Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-16
STATE HOUSE.
Change in Regulations for
Enlistment in Guard.
Movement tor''Agricu|tura| Clubs
For Boys and Girls.
Peerless Casualty Co. Authorized
To Operate in Maine.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council
Wednesday, March 80, at 10 A. M.

CHuef beHerdl OruerS NO. IL, which
have just been issued from the office
of the adjutant general. Article XXXV
Of the regulations for the National
Guard of the State of Maine. as
amended. is repealed, and hereafter
enlistments in the National Guard and
the Naval Reserve will be governed
by the following regulations:
l. Enlistments will be restricted by
the provisions of Section &c. The Mill
tary Law.
=. ACCOMPLISHMENTS will be restricted
by the provisions of Section 81. The
Military Law.
j. The oath to be administered to
all persons enlisting or -enlstins
VIII be in the form prescribed by Artf-
Gle 2, Section 1872, The Military Law,
4. All enlistments and re-enlist-
ments will hereafter be made on Form
T. (Revsed March 1900 New
blanks will be forwarded to each or
ganization and upon their receipt all
copies of previous enlistment blanks
will be destroyed.
D E,nlistments will be accom-
plishcd in the following manners:
ta Signature by the applicant to
upper part of the second fold of the
enlistment paper. tForm 12D
% If the applicant is ID minor the
Consent in Case of Minor on the
lower part of the second fold will be
properly filled in and signed by the
parent or guardian.
(c) The recruiting officer will next
fill in the "Statcment OF Applicant" on
Form y Geport of Physical Exami-
natiun-ReVised March 1910 and Sc
cure the applicants signature thereto.
New blanks OForm J2) will be for
Warded to each organization and upon
their receipt. all copies of previous
examination blanks will be destroyed.
td) The recruiting officer will then
sign the Certificate of Recruiting
officer" on Form - and transmit the
same t" the examining surgeon. to-
@"thcr with the enlistment paper filed
cut to the extent covered by tD and
tb1
tc) When the surgeons has made
the required examination he will fill in
the certificate on the enlistment paper
inserting the word mot before the
words free from all bodily defects.
in the case of rejection) and return
the same to the recruiting officer.
G) If the applicant be accepted.
the recruiting officer win then fiji in
the upper portion of the enlistment
paper. administer the oath and re-
uuirc the applicant to subscribe the
same. He will take care that the
date OF enlistment and the date that
the oath is administered is identical
upon the enlistment PAPER The ad-
minstration of the oath and its sub
scription is the formal act which com
pletes the enlistment and the date on
which the enlistment or enlistment
of any man is actually completed. by
administering the oath. is the date of
that enlistment and must be shown on
the enlistment paper. above the sigma
turc of the officer who administers the
oath and thereby enlists the man
g. But one copy of the enlistment
paper will be made and in accordance
with the instructions on the first fold
thereof it will be forwarded directly to
The Adjutant General At the office
of The Adjutant General. two Des-
criptivc and Assignment cards tForm
l2-N will be begun. one of which VIII
be forwarded to the adjutant and one
to the commanding officer OF the or
ganization in which the enlistment
was made The commanding officer
will continue the record on the card
so that when the service Of the in
dividual comes. to an end in that or
SANITATION the card will be complete
record of such service.
I. The keeping of the Enlistment
Book and the Descriptive Book Will be
discontinued. their place being taken
by the Descriptive and Assignment
cards which will be carefully filled.
s. The physical examination OF the
recruit will be recorded on Form %.
tRcvised March 1910D The eXamin-
ing surgeon will make but one record
and that will be forwarded directly to
The Adjutant General in all cases. re-
CARELESS of whether the applicant is
accepted or rejected.
9. In all points not specifically COW
cred by The Military Law and these
regulations. the enlistment of recruits
will be in accordance with the ReSu-
laticns for the Army of the United
states. so far as they may be applica-
BILE.