
spectiVe company, under the rules and reg
uiations governing the Kansas National
Guard.
Section 4. That section 378S OF the Cen
eral Statutes OF 1889 be and the same Is
hereby amended to read as follows; Para
graph 1868 There shall be q military board,
shall be president, the adtutant general,
who shall be recorder, and the judge ad-
VOcate general. There may be two addi-
tional members appointed at the discretion
OF the Governor, VINO may De oIncers IN
active command OF regiments OF the Ma
tional Guard. The military board shall
constitute an advisory body to the COM
mander-in-chief on all military matters
appertaining to the State, and It shall audit
and pass upon all claims OF a. military char
acter against the State, and no contract,
or account of a military character against
the State shall be valid or be paid un-
til approved by said board; and said board
is hereby authorized and empowered 10
prepare and prOmulgate the necessary rules,
provisions and regulations for the organiza-
ton government and compensation or the
Kansas National Guard, and said rules,
provisions and regulations together with
such amendments and changes as may be
required and made from time to time
when approved by the commander-in-chief
shall be In force from the date OF their pub
llcation in general orders They shall have
power to make such changes in the military
organization of the State as they deem for
the best interest OF the service, or to con-
form said organization to the laws OF the
United States and the organization Of the
ap prnUfAad said changes
shall not conflict with the laws OF the state,
and the expenses thereof to the State shall
not be increased by such changes beyond
the annual appropriation for the National
Guard.
Section S. That paragraph 3774 Of the Gem
eral Statutes of 1889 be amended to read
as follows: Paragraph S74. .When! any
company, battery or corps shall be fully or
ganized under the military law OF this
State, having not less than the minimum
number Of uniformed members, the State
shall pay annually, in quarterly payments,
to said company or battery the sum OF two
hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, for the use of building or
rooms to be occupied as an armory by said
company or battery and not exceeding the
sum of one hundred dollars to each band,
and not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars
to each regimental or brigade headquarters,
or each hospital or signal corps, or so much
thereof as the military board may deem
best. The military board shall prescribe
the necessary rules anu EeBuldllOIIS AOE LAC
government and care OF the companies ar
mories.
Section g. That paragraph 1888 Of the Cen
eTal Statutes of 1889 be and the same Is
hereby amended to read as follows: Pra-
graph S7SS. 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
eTnor, and he is hereby authorized and re-
quired In case Of war, invasion, insurrec-
ton, or breaches Of the peace or imminent
danger thereof, or any forcible obstruction
to the execution OF the laws or reasonable
apprehension thereof, to call upon the Ma
tional Guard to defend the State or aid
the civil authorities to enforce the laws
thereof, and when the President of the
United States shall make call or reQuisi-
tion for troops, the Governor shall first or
der into the service thereof, the organiza-
tions of the Kansas National Guard and the
officers thereof, and In such organizations
and arms OF service a5 speclhed IN said
reQuistiOn and their respective officers, and
ne is empowered and shall direct the re-
spectiVe officers thereof to recruit said orga-
nizatlons to conform in number to similar
organizations in the army OF the United
States, or as may be required In said requi-
sition. Should the National Guard OF the
State when so recruited be insun1cient TO
I'LL requirements OF said acquisitions OF the
President, or when additional troops are
needed for service within the state, the
Governor may call for volunteers from the
reserve militia of the State, and provide
for their examination and mobilization, and
form the same into additional companies,
quired, and appoint and commission officers
therefor. And said troops when called for
by the President of the United States and
ordered into the service thereof, shall serve
within or without the State as he may di.
rect and during the time specified in said
call or requisition And where volunteers
are called into the service Of the State only
they shall be subject to the same discipline
and penalties and receive the same pay as
the regular National Guard Of the State,
and such temporary volunteers shall be
discharged when directed by the comman-
der-ln-chief, or as soon as the emergency
for which they were required has passed.
Section T. That paragraphs 1854, 1866, 1856,
S767, $685. 1859, STA S779, $685. and 1894, of the
General Statutes Of 1899 be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Section g. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication in
the official State paper.
hereby certify that the above bill orig
mated in the Senate, and passed that body
February 18th, 1899.
II. Z. RICHTER,
President OF the Senate.
J. w. MORPHY,
2aNrataPv nf the Cenata