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mer designations as a part of the national guard of this State the same as if it had not been ordered into the federal service, and the national guard reserve organized to take its place shall be mustered out of the service of the State. Minors over the age of eighteen years may be enlisted into Minors, the Michigan national guard with the consent in writing of enlistment of. their parents or guardians, or if they have none, with the consent in writing of a justice of the peace of the township

or city in which they reside. Every applicant for enlistment Qualifications. in the Michigan national guard shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good character, and before being enlisted into the service shall submit to a physical examination; and no such applicant shall be so enlisted, unless after such examination it shall be determined by the medical officer or officers making the same, that he is in every respect in sound bodily health. The term of enlistment in the Michigan national Term. guard shall be three years.

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SEC. 11. The Adjutant General's Department shall consist Departments, of one Adjutant General with the rank of major, (who shall be ex-officio inspector general). The Inspector General's Department shall consist of one inspector general (the Adjutant General ex-officio). The Quartermaster's Department shall consist of one Quartermaster General with the rank of major, who shall ex-officio be chief of the Subsistence Department, chief of the Ordnance Department and chief paymaster. The Subsistence Department shall consist of one chief commissary (the Quartermaster General ex-officio). The Ordnance Department shall consist of the chief of ordnance (the Quartermaster General ex-officio). The Pay Department shall consist of one chief paymaster (the Quartermaster General ex-officio), and one paymaster with the rank of captain. The Judge Advocate General's Department shall consist of the judge advocate general with the rank of major. The Medical Department shall consist of a Medical Corps and a Hospital Corps. The Medical Corps shall consist of medical Medical corps. officers of rank and number to be determined as follows: One surgeon with the rank of major for each brigade and regiment, the senior of whom shall be chief of the medical department, and one captain or first lieutenant for each battalion and each separate company of engineers, signal corps, troop of cavalry or battery of field artillery and such contract surgeons and dental surgeons as may be prescribed from time to time by the military board. The Hospital Corps shall con- Hospital sist of such number of enlisted men as may be authorized corps. by the military board and where a field hospital or an ambulance company is organized it shall be allowed such officers

are prescribed by law and regulations of the United States army. Officers commissioned for the staff of a brigade or division shall be additional officers in the staff corps or department to which their respective duties appertain.

officers, ap

SEC. 12. Officers of the Adjutant General's Department, Certain Inspector General's Department, Quartermaster's Depart pointment of.

Term.

Proviso, removal.

Further proviso.

Adjutant general and quartermaster general, salaries.

Military department, what constitutes, offices, etc.

Adjutant General, duties, etc.

Oath.

Returns.

ment, Subsistence Department and Pay Department shall be appointed by the Governor as hereinafter prescribed, and shall each hold his office until its vacation by death, retirement or by resignation duly accepted: Provided, That any such officer may be removed from the service and placed on the retired list upon recommendation of the State Military Board: Provided further, That any such officer shall also be subject to removal from office as are other military officers, by sentence of a general court martial, or as prescribed in section thirty-four of this act. Upon occurrence of a vacancy in any office in any of said departments, said offices shall be filled by the Governor from among a list of officers in the Michigan national guard, recommended upon their merits and under proper regulations for these respective offices by the State Military Board. The term of office of additional officers in the above departments, detailed on the staff of the brigadier general commanding the brigade of the Michigan national guard, shall be as provided in section twenty-nine of this act. SEC. 13. The Adjutant General and the Quartermaster General shall each devote his entire time to the duties of his office and shall each receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per year from the State military fund, and there shall also be allowed and paid to each of said officers such sums as may be necessary to pay his actual expenses while engaged in the performance of his duties when away from his office under orders. The foregoing salary and expenses shall be paid to each of said officers in [in] full for all his services, and he shall draw no other sums as a part of his compensation.

