Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-09

tempest, the governor may direct that
such property as may be urgently re-
CURED be purchased in open market
Provided. also. that the right is reserved
to reject any or all bids.
Section 80. No officer herein author
lied to make purchases or sales of mill
rectly or indirectly. in the purchase or
sale Of any such property. except for
and on account Of the State; nor snail
any such officer take or apply to his own
use any gain or emolument for nego-
tiating or transacting 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 klno ana
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
by the express order of the governor;
and any person in the military service
who shall violate the provisions OF this
section shall be dishonorably discharged
and suffer such other punishment as
court-martial may direct.
Section So. The organization. arma-
ment. and discipline of the national
guard of this State and of the military
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 commandment
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 ana
to adopt such methods of adm1nlstra-
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. discussing. ana
accounting for all military funds allot-
ted to the State; for arming, equipping.
and supplying the national guard; ana
for arranging for such camps of IN
Struction. field service, and rifle practice
as shall meet the requirements that are
now or may hereafter be prescribed by
the laws and regulations of the United
States. And such orders. regulations.
and means adopted shall have the full
force and effect of law.
Section SO. Whenever the national
guard is organized by order of the com
mander-in-c chief, into a brigade, briEa-
der general shall be selected as pre-
Scribed in section hfty-three, TO com
mand the same.
Section 81. New organizations may
be 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
the governor, he may issue an order for
the election of the commissioned DILL
GERS; but whenever the governor shall
have the authority to appoint officers
of the line. he may raise new organ
izations and appoint the officers thereof
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 stan of
the national guard, namely: AdJutant
generals department, one major; m
spector generals department. one ma
jor: judge advocate generals depart
ment. one ma jor; quartermaSter corps,
one major. two captains. five SergeantS
first class. five sergeants, ten priVates
first class and priVates. two cooks :;
ordnance department. one major. two
sergeants. three privates first class;
medical department. one major one
first lieutenant or captain. one sergeant,
four privateS and priVatcS first class.
Section 80 The medical depart
ment of the national guard shall con-
serve corps. dental corps and an en-
listed force. The medical corps shall
consist of the officers necessary for the
administrative staff, for service with
the regiments, separate nattallonS ana
coast artillery corps of the national
guard. and for the organization of such
ambulance companies, field hospitals.
and supply depots. 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 sponding grades
in the United States army. and shall be
of the same grades and numbers as
are authorized or prescribed 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 and to rem
der medical service to any organization
when so ordered by the COMMANDMENT
chief. the governor is authorized to 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 be
favorably recommended by the senior
officer of the medical corps. not to eX-
coed one for each company or other
organization situated that the SER
vices of an officer of the medical corps
cannot be effectively available. Such
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
sons 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 prescribed
shall forfeit his commission and not be
eligible to reappointnent.
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
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
lieutenants of the medical corps.
Section Al. The governor is author
lied 10 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
ants until they shall have completed
eight years service. Dental surgeons
of more than eight but less than TWEEN
tv-four wears service shall. subject to