The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-10-28

>ne Iine, al tle time o. r., sppolnt
tive service. or for two SuCCeSSlN
years Immediately preceding ms ap
pointment must have oeen IN actiE
service In the national guard OF TN
state as a commissioned of1cel
or II not in actiVe service at IN
time OF his appointment, must have ma
prior service OF at least sIN Years IN n
national guard OF this state, or in IN,
army or the United States. or In bot
combined as a commissioning othcer' Al
stan officers except medical onCeTs am
ChaplainS must have served one yea
Immediately preceding their appotnt
msnts in the national guard or I'M
state. The assistant Judge 2dVocat'
general must be "A counselor al IaW o
the supreme court Of this state OF q
least four years standing or the gTad'
OF major. Surgeons and assistant sur
geons must be duly licensed ana prsc'
tiClng physicians and surgeons undel
the laws OF this state, and OF at leas'
fifteen years practice II OF the srad'
OF colonel Of at least ten years prac,
tice If Of the Grade of lieuteant colonies
OF at least five years practice II or tht
grade Of major, Of at least three years
practice II OF the grade OF CaptQin, anC
Of at least two years practice If OF the
grade Of FIRST lieutenant. An engineer
officer OF the National Guard must have
been educated as a military or civil en-
gineer. a chaplain must be a regularly
ordained minister OF some religious de-
nomination.
%. Appointed and Elected ON
GERS The officers on the STAFF OF the
adjutant general, the field and line Of
fCeTs OF signal corps, the extra ON
GERS allowed to regiments, battalions
and sGuadrOns for STAFF duty, surgeons
and assistant surgeons ana cnapldlns
shall be appointed and assigned by the
governor upon recommendation OF their
immediate commanding officers subject
TO the provisions OF this act. In case OF
original appointment from civil life the
--1-..F.v, -s,11 Ia nod NV fhA OnVar-
nor upon TeIia BILE commentators and
su bieCt to any examination which may
he prescribed by regulations or orders
When the governor desires to create
new presentations. he shall have the
power, in first instance, TO appoint all
The officers necessary TO commence and
complete such organization. e.
All stan officers shall be selected
from the members OF the National
Guard.
Al promotions Of the field and line
officers Of the National Guard shall be
determined by seniority unless o,her-
wise ordered by the governor; provided,
that second ll~eutenants of COMPARES
may be selected by election under such
rules as the governor may prescribe
provided further, that before any Off
Ger shall be promoted and commission
ed he may at the discretion of the gov
ernOr he required TO pass an eNamina-
ton as TO his fitness and qualifications
before a board of his superior officers
detailed rJr that purpose.
-. L"evet Commissioner The gov
ernor rrly. upon the recommendation
Of their commanding Officers, confer
hTevet commissions Of a grade equal to
the highest grade in which they have
previously served. or OF a grade next
higher than the ordinary or brevet
commission ever held BY them, upon
officers OF the National Guard in active
service, for gallant conduct or for mer-
itorious service of not less than TWEEN
ty-fiye years. Such commissions shall
carry with them only such privileges
or rights as are allowed in like cases
in the military service Of the United
states.
s %. Supernumerary OficersI. Com
missiOned officers who shall be render
ed surplus by reduction or disbandment
OF organizations, or in any pro-
Vided by this act now or hereafter, may
be withdrawn from active service and
placed upon the supernumerarY list.
The governor may upOn the reCommen-
dalton of the adjutant general detail
Supernu!nerary officers for active duty.
and he may relieve them from such
duty and return them TO the supernum-
erarv list at his discretion.
IS. Resignation OF Oficcrsl A
commissioned officer rendering his res
ignation before having served five
years. TX the governor shall accept,
shall receive an honorable discharge;
IL he has served five years or more he
shall receive a full and honorable dis
charge. provided, he shall not be un-
der arrest or returned TO a military
court Tor any tElClency or d"ellnQuen-
cy; and provided further, he be not in
debted to the state in any name
and that all his for money
or public property be correct.
s 81. Examination and Discharge
of Oficersl. The governor may. when
ever he may deem hat the good Of
the service requires II, order any COM
missionod officer before a board of ex-
three or more than SEE general or
field officers, which is hereby invested
with the power of court OF inquiry
and courtsmartial, and such board
examine into the moral charac-
ter. capacity, and general itness for
the service OF such commissioned Of
ficer, and record and return the testi-
mony and a record of the proceedings.
favorable to such officer n be Np-
proved by the governor, he shall be
discharged from the service. No on
in any way be affected by the decision
of UGH board. In any case that may
come before IL, shall participate in the
examination or decision of the board
in such case. Failure to appear when
ordered before a board constituted
under this section shall be sufficient
ground for a finding by such board
that the officer ordered to appear be
e. rs. DISMISSAL. An officer who
shall rave been absent without leave
for a period OF six months or more
s2s. Removall A Commissioned
officer can not be removed from office
without his consent, except by sen
tence OF o general courtsmartial or as
provided in this chapter.
80. Oath, by Whom Administer
ed. The adjutant general and all Of
icers OF the general staff and com
handing officers of regiments, battai-
and companies, are each n ev-
cry n hereby authorized to admins
ter any oath required to be made in
the administration OF the militia laws
OF this state.
: 81. Enlisted Men OF the National
Guardl ANY man who is a citizen Of
intention to become a citizen, IL more
eighteen n less than forty-hve
years of age, able bodied, free from
disease, OF good character and tenn
perate habits, may be enlisted in the
National Guard Of this state under the
restrictions OF this act, for a term OF
not less han three years; except that
men may be enlisted as musicians IL
more than sixteen years of age.
No minor shall be enlisted without
the written consent or his parent or
guardian, A man who has been ex-
PEELED or dtshonorably discharged
from n military organization OF the
state or United States shall not be
eligible for enlistment or re-enlist-
ment unless he produce written con-
sent to such enlistment of the COM
mandfng officer OF h organization
from which he was expelled or dis
manding officer who approved the ex-
puision or issued such dishanorable
discharge.
Men who have been discharged by
reason Of d~lsbandment may be enlist
ed and shall then receive credit for
the period served at the time OF such
disarmament. A man DISCHARGED for
pnysicai disability shall. III such dis