Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-28
, graduate and legally authorized sno
. nracficing phYsician and surgeon or

~~sduste and legally auth orized and
de other 81 general stan departments of
which the adjutant general shall be the
ants appcinted ard commissioned as
h~ereinbefore provided shall be as fol
ment. the judge advocate generals de-
partment, the ordnance department, the
the inspector of small arms practice, the
corps of engineers, a sigma corps ana
the pay department; The duties ot fbe of f dse
tine shall be such as are pre-
scribed by the regulations, orders. or a.
~rection Of the governor or adjutant, gen
eraI and in accordance with the. duties
of like officers under the regulations of
the army of the United States.
Il The and adtuta nay% general OF shall 1'G give !
surety bond to the state IN the sun sum 9 fo
be approved by the governor. for me
faithful discharge OF his duties. ne
shall keep a just and true account of all
expenditures necessarily made for the
military service of the state and said
accounts shall be paid on proper vouch-
ers being presented for the same and up
on the approval of the commander-in-
ehief from the apprTppiatl0 onrn MADE e2
cept as otherwise provided in this act.
No other officer of the militia excepting
penSe whatsoever TO he paid by the state,
excert such as are authorized in this act.
"ltnOut nfSt obtaining tic aulil'Illp. u
the governor; in extreme emergencies.
however. the commanding officer of amy
organization or detachnent of the ORGAN
lied militia, ordered into the active serVs
ice of the state, may make purchases OF
such necessities. as are absolute
ly required for the Immediate
use and care of his commando;
n report OF such action, containing q
statement OF the articles purchased and
the price thereof. must be made forth
with through channels to the AdJutant
general.
" .r1
funds derived from the sale Of state
property as herein provided and all other
funds accruing to the National Guard
Of the state from any, source whatsoever
9th er than the general fun appropriated
by the Legislature shall be deposited
with the state lrrHsurer and by linn
credited to the special militia fund. This
fund shall be available for militia pur-
poses only, and shall be accumulative
from year to year. Expenditures from
this fund shall be made in the usual
manner upon vouchers approved by the
the adjutant general. but shall not come
within any restriction contained in sec
ton 313 of HAPPIER ) of the Revised Po-
litical Code, g,overning payment Of ex-
penses incurred in a previous fiscal year.
of i the sap SpH :niem' Of the i"iS special militia
fund as herein created, TO the discharge
Of any just or lawful debt contracted
suing or a previous fiscal year.
Sec. IS: General Militia Fund Funds
maintienance Of the militia shall be
known as the general militia fund. EN-
p%enditures from the general militia fund
fed to by the adjutant general and APP
proved by the governor. upon warrants
drawn by the state auditor against the
state treasury as now or hereafter may
be required by law.
Sec: 10. Composition and Strength of
the National Guard. The National
Guard of the state shall consist of the
adiutant General and the various depart
listing military organizations and depart
ments of the general staff as they are
organizations as may be organized here
after, and such, persons as may be enlist
tary organizations of the National Guard
may constitute a brigade and the regi-
mental bands. shall remain as now es-
tablished, but the governor shall have
h, p4wer to alte or r divide; an an1 J con
and. create new organizations whenever
in his Judgment, the efficiency of the
and he shall at any time have power to
change the organization Of divisions,
rons, troops, batteries, companies. and
signal corps so as to conform to any or
gantzation. system Of drill, or instruc-
army Of the United States, and for that
purpose the number of officers and non
regiments, battalions, squadrons, troops,
batteries. companies and signal corps
extent made necessary by the new con-
ditions thus created.
case of war, insurrection, invasion, or
imminent danger, to increase he force
and to organize the same, with the prop
er officers, as the eXigencies of the serv-
ice may require.
Sec. 20. Organization of National
Guard.1 The military units of the Ma
tional Guard shall be composed and or
ganized in the same and under the same
no p,,ln lows DC fhn Cnr1n 11rtfc nrn ~
may be organized and composed in the
army, Of the United States as nearly as
time to time by the secretary of war.
and subject h to the provisions Of this act
A mpan shall consist Of one zap,
tain, one first lieutenant. one second
termaster sergeant, four sergeants, six
~corporals, two cooks. two musicians, one
minimum ' streng ttf6 of a eeanIeuS; shall
be ffty-eight enlisted men.
A battalion shall consist Of one major,
missary Second l~ieutenant), one hattai-
e. infantry; total enlisted, minimum,
opel. regiment one ,i Feae seeS'S eoi Sn one e o%e
% PS5Sfs;n,. ts sSs ;55s;seto one OF sem%is SS%y
sergeant major, one quartermaster ser
two color ,sergeants., three battal-
ions of infantry. and a band consisting
one principal musician. one drum ma
s sss1 t s@a tSsise SAv s'ss; s sotRi e"iist SRf
minimum, 1872.
addition to the commissioned officers
and enlisted men enumerated above. one
regimental surgeon (major), and two
assistant surgeons Captains or first
lieu%tenants), as prescribed in Section
s of the act of congress approved April.
~sistant surgeons detailed from the medi-
cal department.
When it. is impracticable to assign
three battalions to a regiment it may be
composed Of a smaller number, not less
than two, each of which should consist
of four. companies: but where the four
companies cannot be assigned to a bat
talon it may be composed of three COM
panies, with the fourth ompan skele-
tonized. Similarly when four companies
cannot be assigned to a separate bat
TALON IL may be composed Of three COM
panies. Other companies. which for suf-
ficient reasons it is impracticable to as
sign to battalions, shall exist as sepa-
rate companies: and battalions or incom-
plete battalionS which cannot be COM
bined with regiments of at least eight
companies shall exist as separate bat
talions.
A brigade shall ordinarily consist of
two or more full regiments of infantry,
three being the normal organizations; but
separate battalionS and separate COM
panies may be assigned thereto and pro-
ViSiOnal brigadeS consisting Of two or
more regiments of not less than. eight
companies each may be organized for the
pIrpoSe IF jnStrlcfion and ma verS o..