Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-07-26
STATE OF MARYLAND
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

oAtei tSn years active service Dec0lntS
incapable Of performing his duties may
be placed upon the retired list. Pro-
vided. that an enlisted man who has
completed twenty-five years active
service, may be retired IN the grade of
Second Lieutenant
16. Commissioned officers of the or
sanized militia shall take and subscribe
TO the following oath OF Office
L, ............, do solmenly swear
that VIII support and defend the
Constitution OF the United States and
~the Constitution OF the State of Mary
land. against ell enemies foreign and
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
or ............ in the National Guard
of the United States and of the State
Va QUOU " HIGH dIn dDUuI
enter, so help me God"
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 shah have taken
and subscribed to- the oath iof 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
ffeers of the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps; enlisted men and former en-
listed men of the Army, Navy or Ma
rine Corps who have>receiyed an hon
orable 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 super
vision of an officer of the Regular
Army who certified their fitness for
appointment as commissioned officers:
Corps and departments. such other
civilians as may be specially qualified
for duty therein. Provided that, before
such appointment. officers shall be rec
commended as follows: Commanding
officers of units comprising brigade
by the brigade commander; all other
officers by the commanding officers OF
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 higher grade, than captain. A
Northumberland or major Of the line
at the time of appointment must, have
had active service as an officer for two
years in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
or National Guard. Provided further
that staff 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
have reached the age Of sixty-four
years, unless retired prior to that time
by reason Of. resignation, disability Oh
for cause to be determined by court
| martial legally convened for that pur
pose, and that vacancies among said
officers shall be filled by appointment
from the officers of the militia of the
State of Maryland.
Is. Officers shall take rank from the
| date of their commissions and in such
| manner as provided by the Regulations
of the War Department; provided that
| this Act shall not apply to any person
| hereafter appointed an officer, unless
he shall have successfully passed such
| tests as to his physical moral and pro
fessional fitness as the Governor shall
prescribe. The examination to deter
mine such qualifications for, commits
sion shall be conducted by. a. board OF
three commissioned officers appointed
by the Governor from the Regular
Army or the National Guard or both.
10. A commissioned officer shall moi
be removed from Office without his con
sent, except as provided in this Act
or by regulations Of the War Depart
ment; provided that at any time the
moral character capacity and general
| fitness for the service of any commits
| stoned officer may be determined by an
efficiency board OF three commissioned
| officers, senior in rank to the officer
whose fitness for service shall be un.
der investigation. and If the findings Of
such board be unfavorable to such off
Ger and be approved by the official au
/ taorized to appoint such a board, he
shall be discharged. Commissions oil
officers may be vacated upon resigna
tion. absence without leave for three
months, upon the recommendation OF
an efficiency board or pursuant to sen
tence Of a court-martial..
20. A commissioned officer tenderins
his resignation, if accepted by the Gov
ernor, shall receive an honorable dis
charge, provided he shall not be under
arrest or returned to a military court
for any deficiency or delinquency: and
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