SEC. 14. There shall be maintained in Lansing the offices of the Adjutant General's Department and the Quartermas ter's Department, which shall constitute and be known as the military department of Michigan, and it shall also be the office of any other military department required to be maintained in Lansing. During the absence from the State or disability of either the Adjutant General or the Quartermas ter General, his duties shall be performed by such officer as may be designated in orders.

SEC. 15. The Adjutant General's Department is the department of records, orders and correspondence of the militia. The Adjutant General shall be entitled to use the coat of arms of Michigan with the words added thereto "State of Michigan, Adjutant General's Office" as his seal of office. He shall subscribe to and file his constitutional oath of office with the Secretary of State within twenty days of his appointment and before entering upon the duties of his office. He shall make such returns as are required by the war department and the Governor. He shall in each year prepare a return of the organized militia of this State, exhibiting its full numerical strength, together with all arms and military stores, designating the several kinds, conditions and place of deposit, which return he shall deliver to the chief of staff

report.

and through him to the Governor on or before the thirtyfirst day of December. He shall perform all other duties re- Further lating to the militia, arms and military stores of this State duties. as are required of him by law or regulations. He shall make Biennial and submit to the chief of staff, and through him to the Governor, and through him to the legislature, biennially, a detailed report of the work of his department and of the other departments of the military service, with such recommendations as he may deem necessary to promote the good of the service and the military interests of the State. The Adjutant General shall deliver to every person entitled thereto on demand a certificate showing that such person has served according to law and regulations in the Michigan national guard or Michigan naval brigade six consecutive years, and such certificate shall thereafter entitle said person to an exemption from all poll taxes, jury duty at his option, and from all military duty, except in case of invasion, insurrection or rebellion. Every person issuing, obtaining or using such certificate improperly or unlawfully shall be liable to the penalty provided by law for misdemeanors. He shall maintain a record of the efficiency of the active officers of the Michigan national guard, to be compiled as prescribed in orders or regulations.

SEC. 16. The Inspector General's Department, the Subsis- Departments, tence Department, the Ordnance Department, the Judge Ad- duties, etc. vocate General's Department and the Pay Department shall have charge of the same matter concerning the Michigan national guard as the like departments have in the army of the United States, and the incumbents shall perform the duties of their offices under the direction of the Governor and under the supervision of the State Military Board. The Quartermaster General shall supervise the subsistence, ordnance and pay departments, so that the responsibility for money and property expenditures shall be centered in one. office.

eral, oath of

SEC. 17. The Quartermaster General before entering upon Quarterhis duties and within twenty days after receiving official master gennotice of his appointment shall take and subscribe the con- office. stitutional oath of office and shall give bonds to the State Bonds. with some responsible surety companies to be approved by the Governor, in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned faithfully to discharge the duties of his of fice, to use all necessary diligence and care in the safe-keeping of military stores, other military property and funds committed to his custody, to account for the same and deliver over to his successor or to any other person authorized to receive the same, all such stores, which bond shall within the aforesaid twenty days be deposited, together with his oath of office by said Quartermaster General with the Secretary of State, who shall file and preserve the same in his office. The cost of said bond shall be paid out of the military and How paid. naval fund of this State. He shall be the disbursing officer

Proviso.

Bonds of certain officers.

State military board, how composed.

Chief of staff.

of the military and naval fund of this State and of the United States apportioned to this State. He shall have charge of all military stores, magazines, arsenals, warehouses, armories, munitions of war and other military property, and shall inventory and account for same on the thirty-first day of December in each year through the chief of staff to the Governor. The business of the Quartermaster's Department shall be transacted and the accounts kept and made out in the same manner as near as may be, as is required by the system of regulations governing the Quartermaster's Department in the army of the United States, and accounts current of all transactions with proper vouchers shall be rendered by him monthly to the Auditor General of Michigan: Provided, however, That no contract shall be let or entered into on behalf of the State exceeding the expenditure of three hundred dollars for military purposes authorized by this act, until a notice calling for bids for such contract shall have been published at least twenty days in one or more newspapers to be designated by the State Military Board, except that in case of emergency requiring immediate action, the Governor may by a special order in writing direct the Quartermaster General to make contracts without advertisements. The Quartermaster General shall require bonds from all disbursing and distributing officers and other officers in charge of public property, in an amount to be fixed by the State Military Board, which bonds shall be approved by the State Military Board. The Quartermaster General shall provide the several departments and organizations on their requisitions with the necessary rosters, books of record, blank commissions, enlistment rolls and other papers required by law and regulations at the expense of the State.

