Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-18
NEW REDENBURGR
BILL TO CORRECT
ERRORS OF Old
Would Provide Medical Court to
Pass on Physical Abilities
of Aged Officers.

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TRENTON, Jan. 1S.-Followine a
last night between Ad-
jutant- General Sadler and Assembly
man Peter ~vredenburgh, father of the
vredenburgh militia age retirementact
which was recently declared %unconsti-
tutional, the Monmouth county assem-
blyman was given special permission
to interrupt the proceedings and intro
duce the ffty-third bill of the hight.
The new militia bill rectiies the CON
stitutional defects in elast years bill.
retired national guardsmen with
out court martial proceedings as pro-
vided by the constitution. 1t was on
this question that the ~Vredenburgh act
was declared unconstitutional by the
Court of Errors and Appeals. The full
text of the bill follows: yxs
"a supplement to an act entitled an
act concerning the militia Of, the
State, approved May 16, 1906.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey: b
Il. In addition to the other military
tribunals provided for by the act to
which this act is a supplementgthere
shall be a general court-martial, known
and designated as the General Medical
Court. 1t shall be composed of three
officers to be appointed by the$Gov-
ernor each year from the medical ofi-
GERS of the National Guard, and the
appointment on such court shall besfbr
the term of one year from the date
of appointment and, no longer, unless
reappointed by the Governor, 8 The
members OF the court shall qualify by
taking an oath before some person au-
thorized to administer oaths and af-
flrmations faithfully and impartially
and without fear or prejudice to exer-
else the duties prescribed by this act.
The Governor shall each year desig-
nate one of the members as the pre-
siding officer.
=. When any commissioned officer
of National Guard or Naval Reserve OF
this State shall reach the age of 81
years, the acknowledgement shall forth
with notify the members of said Gen.
eral Medical Court, who shall there
upon appoint a convenient time and
place for meeting and notify the adju-
tant-general of time and place fixed
for such meeting, and the adjutant-
general shall thereupon order such ON
Ger, or officers, reaching the age OF 81
years as aforesaid to appear before the
said General Medical Court 49, ~
time and place therein mentioned.
Failure to comply with this order shall
constitute cause for the summoning of
q general court-martial, as provided by
the act to which this act is a, supple
ment and the presentation of charges
for such failure against such. officer
before such general court-marfial by
the Acknowledgement, and. if the fact
of such failure be established to. the
satisfaction of said general court.mar-
tial, the said officer SO failing to Com
ply with said notice shall be, in the
discretion of the general court-martial.
either dismissed from the service With
out honor or placed upon the retired
list. fis fH
Details of Examination.
"S. At the time and place of such
meeting the General Medical Court
shall make a careful and detailed ex-
animation of officer, or officers. so APP
pearing before them of such character
as will enable them as nearly as pos
sible to determine the physical and
mental constitution OF said officer un-
der examination. Such examination
shall be of whatever character the said
court may deem necessary for their
purpose, including such tests Of physi-
cal strength and endurance and mental
capacity, in addition to the physiologi-
cal examination as may to the court
seem necessary. The Judgment of the
court shall be based upon their findings
as to the sufficiency or insuficiency of
mental capacity of officer or officers un-
der examination to troops in
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