The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-06

'Se'licit 7-NOf 4peISOT snail De elected.
appointed or commissioned to any of the
following grades who is over the age
limit prescribed for each of the several
sfaues,s namely: Brigadier general sixty
IeaV years; colonel and lieutenant colo
mel, siXty-one years; major fifty-siX
Years; captain. fifty years; first lieuten-
am. 1nrty-five years; and second lieuten-
ant, forty years. Any officer who shall,
Wiiie serving in any of the above grades,
reach the age limit prescribed for said
arade. shall. if eli gible. be retired; other
wise, honorably discharged. This section
shall not apply t. the adjutant general
to vacate any con omission now in force;
nor shall it apply to chaplains of the
national guard
Section 6. Amend section fifty three of
chapter TWO hundred and six of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and nine by
addlnS thereto the words. This section
shall not apply TO the adjutant general
of the state OF Marie SO that said sec
ton. as amended SHAH read as follows:
Section IS. No officer of the active
militia shall be permit ted to serve in any
of the following grades for a create.
period than that prescribed for each of
general five years. colonel. six years;
lieutenant colonel. seven years; major,
eight wears; captain. nine years; first
lieutenant, ten. Yea -. and second lieuten-
ant, ten years. But should any officer be
reelected or re-apl1ointed to the office he
now holds. the tinfe limit of service in
that grade shall l'e rechoned from the
date Of the Approval or passage of this
act. When an oncer shall have served
the prescribed time in any one grade he
shall be placed on the retired list. This
section shall not apply to the adjutant
general of the state Of Maine
Section :. Amend section fifty-four of
chapter two hundred and six of the pub
lie laws OF nineteen hundred and nine by
striking out all Of said section and sub
shutting therefor the following:
f[pptib., E'ur.1lpias o. in 70
various grades. excepting the lowest of
the several staff Gepartm ents and corps
shall be filed by promoting and appoint
ing the Genior officer in The next lower
grade OF said department or corps.
Vacancies occurring in The lowest grade
thereof SHAH b. filled i'll the following
manner:
in the rc.ed;cal department appoint
ments stait be made by the governor
upon the rec onientlation Of Il board of eN-
animation consisting OF three officers of
the medical corps. Such boards Of eX-
animation shall be conrCned by general
orders from tn adjuta0t generals office,
which orders shall indicate the number
of vacancies to be filed and any active
licensed prae titioner OF medicine and
cally sound snail be permitted to appear
for GNamina tfGa.
In the ordnance and subsistence de-
partments any vacancy shall lie filled by
the appointment thereto of any commits
stoned officer in the active militia on the
active or retired list but if from the ac-
tive list of at least tive years service
TWO OF which shall have been as a COM
miSSioned officer, and if from the retired
list. that the last year of service on the
active list shall have been within eight
years Immediately preceding the appoint
ment.
Commanding officers of brieades, regi-
n1entS and separate battalions shall ap-
point their respective STAFF officers sub
jcct to the provisions of sections forty
seven, fortE-elglts, tifty-seven and fifty
eight of this act. who shall hold office
during the pleasure of the officer making
the appointment and until their success
sors are appointed and qualified, subject
at all times to tie same laws and resula-
items as apply 10 other commissioned
officers of tie national guard
Battalion STAFF officers arc appointed
by the regimental commanders upon
recommendation of the battalion COM
mander.'
Section s. Alnerd section sixty-two of
chapter two hundred and six of the pub
lie laws of Inelet Ii hundred and nine by
word duty in the thirty-second line
thereof, so that Sc id section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section G. Any officer who is sixty
four years old, or who is found inCapaci-
tated for serVioe h. reason of physical
disability under the provisions of section
ffty-eiGht, or who hereafter shall serve
in any one grade the .ime limit rs pre-
shall while serving in any grade reach
The age limit prescribed for that grade in
section ffty-tWo and be eligible for re-
titement Que to length OF service or other
cause specified i'll this section. shall be
tLdra Nvn from tle acti re service and
is--s1e1 Gil the ret;i ~ list.
Any cInter WHO has served twenty
five years as a commissioned officer in
the active militia OF this state, or VINO is
sixty years old. may he, by order OF the
Withdrawn from the
active service and placed on the retired
list.
Amy officer who has served as a COM
missioned officer in the actlve militia of
this state six consecutig { years, or as
such nine years not necessarily consecu-
tive, or nine years either as an OFFICER or
soldier in which shall be counted honest
ana faithful service in The military or
naval service Of the United States, or
both provided six years of which have
been service as Il conlmiss ioned officer in
the active militia Of the state. shalt, ii
he make application. be placed on the re-
tired list with the highest rank held by
him during his service.
Amy officer who has served as a COM
nissiorcd officer in the active militia of
this state for a continuous period of fiji
teen wears: honorable service in war TO
lie counted double. may at his own re-
q1eAt be placed upon the retired list with
one grade higher rank than that held at
the timc of his retirement.
Retired officers shall be entitled to
wear tie uniiezIn of tie rank with which
they were rctjed they shall continue to
be borne on the rational guard register,
shall be subject to military law, and may,
in the discretion of the gOVertOT, Us as
signed TO active duty
Section O. Amend section siXty-six of
chapter TWO hundred and Sin of the pub
lic laws of nineteen hundred aud nine by
striking out iii lines four and five the
words except that men may be enlisted
as musicians if more than sixteen years