The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08

or lieutenant by promoting the senior
otflcer OF the company, Of the next lower
nation as provided in section fifty-eight
Vacancies IN the grade OF second lieu
tenant shall be filed in the following
manner: All enlisted men OF the com.
pany. and any battalion and reeimental
non-comruissioned staff officer who was
appointed from said company. shall If
ment. and shall be permitted to Appear
before an examining board, for a ,hy-
steal and competitive practical and
meo RSom t5a 5aara ana tbs
the competitive examination, to be the
best qualified shall be appointed to fli
the vacancy. The governor shall pre-
scribe regulations as to the scope and
manner OF conducting such examinations.
and If no such enlisted man appears or
if none satisfactorily passes said exam
from the enlisted men Of the organiza-
ton In which the vacancy occurred
chapter two hundred and six of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and nine,
as amended by chapter eighty-one of the
eleven, by striking out. all after the
words 'tBrigadier general in the fourth
line. thereof and substituting the fol-
lowing: Colonel and lieutenant colonel
siNty-one years; major and captain,
fifty-six years; first lieutenant fifty
wears; second lieutenant forty-five years
This section shall not apply to the adju-
tant. general of the State of Maine nor
shall it apply to chaplaips of the ma
tional guard, so that section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section 81. No person shall be elected,
appointed or commissioned to, any Of
the following grades, who Is over the
age limit prescribed for each of the sew
eral Grades, namely; brigadier, general.
one years; major and captain, f1fty-six
years; first lieutenant fifty years; sec
ond lieutenant, forty-ive years. This
section shall not apply to the adjutant
it apply to chaplains of the national
guard.
Section 49, Amend section ffty-four
of chapter two hundred and six of the
as amended by chapter eighty-one Of
the public laws of nineteen hundred
eleven, by striking out in the fifteenth
l 69 thee9t the words 1.-THE ordnance
substituting therefor the words all other
staff departments and corps, SO that
said section as amended shall read as
follows:
the various grades excepting the lowest
of the several staff departments and
corps. shall be filled by promoting
and appointing the senior officer in the
next lower grade of said department or
corps. Vacancies occurring in the lowest
grades thereof shall be filled in the
IolOWlng manner:
In the medical department appoint
mants shall be made by the governor
upon the recommendation of the board
of examination consisting of three Off
GERS of the medical corps. Such boards
OF examination shall be convened by
general orders from the adjutant gen
erals office, which orders shall indicate
the number of vacancies to be filed,
medicine and surgery in this State and
who is physically sound shall be per-
mitted to appear for examination.
In all other staff departments and
appointment thereto of any commits
stoned officer in the active militia on the
active or retired list; but If from the
active list, of at least five years service,
two of which shall have been as a COM
nissioned 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
appoin ment
Commanding officers of brigades, regi-
ments and separate battalions shall ap-
point their respective staff officers sub
ject to the provisions of sections forty
seven, forty eight, fifty-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 the same laws and regu-
lations as apply to other commissioned
officers of the national guard.
Battalion. staff officers are appointed
by the regimental commanders upon the
recommendation Of the battalion COM
mander
Section II. Amend section sixty of
chapter two hundred and six of the
public publ laws 90, Of nineteen hundred and
thereof the word limit and in the
second line the word fifty two and
s subs ut therefor the word sixty
shall read as follows:
Section CO. Any officer who shall
reach the age prescribed in section
sixty1tWo: or who shall fail in a second
fiftyneight or who shah be IN re seGee
surplus by reduction or disarmament of
his organization in any manner provided
for in this chapter or who accepts an
riue corps of the United States, if in
each case he is ineligible for retirement,
or who tenders his resignation and the
same having been accepted, shall receive
an honorable discharge, provided he
shall not be under arrest or returned to
military court for any deficiency or
delinquency and provided he be not in
debted TO the State in any manner. and
that all his accounts for money and
public property be correct
Section Is. Amend section sixty-two
of chapter two hundred and six of the
as amended by chapter eighty-one, of
the public laws of nineteen hundred
eleven, by striking out in the fifth, sixth
and seventh lines thereof the words ''or
who shall while serving in any grade
reach the age limit prescribed for that
grade in section f1fty-tWo, so that
said section as amended shall read as
follows:
Section 62 Any officer who is sixty
four years old, or who is found incapac-
itated for service by reason of physical
disability under the provisions of section
fitty-eight, or who hereafter shall serve
in any one grade the time limit as pre-
eligible for retirement due to length of
service or other cause specified in this
section shall be withdrawn from active
service and placed On the retired list.
Any officer who has served twenty
five years as a commissioned officer in
is sixty years old, may be, by order of
the ofnmander-1n-chief, Withdrawn
from the active service and placed on
the retired list.
Any officer who has served as q COM
missioned officer in the active militia
of this State si,; consecutive years, or
as such nine years not necessarily con-
secutive. or nine years either as an
officer or soldier n which shall be count
ed honest and faithful service In the
military or naval service of the United
States, or both, provided six years of
stoned officer in che active militia of the
State, shall, if he make application, be
placed on the retired list with the high
est rank held by him during his service.
Any officer who has served as COM
missioned officer in the active militia
of this State for continuous period OF
fifteen years; honorable service In war
to be counted double. may at his own
request be placed upon the retired list.
with one grade higher rank than that