Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11
CHAPTER ia
An Act to Revise the Military Law
of the State OF Maine.

An Act to Revise the Military Law
of the State Of Maine.
This chapter shalt be known as
THE Military Law Of the State Of
! Maine"
Sec. /. The militia Of the state Of
. male citizens of the state and all
other able bodied males who have or
| shall have declared their intention
to become citizens of the United
| States. who shall be more than eigh-
teen years of age and. except as here
matter provided. not more than for
| ty-five years of age. and said militia
shall be divided into three classes.
| the national guard. the naval militia,
| and the unorganized militia.
Sec 2. The national guard shall
consist of the regularly. enlisted
militia between the ages OF eighteen
and forty-fve years. and the COM
| missioned officers between the ages
| of twenty-one and sixty-four years.
| organized. armed and equipped as
provided by the national guard reg
| ulations, and recognized by the war
/ department as national guard.
The restrictions as to maximum age
and citizenship shall not apply to
| soldiers who have previously served
honestly and faithfully in the United
States army. navy. marine corps. the
organized militia or the national guard.
Sec. 3. The vice-president of the
| United States: the officers. judicial and
| United states and Of the several states
| and territories; persons in the mill
,ary or naval service Of the United
| States; custom-house clerks: persons
transmission Of the mail .artiflcers
and workmen employed in the armo-
res. arsenals, and navy yards of the
| United States; pilots; mariners actu.
any citizen or merchant within the
| United States, shall be exempt from
militia duty without regard to age.
| and all persons who because or re-
from militia service, if, the conscien-
| tious holding of such belief by such
person shall be established under such
regulations as the president shall
militia se'N."c in a combat capacity:
but no person so exempted shall be
| exempt from militia service in any
capacity that the president shall de-
clare to be non-combatant.
Sec. 4. All male citizens who are
more than eighteen and less than
| forty-five years of age. excepting
habitual drunkards, and persons con-
victod of infamous crimes, and who
are resident in this state. shall. when
ever the governor may deem neces-
ShFy, De enTOlIeu Dy tHe hSSeSSoIS III
the several cities. towns and planta-
tions in which they reside, in such
| manner and according to such regula-
tons as the governor shall prescribe.
On such enrolment and opposite the
name of each person who is exempt
| from duty under section three or who
is serving in the active militia. or
who. is unable by reason of physical
disability to perform militia duty. the
assessors shall write the word Eek
| cmpt" and state in each case the cause
| of exemption. The assessors shall
Subscribe said list and make oath that
| knowledge and belief: and shall file
the same with the clerk of the city.
town or plantation forthwith; and each
clerk shall, within ten days, make a
Der enrolled, the number marked ex-
empt, the number belonging to the
active militia and the number marked
disabled. and forward the same to the
person claiming exemption shall sat
isfy the enrolling officer or officers of
his right thereto and in case of doubt
the burden of proof shall be upon the
enrolling officer or officers may re-
ouire him to submit to examina tion
on oath and may administer such
oath.
Sec s. Any person knowingly and
wilfullv refusing information or Civ
ing false information to an assessor
or other authorized person making the
enrolment. respecting the name, age,
residence, occupation, military or ma
val service. physical or mental con-
dltion. or other proper subject or IN
curry of himself or any person within
| his knowledge liable to be enrolled,
| shall for each such concealment, re-
fusal. or giving of false information
be guilty, Of misdemeanor The, Of
| ficer making the enrolment shall.
! y1-it ton q
violating this section TO the adjutant
general.
Sec. s. Any assessor negIecting or
refusing faithfully to perform the
duties of enrolling officer as required
by law, or making any false entry
upon said rolls, or committing any
| other fraud therein, and any clerk
statement required by section four.
shall be guilty of a misdcmeanor. Up
on the failure of the assessors to
make the enrolment of the militia
as required by law. the governor may
appoint some person to make il at
the expense of the city. town or plan
tation: and the person so appointed
shall have all the powers and be sub
scribed in the case of assessors.
Sec. :. The governor is the con-
stitutional commander-in-chief of the
! militia. except of such portions as
may be ut times in the service of the
! United States.
in-chief shall consist of the adjutant
general, who shall be eX-ofiicio chief
of staff. Quartermaster general and
paymaster general with rank of briga-
with each of the staff departments and
such aldeS-de-camp not to exceed five
i'll number. one of whom may he a
naval aide with rank of lieutenant
the governor. Except as hereafter
provided all staff officers must be at
the time. of their appointment COM
missioned officers of the Maine ma
list of or above the grade of captain.
but no staff officer shall be appointed
from the retired list who shall have
had less than eight years of service
Of which shall be within ten years
Immediately preceding the appoint
ment. -de-camp. except as here
matter provided. may be detailed by
mssioned officers of the national
guard of the grades above specified.
but officers so detailed shall not be
relieved thereby from their regular
COMMUNICATIVE chief. Honorably dis
charged officers or enlisted men who
served in the United States. army, navy
or marine corps during the world war.
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national guard. may be appointed by
the governor as aides-de- camp with
a rank of colonel The aides de-camp
appointed by the governor and en-
cert those detailed from the active
list, shall be commissioned by him
and shall serve only during the term
of the governor making the appoint
ment; provided. that the governor may
detail additional aides from the of
ticers of the national guard for tenn
porary duty. subject to the provisions
Of this section. Provided nothing in
this section shall operate to Terminals