The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-04-08

D6U1YIment, OF Inc laws ana Tekuld-
tions of the United States governing
the organized militia;~and such officers
shall have the same titles as those OF
corresponding grades in the United
States ermy. and shall be OF the same
grades and numbers as are authorized
or prescribed by the laws and regula-
tions of the United States for service
49, ..As ="asr~ spanding organizations
or prescribed by the said laws and reg
ulations or orders OF the War Depart
ment for the government OF the or
ganized militia
to I'LL vacancies in the several grades
created or caused by this act. or here
after occurring, shall be made accord
ing to seniority and no person shall
receive an appointment as first lieu
| tenant in the medical corps unless he
shall have been examined and ap-
proved by a medical board of the ma
tionai guard as hereinafter pre-
Section 10. Amend section forty
five of chapter two hundred six Of the
public laws Of nineteen hundred nine
the words for" In the eighth line and
substituting therefor the following:
each division commander shall be al
lowed sum not exceeding nfty dol
lars per annum for the care and re-
which he Is accountable; the executive
officer of the ships company, each
division clerk and the third class yeo-
men of each division shall receive for
their services sum not exceeding
twenty-five dollars per annum, so that
said section as amended shall read -
follows:
Section Az The pay Of officers and
shall be the same as that Of officers
and non-commissioned officers of the
same relative rank in the national
guard; and seamen shall receive the
Ivxnrr - v,.fu "a pf ~ -
mAnd1ng officer Of the ships company
shall BE- allowed a sum not exceeding
nifty dollars per annum Tor the caro-
and responsibility OF such State and
accountable for: each division COM
mander shall be allowed q sum not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars per annum for
the care and respop1ninity OF pubic
the executive officer of the ships COM
pany, each division clerk and the third
class yeomen of each division shall re-
ceive for their services = sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five dollars per an
Section II. Amend section nifty of
chapter two hundred and SIX of the
public laws Of ntneteen hundred and
ninth lines thereof the words pro
vided that any officer now In active
service and holding Z commission In
the active m ut shall ,s Dc eligible to
word ALSO" SO that said section as
Section 50. General. nsid. and com
e es2y a. soos ss hs as 'na es
by the written votes OF the neid ON
GERS of their respective brtgades; feld
officers by the written votes of the
captains and subalterns OF their re-
and subalterns by the written votes
of the members of their respective
companies; subject to tho ago limit
prescribed I tS n section 1fty-tE , Pro,
of the constitution Of the State shall
be hereafter amended In such manner
.as - permit iire- legislature to nre-
scribe the mode of selecting onisers
for the grades herein specified, then.
on and after the first day of July next
succeeding the adoption OF such
amendment. the said officer shall De
promoted and appointed by the Gov
tenn prescribed In this chapter shall
cease to exist. otherwise to remain In
full force and effect: Vacancies In
the grade of brigadier general shall be
filled by promoting tho senior colonel:
vacancies In the field grades Of . regi-
ment or corps by promoting the senior
officer OF the regiment or corpA or the
next next lover grade: , yaeanoie: tn the
noting the senior officer of the COM
pany. OF the next lower grade Sub
5ect In each case to examination as
provided In section nfty-eiTht Va
ant shall be nlled IN tho following
manner: All enlisted men of the COM
pany. and any battalion and regi-
mental non commissioned stan officer
who was appointed from said company,
shall Il physically sound be eligible
for appointment. and shall be per-
mitted to appear before an examining
board. for . physical and q compei-
tive practical and theoretical examina-
ton; and the enlisted men whom the
board considers, after the competitive
examination. to be the best qualified
The Governor shall prescribe regula-
tions as to the scope and manner Of
conducting such examinations and IL
no such enlisted man appears or If
none satisfactorily passes said exam.
the vacancy by making an appoint
ment from the enlisted men of the or
ganization in which the vacancy oc-
Cured
Section IL. Amend section fifty-two
Of chapter two hundred and six Of the
public laws Of nineteen hundred and
nine. as amended by chapter eighty
one Of the public laws OF nineteen hun
dred and eleven. by striking out all
after the words Brigadier general in
the fourth line thereof and substitute
tenant colonel. sixty-one years; major
and captain, fifty-six years; first lieu
tenant, fifty years; second lieutenant,
forty-f3ve years. This section shall
not apply to the Adjutant General Of
the State of Maine nor shall It apply
that said section as amended shall
read as follows:
Section 81. No person shall be
elected, appointed or commissioned to.