Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-07-21
PUBLIC GENERAL Laws

| u6uJ 10 DC udluIdlueu W tuc state OF
Maryland under the proviions of the
National Defense Act and regulations
issued pursuant thereto. The organi.
zation of the National Gprd, includ.
ing the composition Of all Tits thereof
shall be the same as thatEhich is or
may hereafter be PRESCRIBED for the
Regular Army, subject in tne of peace
to such general examptioI1 as may be
authorized by the Secretly of War.
Provided, that whenever te National
Guard has been called ordrafted by
the President, the Governoi shall have
the power to increase the free and to
organize such units as the exigencies
of the emergency in his judsnent, may
require.
IA. The National Guard Rserve shall
consist of such officers an enlisted
men as are commissioned ad enlisted
therein and as are prescribe and pro-
vided for by the National pfense Act
and regulations made in pursuance
thereof Officers rendered hrplus by
the disarmament Of their organizations
shall be placed in the ReserW Officers
may, upon their own appliation, be
placed in the said Reserve.
Is. There shall be retro list ex-
clusively restricted to oficer and en-
listed men Of the organized militia and
none other, to be known as tie MARY
land National Guard, Retikd," and
those placed thereon shall subject
to the same restrictions as areenjoined
by the retired list of the Unitd States
Army in so far as the same are ap-
plicable. Any officer or entitled man
who has reached the age Of txty.four
years shall be placed upon til retired
list and any officer or enlised man
who has been in the active military
service of the State for a priod of
fifteen years may, upon application be
relieved from active duty and placed
upon the retired list and, ado, any
officer or enlisted man who fro1 physi.
cal disability or change in reidence,
after ten years active service becomes
incapable of performing his duties may
be placed upon the retired lisl Pro
vided, that an enlisted man who has
completed twenty-five years active
service, may be retired in the glade Of
Second Lieutenant.
16. Commissioned officers of The or.
sanized militia shall take and subscribe
to the following oath of office.
Il, .........., do solmenly swear
that ! will support and defend the
Constitution of the United State and
the Constitution of the State ef Mary
land, against all enemies, forese1 ana
domestic; that will bear true faith
and allegiance to the same; that will
obey the orders Of the President of the
United States and Of the Governor Of
the State Of Maryland; that / make
this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation or purpose of eva
sion, and that / will well and faith
fully discharge the duties of the Office
OF ............ in the National Guard
OF the United States and Of the State
Of Maryland upon which l am about to
SHScAS ~ uelp me NOO.
IL. All officers shall be appointed and
commissioned by the Governor and
shall not be recognized as such under
any Of the provisions Of this Act unless
they shall have been selected from the
following classes and shall have taken
and subscribed to the oath Of Office
prescribed in the preceding section Of
this Act; officers or enlisted men of the
National Guard; officers, active or re-
tired, reserve officers and former Of
ncers OF the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps; enlisted men and former en-.
listed men Of the Army, Navy or Ma
rine Corps who have received an hon
oraole discharge therefrom. graduates
OF the United States Military and Naval
Academies; and graduates of schools.
colleges, universities and officers train.
ing camps, where they have received
military instruction under the suner.
vision OF an officer Of the Regular
Army who certified their fitness for
appointment as commissioned officers
and for the technical branches or star
Corps and departments. such other
civilians as may be specially Qualified
TOT duty therein. Provided that. before
such appointment. officers shall be rec.
commended as follows: Commanding
omeers OF units comprising a brigade
oy the brigade commander: all other
oincers by the commanding officers ot
the respective units or chiefs of their
respective STAFF corps or departments.
A general officer and a colonel at the
time OF appointment must be an officer
IN the National Guard of the State of
grade of field officer, or have been
In active service in the Army. Navy
or Marine Corps or National Guard
with a higher grade than captain. A
lieutenant-colonel or major of the line
at the time OF appointment must have
mad active service as an officer for two
years in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
or National Guard. Provided further.
that stan officers. including officers Of
the Pay, Inspection. Subsistence, and
Medical Departments, shall have had
previous military experience and shall
hold their positions until they shall
nave reached the age of sixty-fouf
years unless retired prior to that time
by reason of resignation A,sahilitv mr.