Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

| mand an inspection of the books and rec
| ords thereof; and any company or such
agent refusing TO permit such inspection
| shall be deemed guilty of violating this sec
| ton, and such commissioner shall enforce
| the penalties herein provided against the
| same The commissioner shall receive as
! compensation for such inspection, ten dol
| lars for each day he is engaged therein and
| be reimbursed his necessary travelling eX-
| penses both of which sums he shall collect
| from the company, II he find the same
| guilty; otherwise he shall be paid ana re
| imbursed out of any funds in his hands
| available for that purpose:
| Section 2 This act shall take effect and
| be in force, from and after It's passage ana
| publication.
Approved April &c, 1901.
| H.. 119, ST Published May 1, 1901.
CHAPTER 228.
AN ACT to provide for the organization
| and discinline of the Wisconsin National
Guard and making an appropriation there
for.
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly DO enact
as fOIIOWS ~,
! Section /. The organized militia of this
| state shall be known rs the Wisconsin Ma
| tonal Guard and shall consist OF nor more
! than forty companies of infantry, one bat-
| terry of artillery. troop OF cavalry, an
| adiutant generals department. quarter
masters and ordnance department., Il SUD
| Sistence department, 4 medical department,
| a pay department and such other officers as
| may be required.
! Section 2. The military staff OF the gov
| ernOr shall be appointed by him and snail
| consist of one adjutant general, one quar-
! termaster general, one surgeon general
| each with the rank Of hrigadier general
one assistant adjutant general, one m m
| spector of small arms practice ana I'VE
| aideS-de-camp, each with the rank OF
| colonel, one quartermaster and one pay
| master, each with the rank OF major, one
| COmmissary of subsistence and one add
| tiOnal paymaster, each with the rank OF
| captain, and such other officers as he may
| require.
Section 8. No person shall be appointed
| on the governors staff who has not had
| previous military experience.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
Section 4. The adjutant general shall be
| chief of staff and inspector general: lie
| shall have an office in the capitol and Keep
| it open during the usual business hours
! He shall have the custody or all mllltafV
| records, correspondence and other docu-
mentS relating to the volunteers OF TINS
| state, at any time in the service OF the
| United States, and of the National Guard
| heretofore or hereafter organized, except
| such as are required to be filed with the
| governor or uuartermaSter general. lie
| shall be the medium of military cores
| pOndence with the governor and perform
| all other duties pertaining to his office or
! prescribed by law. lie shall on or before
| the first day in October in each even num-
! bered year make report to the governor,
| to be laid before the legislature, OF all the
| transactions of ms department since the
! last biennial report, setting forth the num-
! ber strength and condition of the National
! Guard. and such other matters as he may
| deem important He shall make and trans
| NIT to the president the annual returns re-
| Quired by the laws OF the United States
! and submit to the governor duly certlhed
| copy thereof. He shall assist all persons
| residing in the state of Wisconsin having
| claims against the United States for pen
| siOns bounty back pay, where such
claims have arisen out of or by reason of
| service in the wars of the country. To this
| end he shall cooperate with their agents or
! attorneys, advise as to the legality of
| claims, furnish to claimants only all nee
| essary certificates and certified abstracts
| from and copies of records and documents
/ in his office, and in all practicable ways
| seek to secure speedy and just action upon
| all claims now pending or which may here
! after be filed. He shall also in cases where
| it may be eXpedient act as agent or attOr-
! ney of record in prosecuting claims for such
| persons as may request him to do so; pro-
! vided, that for any such services rendered
| neither he nor any of his assistants or
i clerks shall make any charge or demand Or
| receive from the said claimants or any OF
them, directly or indirectly, any pay or
| compensation whatever.
! Section 5. The 'adjutant general shall be
! the auditor of military accounts, and all ac-
! counts or claims payable from the treasury
! of the state for military purposes shall be
| regularly audited by him and approved by
the governor before payment. He shall
cause to be prepared and issued all neces-
required by his office for the National
! Guaru. All said books, blank books, blanks
| and forms shall be made to conform as
! nearly practicable to those in use i'll the
United States Army.
! Section G. The aujutant general may pro-
| cure the printing of, and upon the order OF
! the commissioners of public printing, the
| public printer shall print and deliver to him
! for distribution, not to exceed one thousand
| copies of the report Of the annual conVen-
| ton of the officers of the National Guard
| which he shall distribute; provided, that
! such report shall not exceed one hundred
| ana fifty pages each.
| Section I. The adjutant general, subject
| to the approval of the governor, may pur-
/ chase a travelling library of military text
| books for each regiment of infantry at
| cost for books, boxes and transportation of
! not to exceed fifty dollars for each regiment
| annually.
| Section g. At the time when the state
/ census is taken in the year nineteen hun
| dred and five and every ten years there
! to enumerate the inhabitants shall each also
! carefully enroll all able-bodied male citi-
! zens between the ages of eighteen and
! forty-tive years, specifying their names,
| ages, occupations and residences, and
| whether married or unmarried, who shall
! reside in the territory in which he makes
| such enumeration, emitting from enrolment
only those persons whose mental or phySl-
| cal incompetency is plainly apparent to
| such officer. Every such enrolment shall
| be separately made and Nerlhed ana re-
| turned in the manner directed for verify
/ ing and returning the enumeration of in
! hapltants and the secretary of state SHALL
| upon the receipt of the returns thereof from
! the several county clerks, file the same in
| tue Office of the adjutant general. All
| proper blanks and instructions for such en-
| rollment shall be prepared by the secretary
| of state with the assistance Of the adju-
! tant general subject to the approval of the
| governor.
! QUARTERNASTER'S. SUBSISTENCE
AND ORDNANCE DEPARTMENTS.
| Section 9. The quartermaster general
| shall also be commiSSary general and chief
| of ordnance. He shall have office in the
! capitol. He shall give Il bond to the state
! in the sum of twenty thousand dollars with
| not less than four resident freeholderS as
Sureties. which bond shall be approved by
! and be conditioned for the faithful dis
! charge of the duties of his office, and deliv-
/ cry to his successor in office or to any other
! person authorized by law to receive the
same, all quartermaster's stores, ordnance
| and ordnance stores, money and other prop
| erty belonging to the state, and all books,
papers and bonds in his possession or
| charge, pertaining to his office: and If at
any time the governor shall deem such bond
| insufficient. he shall require him to furnish
| such additional bond or security as he may
| deem sufficient.
| Section TO- The quartermaster general
| shall have charge of all the military prop
erty of the state, and carefully preserve, re-
| pair and account for the same: Keep IN such
| manner as the governor shall direct, and
| subject to his inspection. an account of all
| moneys received and expended by him; per-
| form the customary duties of his office, and
| of the Office of commissary general and
| chief of ordnance, and have the custody of
! all records returns and papers pertaining
| 10 such offices: and he shall on before
| +be first day of October in each even num-