The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-04-05

ton, or elsewhere. Il In conjunction
with troops Of the United States, the
ervation and Of the officers and troops
of the United States on duty there or
elsewhere shall remain with the COM
mander of the United States troops
without regard to the rank Of the COM
mandtng or other officer Of the national
guard temporarily engaged in the en-
campments, maneuvers. or other ex-
erciSes
equipment of the national guard shall be
the same as those Of the regular army
and navy of the United States, except
that on articles of uniform and equip
may be substituted for the letters ~.
81; each organization of the national
guard and every enlisted man thereof
shall be uniformed, armed, and equipped,
asa is or may hereafter be prescribed or
provided by the laws and regulations of
the United States for the national guard,
and no member or organization Of the ma
tionai guard shall adopt, use or wear in
the military service Of the State any
other uniform, arms, or equipment.
All commissioned officers shall provide
themselves with such uniforms, arms, and
equipments as are required Of commits
stoned officers of the regular army and
the adjutant general may purchase and
Issue as State property on memorandum
receipt or sell for cash to commissioned
officers such articles of arms, uniforms,
and equipment as he may deem neces-
sary.
The clothes, arms. military outfit, and
accoutrements furnished by or through
the State to a member Of the active mill
tia and the uniforms, arms, and equip
ment required of commissioned officers
shall not be subject to any suit, distress,
execution, or sale for debt or payment Of
taxes.
Section 116. Every person, other than
an officer or enlisted man of the national
guard Of this State, or of any other State,
or Of the United States army, navy, ma
rine corps, or revenue or forest service,
or a member Of any service of the United
States for whom such uniform has been
prescribed by proper authority, or inmate
of any veterans or soldiers home. or
member of the Grand Army of the Re
public or of the sons of veterans or the
boy scouts of America who at any time
wears the uniform of the United States
army or navy or national guard or this
State or any part of such uniform, or a
uniform, or a part of a uniform similar
thereto, within the limits of this State,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall upon conviction be punished by a
fine not exceeding three hundred dollars
or by imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment; provided, that
nothing In this act shall be construed as
prohibiting persons of the theatrical pro-
fession from wearing such uniform in any
playhouse OF theatfe aCtudlly engaged III
following said profession, and provided
that nothing in this act shall be construed
as prohibiting the uniform rank Of civic
societies parading or travelling in Il body
or assembling in a lodge room: and pro-
yfded further that whenever the national
guard or any part thereof is in active SER
vice or is called into active service, no
civic organization or member thereof
shall parade or appear In uniform in the
locality where said national guard is in
service.
Section III The clothes, arms. military
outfits, and accoutrements furnished by
or through the State to any member Of
the national guard shall not be sold, bar
tered, exchanged, pledged, loaned. or
given away: and TO person rot a member
of the military forces of this state or. #
the United States, OK duly authorized Off
Ger or agent of the State or of the United
States, who has possession of any such
clothes, arms, military outfit OF accoutre-
nlents, so furnished and which have been
the subject CT any such unlawful dispo-
sition, shall have any right title. or in
terest therein; but the same shall he
seized and taken wherever found by any
oflce4of the State, civil or military. and
shall thereupon be delivered to any com
nanding officer or other officer authorized
to receive the same. who shall make an
immediate report to the adjutaut general.
The possession of any such clothes, arms,
military outfits, or acccutrenoents by any
person not a member of the military
fer - of the State or of the United
States shall be presumptive evidence Of
such sale, barter. exchange, pledge, loan5
or gift.
Section 11s. Any person who shall sell
or offer for sale, barter exchange, pledge
loan, or give away, seerete or retain after
demand made by any officer of the State,
civil or military, any clothes. arms, nll-
ttary outfits, or aecoutrements furnished
by or through the State to a member of
the national guard, or who shall receive
by purchase, barter, exchange, pledge,
loan, or gift any such clothes, arms, mill
tary outfits or announcements shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
or by imprisonment not exceeding six
months. or by both such fine and impris-
onment.
Section 1ls. The adjutant general SHALL
whenever it may be necessary. make ar
engagements for the repair. cleansing, and
renovation of all clothes arms, military
outfits, or Announcements on hand or
issued to any organization of the national
guard: and when the necessity of such
repair, cleansing, or renovation is due
to the fault or negligence of any member
of the national guard, the cost thereof
shall be charged against any pay due or
to become due such member or recovered
in the same manner as a fine, forfeiture,
or penalty. as prescribed by this chapter.
Section 100. The inspector general or
such other military officer as the adju
tant general may designate. shall inspect
and condemn public military property
which has become unfit for use; no prop
erty shall be sold until it has been so in
spected and condemned and such con-
domination approved by the COVER
nor; and the proceeds of sales Of
condemned material, stores, supplies.
or other public military property Of
every kind shall be deposited Nth the
adiutant general, paid into tbs State
treasury, and credited to the military
fund.
Section 121. All property furnished by
the property of the State, to he used for
military purposes only and when not so
in use shall be kept in the armories or
designated places of deposits provided,
however, that upon order Of the governor
and council, the quartermaster general Is
authorized to issue to the municipal Off
GERS of any city or town field ordnance Of
obsolete pattern under such regulations
as the governor and council may pre-
scribe Every officer receiving public
property for military use shall be held
responsible for tine safe-keeping and the
return of the same when called for, he
shall account for and make such returns
thereof as may be prescribed whenever
called upon so to do by the governor or
other proper authority Each officer ac-
countable for State or federal property
issued to him for use of an organization
of the national guard shall be required to
give a bond te the adjutant general Of
the State of Maine In the sum Of one
thousand dollars, conditioned on the safe
keeping and return, when called for, OF
all such State and federal property In
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