SEC. 18. There shall be a State Military Board, consisting of the senior officer of the line in the Michigan national guard, and of four other officers to be detailed by the Governor, at least three of whom shall be from among the active officers of the organized militia, not more than two of whom shall be of the same rank. These four detailed officers shall hold office until their successors are detailed and qualified. One of the officers of the board shall be designated as chief of staff, and if his rank is lower than brigadier general he shall have that rank while so detailed, but shall return to his former rank or status when relieved. Each member of the State Military Board shall have had at least five years' commis sioned service in the Michigan national guard. The chief of staff shall ex-officio be the presiding officer of said board. The officer in charge of the Adjutant General's Department shall be the recorder thereof, and with the Quartermaster General shall be entitled to a seat on said board, in which deliberation they shall have a voice but not a vote. The State Military Board shall be an advisory board to the comExpenditure, mander in chief. No contract on behalf of the State exceeding an expenditure of three hundred dollars for military pur

Length of service necessary.

Presiding officer.

when valid

etc.

poses authorized by this act, unless otherwise herein provided for, shall be valid against the State, until the same shall be approved by said board. The State Military Board Claims, etc., shall receive, examine and audit all claims and accounts for who to audit, the expenditures incurred for military purposes authorized by this act, unless otherwise provided for. Upon requisition of the State Military Board the Auditor General shall draw his warrant or warrants for such sum or sums not exceeding in all the appropriations herein made on the State Treasurer, who is hereby authorized to pay and charge the same to the State military fund. Whenever necessary in the performance of his duties any member of said board shall have power to administer oaths. The State Military Board shall Regulations. prepare regulations from time to time to carry out the various provisions of this act, and such regulations when approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of State shall have the force and effect of law.

in chief, per

SEC. 20. The personal staff of the commander in chief shall Commander consist of the chief of staff, and such other officers as may sonal staff. be detailed from among the active officers of the Michigan national guard from time to time.

duties.

SEC. 23. The senior officer of the line shall perform such Senior officer, duties as may now or hereafter devolve upon the commander of a territorial department in the army organization of the United States, unless otherwise provided for in this act.

when retired.

examination

tion.

SEC. 27. Any officer having been duly examined by an ex- Officer, amiring board and found not qualified for promotion, shall thereupon be retired from active service and his name placed upon the retired list, unless otherwise provided herein. Any Promotion, officer eligible for promotion under this act, by reason of his for. seniority, who shall be found by an examining board duly qualified for promotion, except as to his professional fitness, shall, if so recommended by the examining board, thereupon be and become an additional officer of the grade then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled as prescribed herein. Such officer shall be re-examined not less than one Re-examinanor more than three months after the date of such first examination, and if found qualified shall be duly appointed and commissioned as of the date of such re-examination, and if found disqualified he shall be retired from active service and his name shall be placed on the retired list. Officers becom- When ineligiing additional officers as prescribed herein shall while so carried be ineligible to promotion by seniority to any other office. Any officer may voluntarily waive promotion before Promotion, examination, in which case the officer next in order of seniority shall be promoted in the manner prescribed by this act; but no officer shall be permitted to thus waive promotion more than three times. If all officers eligible for promotion to be Vacancy, a field officer waive promotion in accordance with the above, the vacancy shall be filled by an election at which the commissioned line and field officers of the battalion or regiment

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waiving of.

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