Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-10-22

are prescribed by the regulations, or
ders. or direction Of the governor or ;tt "a.
the duties of like officers under the re-
gulations of the army of the United
States.
s 1s. Bond Of the AdJutant General
and Payment of Accounts.1 The ad-
jutant general shall give a surety bon
to the state in the sum of ten thousand
by the governor, for the faithful dis
charge of his duties. He shall keep a
just and true account of all expend1-
tuTes necessarily made for the military
service of thu state and said accounts
shall be paid on proper vouchers being
presented for the same and upon the
approval of the commander-in-ch chief,
from the appropriation made by the
legislature for military, purposes ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this act
no other ocer OF the ha mnh1a inaur gke9png e9p
pense whatsoever to be paid by the
state, except such as are authorized in
this act, without first obtaining the au-
thority OF the governor; in extreme
emergencies, however, the commanding e
officer of any Organization or detach-
ment of the organized militia, ordered
into the active service of the state, may
make purchases Of such necessities as
are absolutely required for the immedi-
ate use and care of his command; re-
port of such action, containing state
ment of the articles purchased and the
price thereof, must be made forthwith
through the channels to the adJutant
general
II. Special Militia Fund.-. All
funds derived from the sale Of state
property as herein provided and all
other funds acerging to the National dS,nad
whatsoever other than the general fund
appropriated by the legislature shall
be deposited with the state treasurer
and by him credited to the special mill
tia fund. This fund shall be available
for. militia purposes only, and shall be
accumulative from year to year; EXpen-
in the usual manner upon vouchers ap-
proved by the governor after proper
certification by the adjutant general,
but shall not come n5 within soc any my
a S1S of poii}3ds Gibapter Goas of tnSsrri9 the ne
vious @ fiscal year, it being the intent Of
this act to permit of the application of
the special militia fund as herein Gre
ated to the discharge of any Just or
poses, whether of the ensuing or pre-
vious fiscal year.
Is. General Militia Fund.- Funds
maintenance Of the militia shall be
known as the general militia fund. EN-
penditurcs from the general militia
fund shall be made only upon vouchers
certified to by the adjutant general
and approved by the governor, upon
warrants drawn by the state auditor
against the state treasury as now or
19. Composition and Strength OF
the National Guard. The nationai
guard Of the state shall consist OF the
adjutant General and the various de-
parTments hereinbefOre provided, the
existing military organizations and de-
parrments of the general stam as they
are now organized. subject to any
changes made by this act, and such
other military organizations as may be
organized hereafter, and such persons
as may be enlisted or comm .ss!onea q
therein. The military organizations of
the national guard may constitute a
brigade and the regiment, companies,
signal corps, and rcEimental bands,
shall remain as now established but but
be thereby increased, and he shall at
any time have power to change the or
ganization of divisions, brigades, regi-
ments, batallions, squadron3, troops,
batteries, companies, and signal corps
so as to conform to any organization,
system of drill, or instruction now or
hereafter adopted for the army OF the
United States. and for that purpose the
number of officers and nom commissions
ed officers of any grade in regiments,
battaIions, SquadrOnS. troops, batteries,
companies and signal corps may be
increased or decreased to the extent
made necessary by the new conditions
thus created.
The governor shall have the power,
or imminent danger, TO increase the
force beyond the maximum established
by the law and to organize the same,
with the proper officers, as the e&lSen-
cics Of the service may require.
20. Organization of National
Guard.l The military units of the ma
tiOnal guard shall be composed and or
ganZed in the same and under the same
regulations as the same units are or
may be organized and composed III the
array of the United States as arly
nv possible or as may be prescribed
from time to time by the secretary of
war, and subject to the provisions OF
this act shall be as follows:
Infantry.
company shall consist of one cap
tain, one first lieutenant, one second
lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quar-
termaster sergeant, four sergeants, SIX
corporals, two cooks, two musicians
one artifiCer and forty-two privates
The minimum strength of company
shall be hfty-eight enlisted men.
battalion shall consist of one ma
jOT. one battalion adjutant (irst lieu
tcnanD, one battalion quartermaster
and commissary (second lieutenanD
one battalion sergeant major and -four
companies of infantry; total enlisted
minimum, 233.
mel, one lieutenant colonel, one adju-
tant (captain), one quartermaSteI
(captain), one commiSSary (caplaln)
one inspector of small arms practice
(captain), one chaplain, one sergeant
major, one quartermaster sergeant, one
commisSary sergeant, two color SER
geants, three battalions of infantry, and
a band consisting of the following: one
chief musician, one principal musician
one drum major, four sergeants, eight
COrpOralS, one cook, and twelve prl'
Yates; total enlisted, minimum, 1872.
regiment of infantry may have, in
addition to the commissioned officers
and enlisted men enumerated above
one regiment surgeon (major), and tive
lieutenants), as prescribed in Sectior
6 of the act of Congress approved April
%, 1898, or one surgeon and three as
sistant surgeons detailed from the med
ical department.
When it is impracticable to assign
three battaliOnS to a regiment II 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 battalion it may be composed ol
three companies, with the fourth com.
pany skeletonized. Similarly when -four
companies cannot be assigned to a sep
arate battalion it may be composed OF
three companies. Other companies
which for sufficient reasons il is i'm.
practicable to assign to battalions, shall
exist as separate companies; and bat
talions of incomplete battalions whicf
cannot be combined with regiments Of
separate battalions.
A brigade shall ordinarily consist Of
two or more full regiments of infantry
three being the normal organization
companies may be ssigned thereto and
provisional brigadeS consisting of two
or more regiments of not less thar
eigh companies each may be organized
for the purpose of instruction or ma
neuverS.
A brigadier general is the proper
commander for a brigade, but in cast
of the absence or disability of the bri g.
adler general the command will de
volve upon the senior officer of the line
who is present for duty with the bri
Eade.
The staff of a brigade shall consis
of officers detailed from the severa
staff corps and departments, as fol
lows:
One adjutant general. major, adju
tant generals department.
One quartermaster, major, quarter
masters department.
One commissary. major, subsistence
department.
One surgeon, major, medical depart
ment.
Two aids. lieutenants. from the line
In addition to the staff officers emu
merated in the foregoing list, sucl
other staff officers as are considered ne
cessary may be designated for duty oi
the staff of a brigade, but officers 81