Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-22
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS


pated in by each officer and enlisted
man at each such assembly at which
he shall be credited as having been
present shall be of at least one and
one-half hours duration and the char
acter of training such as may be pre-
scribed by the Governor.
rs. officers and enlisted men may
be warned for duty as follows: Either
by stating the substance of the order
or by reading the order to the person
warned, or by leaving copy of sucn
order at the last known place of abode
or business, or by mailing to the post
Office nearest thereto. Such warning
may be given by an officer or non
commissioned officer The officer or
non-commissioned officer giving such
notice or warning shall, if required
make return thereof containing the
name of the person warned and the
time, place and manner of warning, if
required by the officer issuing the or
der; such return may be verified by
his oath, which may be administered
by any officer Such verified returns
shall be good evidence on the trial OF
any person returned as delinquent.
of the facts therein stated, as if such
officer or non commissioned officer had
testified to the same before military
court on such trial.
&c. All arms, equipment and other
property furnished to organizations
of this State shall, when required by
the Ranking Line officer, or a com
handing officer of any such organiza-
tons be deposited in the armory of
the said organization, and failure to
deposit as aforesaid any article of
such property by the person to whom
1T was issued, ten days after he shall
have been notified, by written notice
from the commanding officer as afore-
said, to return to the armory, shall be
considered as misdemeanor, and the
person so offending shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding double the
value Of the property thus illegally de
tanned, to be recovered on the com
plant of the Ranking Line Officer or
of the proper commanding officer as
aforesaid, in the same manner as pre-
scribed for the collection of fines in
this Article, except that the money so
recovered shall be paid to the Ranking
Line Officer of the State, to be by him
applied to the militia fund; or by inn
prisonment in the county or city jail
for not less than two weeks nor more
than two months.
q. Every officer and enlisted man
to whom public property of the State
or United States has been issued shall
be personally responsible to the State
for such property, and no one shall be
relieved from such responsibility ex,
cept it be shown to the satisfaction
of the Governor that the loss or de-
struction of such property was iun-
ayoidable and in no way the fault OF
the person responsible for the. same !;
in all other cases the value of the
property lost or destroyed shall be
charged against the person at fault or
the organization to which it had been
issued; and such person or organiza-
ton, if not relieved from such charge
by the Governor, shall pay the value OF
such property to the Ranking Line
Officer within ninety days after such
loss or destruction. The value of the
lost or destroyed property and the
persons or organizations to be charged
Herewith shall be determined by an
inspector appointed by the Ranking
Line Officer. In cases of disagree
ment, such value shall be fixed by the
Ranking Line Officer
%. At any time upon the report and
recommendation of the Ranking Line
Officer to the effect that an organiza-
ton is not up to the proper standard
of numbers, efficiency or discipline re-
quired, the Governor may, in his dis
erection, muster out Of service such or.
ganization so reported inefficient, and
thereupon the commissions of all the
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organization shall be vacated; provid-
ed, no organization Of the National
Guard, members of which shall be en-
titled to and have received compensa
tion under the National Defense Act,
shall be disbanded without the con-
sent of the President.
20. Whenever the organized militia
or any portion thereof shall be ordered
out for active duty by the Governor.
or by his authority, either for State
duty or in connection with the troops
and forces Of the United States, then
the organizations and individuals so
ordered out and performing service
shall receive the pay herein specified
for each day actually on duty. When
the rate of pay allowed by the United
States is less than the amount set
forth in this Article, then the differ
ence shall be paid out of the militia
funds Of the State.
Officers shall receive the same per
diem pay, including longevity, as Off
GERS of the Regular Army of like grade
and length of service. except that moth
ing in this Section shall be construed
as authorizing the Ranking Line Off