Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-10
NATIONAL GUARD
Or the Territory Of New
Mexico.
Provisions of New National
Guard Law.
Adjutant- General Is Now Brigadier'
General,
ROSTER or PRESENT ORGANIZATION.

Governor Otero. as commandment.
chief, through Adjutant General w. II.
Whiteman. has issued the following
general orders to the national guard
OF New Mexico:
/. Fol the information of the ma.
tionai guard. attention Is hereby called
to the amendments to the national
guard law adopted by the Thirty.
fourth legislative assembly. approved
March 81, 1901, viz:
2. The rank OF adjutant general is
raised to brigadier general. who will
in future be addressed and respected
accordingly.
3. The office of Judge advocate gen,
eral is created and Ralph Z. Twitch.
ell commissioned to that office. with
the rank of colonel. The Office OF sur.
geon general Is created, and William
r.. Upton commissioned to that office.
with the rank of colonel. The Office
Of inspector OF rife practice, with the
rank of colonel. is created. and the
appointee to that Office will be an.
nounced in future orders.
4. In addition to the present au.
thorized organizations OF the national
guard, there Is allowed one light bat.
terry of artillery; one signal corps sec.
ton to consist of one first lieutenant,
one first sergeant, two sergean,s s.
two corporals and ten privates; one
infantry regimental band, and bands
for each battalion Of infantry and cav.
airy, consisting Of not to exceed one
chief musician, two principal music.
ians. one first sergeant and sixteen
privates.
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II the infantry regiment, cavalry
squadron and battery Of light artil.
lery, authorized by the act, including
the number of commissioned and non.
commissioned officers, their ranks and
their duties, respectively, shall at all
times conform To the laws, rules and
regulations governing the standing
army of the United States.
9. Sections 3 and 4 define the duties
Of the adjutant general.
Z. Section 9 creates a retired list
70 which the adjutant general IL ell.
gible OF his retirement from Office.
and all officers OF the national guard
except aids-de-camp on the stan OIL the
commander-in-chief, may at their re-
quest be placed on the retired list
upon their honorable discharge from
the services of the territory, after sew.
en- years service as a commissioned
officer.
S. The United States army regula.
tons and articles of val now in force,
and those which hereafter may be In
force. are adopted for the regulation.
government and discipline Of the ma
tional guard of New Mexico.
.. Under the provisions OF section
: of the act referred to paragraph Al
regimental adjutants and quartermas
ters are entitled to the rank of captain
and their commissions to that grade
will be made out and forwarded.
10. The superintendent, command
ant Of cadets and instructors In the
New Mexico military institute, located
At Roswell, are made. respectively
colonel, major and captains on the
stan OF the commander-in-chief. and
they will be respected accordingly.
The two cadets In the New Mexico
military institute, who upon gradua
ton receive first and second honors
are entitled to receive commissions as
second lieutenant in the national
guard. and may be assigned to duty
TO fill any vacancy in that grade oc
curing in any organization stationed
IN the county of their residence.