The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-09

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mental qualifications. Should condi-
tons later develop the necessity OF
such, they maye be called for. The
age limit for enlistment in the home
guard is from Is to 60 years. Mem
Ders Of home guard units who have
already been enrolled will be retained
subject to the. approval OF the COM
manding officer Of the guard unit to
which they belong.
The home guard oath will vary from
the national guard oath In that II will
run to the state of North Dakota only.
The oath of enlistment in the North
Dakota home guard is as follows:
II DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE
T OHAVE VOLUNTARILY ENLIST
ED THIS DAY Or. .19..,
AS A SOLDIER IN THE NORTH DA.
KOTA HOME GUARD FOR THE
PERIOD OF THE WAR. UNDER
THE CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED BY
LAW UNLESS DISCHARGED BY
THE PROPER AUTHORITY. AND
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I
WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND AL
LEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF
NORTH DKOTA AND THAT i WILL
SERVE 1T HONESTLY AND FAITH
FULLY AGAINST ALL IT'S ENE.
MIES WHATSOEVER AND THAT !
WILL OEEY THE ORDERS OF THE
GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA
AND OF THE OFFICERS APPOINT.
ED OVER ME-, ACCORDING TO
Law, AND THE RULES AND ARTl-
Giles OF WAR" ss &.
Except in special emergency,
guards will not be detailed for duty
away. from home. The listsment,
however, is for service in the state,
and no commanding officer can prom.
Use that such service will not be, re.
quired IL occasion demands. Ordin.
airy requirements of. guard duty call
for 48 drills year, aside from active
duty or .parades, ordered. The homo
guard will be expected to perform
this duty, but the period in which the
drills will be made will be determined
by order from this office, announces
the adjutant general.
The state has no equipment to give,
nor is there any immediate prospect
Of its being able to do 80. Home guarc
guard units may obtain recognition BY
making application to the adjutanr
general. It will be the policy OF this
office when guard duty is necessary
to call the guard unit or units near.
est to the place necessary to be guard.
ed-By command Of the governor, G.
A. Fraser, adjutant general
A formal circular issued by the ad-
jutant general as General Home
Guard Order No. I, recognizes these
units as temporary organizations re-
cruited to serve during the absence
Of the national guard in federal serv.
ice, to be disoanded on the return Of
the state troops at the conclusion OF
the war. In organizing the various
units, the provisions Of the North Da
kOta militia code will be followed as
far as such provisions are applicable.
An infantry company will consist OF
not less than IS nor more than 150
men. While the physical examination
will not be as rigid as that required
for the national guard, the members
Of the company must be physically
sound and qualified for, service In the
state. The age limit for enlisted men
does not apply to officers. The cons.
missioned officers OF company, con-
sisting OF captain and two lieutenants,
are to be elected by members OF the
company. Qualifications required to
hold commission In the national
guard will not be insisted upon. Unr-
forms and equipment cannot be sup.
piled by the state and this expense
must be met either by the members
OF the organization or by the citizens
of the community In which It IL sta
toned. There are no available funds
for any of the expenses incident to the
support of the home guard organiza-
tons, such as armory rent. janitor.
fuel, lights etc, and 1t will be neces-
sary for the community in which the
unit is stationed, to take care of such
expense. There should be hall in
which the company can meet for drill,
ETC., The organization should drill az
least once each week and reports Of
the attendance will be made to this
office.
In the first instance, the organiza-
ton Of home guard unit should be
taken up with the adjutant general,
who will do everything possible to en-.
courage and assist in the organizations
Of tn company, and when he Is salts.
fled that an organization can be per
fected and maintained at q certain
point, recognition will be extended to
the organization. The application is
not required to be in any particular
form, but should give the names, ages
and occupation of the proposed mem
bership, together with a statement
showing what quarters are available
for an armory, what can be done in
the way Of local financial support, etc.
When the organization of company
has been authorized, the names Of the
officers should be submitted to tho
adjutant general, and commissions
will be issued.
By order of the governor:
G. A. FRASER,
KdjGtant General.