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

tHSr.s s.s 1I or imminent danger
tempest. the governor may direct that
sucn property as may DO urgently re-
Yrovidede aso fSat a. in ,,. open market
to reject any or all bids. 'o-
section ~. No of1er herein author
1zed to make purchases or sales Of mill
reetly or Indirectly, in the purchase has or
sale OF any such property, except for
ana on account Of the State; nor shall
any such officer take or apply to his own
use any gain or emolument for nego-
tiat1ng or transact1ng any business of
his office, other than what is allowed by
law.
Section 49,, All property purchased
under the authority herein granted shall
be inspected and no payment shall be
made therefor until it shall appear BY
the certificate of the inspecting officer
that the property is of the kind and
quality specified in the agreement.
Section "a. No officer or enlisted man
shall contract, or presume to authorize
the contracting of any Indebtedness on
behalf of the State, unless especially
authorized to do SO by this chapter or
by the express order Of the governor:
and any person in the military service
who shall violate the provisions of this
and suffer such other punishment as a
court-martial may direct.
Section 35. The organization. arma-
ment, and discipline of the national
units thereof shall be the same as that
which Is now or may hereafter be pre-
scribed or provided by the laws and reg
ulations of the United States for the ma
tional guard; and the Communicating
chief is hereby authorized and 1t shall
be his duty to issue and prescribe from
time to time such orders and regula-
lions. and to adopt such other means of
administration, as shall maintain the
prescribed standard of organization, ar
mament and discipline; and it shall be
the further duty of the communicating
chief to prescribe such regulations and
to adopt such methods of adminstra-
ton. for the care, preservation, DISPOSE
ton of and accountability for all mill
tary property issued to The national
guard and belonging to the United
States; for procuring. disbursirg. and
accounting for all military funds allot-
ted to the State: for arming. equipping,
and supplying the national guard. and
for arranging for such camps of in
struction, field service, and rifle practice
as shall meet the requirements that are
now OF may hereafter be prescribed by
the laws ard regulations OF the United
States. And such orders. regulations.
and means adopted shall have the full
force and effect OF law
Section a6. Whenever the national
guard is organized. by order If the com
mander in-chief. into q brigade. a briga-
der general shall he selected as pre-
scrihed in section fifty-three. to COM
nIand the same.
l.
Ito raised on petition to the governor. or
by his order; and when the minimum
number Of persons required by law has
been enlisted and notice thereof given to
Tho governor, he may issue an order for
the election Of the commissioned Off
GERS; but whenever the governor shall
have the authority to appoint officers
Of the line; he MAJ raise 5,, new organ
whenever and in such manner as he
may deem best for The service.
Section 49, There shall be the fol-
lowing departments consisting of off,
GERS and enlisted men of number and
rank specified necessary for the main
tenance of the administrative staff of
the national guard, namely: &diutant
generals department one major; in
jor; judge advocate generals depart
nlent. one major: quartermaster corps.
one major. two captains, five sergeahts
first class, five sergeantS, ten privates
ordnance department, one major. two
sergeants, three privates first class;
medical department. one major, one
first lieutenant or captain, one sergeant.
four privates and privates first class.
Section 80. The medical DEPART
nneut of the national guard shall con-
sist of a medical corps. a medical re-
serve corps, a dental corps and an en-
listed force. The medical corps shall
consist of the officers necessary for the
administrative staff. for service with
lEG regiments, separate DttttIi1HH$ ana
coast artillery corps Of the national
guard. and for the organization of such
ambulance companies, field hospitals.
and supply aepots. as may be author
lied or required as the proper compile
ment for the national guard by the or
ders of the war department. or by the
laws and regulations of the, United
States governing the national guard;
and such officers shall have the same
titles as those of corresponding grades
in the United States army, and shall Be
of the same grades and numbers as
are authorized or prcscribed by the
laws and regulations of the United
States for service with the correspond
ing organizations of the regular army,
or as authorized or prescribed by the
said laws and regulations or orders of
the war department for the government
of the national guard.
Section 40 For the purpose OF Sc
curing competent medical practitioners
to conduct the physical examination Of
applicants for enlistment ana to rem
der medical service to any organization
when so ordered by the commander-in-
chief, the governor is authorized 20 Is
sue commissions as first lieutenants Of
the medical reserve corps to such act
I've licensed practitioners OF medicine
and surgery in this State as shall t.e
favorably recommended by the senior
officer OF the medical CORPS. not to ex-
coed one for each company or other
organization so situated that the SER
vices of an officer of the medical corps
cannot Dc eheCtlVeiy dNaildDlG- SEf;n
officers are not entitled to retirement,
but the commissions so given shall con-
fer upon the holders all the authority,
rights and privileges of commissioned
officers of like grade in the medical
corps of the national guard. except pro-
motions. but only when engaged in act
i've duty IN examining recruits or under
orders from the commander-in -chief
They shall have rank in said corps ac-
cording to the date Of their commits
sions therein. and when employed on
active duty shall rank next below all
officers Of like grade in the active mill
tia; provided, that any officer of the
medical reserve corps who fails to per-
form his duty as herein cribed
shall forfeit his commission and not be
eligible to reappointment.
Officers of the medical reserve corps
when called into or engaged in active
duty. shall be subject to all the laws
regulations. and orders for the govern
ment of the national guard; and for
conducting the physical examination of
applicants for enlistment shall be en-
titled to such compensation as the gov
ernor in regulations may prescribe, and
for all other services to the pay of first
lfeutenants of the medical corps.
Section Al. The governor is author
lied to appoint dental surgeons who
are citizens of the United States be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and TWEEN
ty-seven years at the rate of one for
each one thousand enlisted men of the
national guard. Dental surgeons shall
have the rank and pay OF first lieuten-
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