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Medical department.

Medical corps.

Hospital corps.

paymaster with the rank of captain. The Medical Department shall consist of a medical corps and a hospital corps. The Medical Corps shall consist of one surgeon general with rank of lieutenant colonel, who shall be chief of the medical department, and of medical officers of rank and number to be determined as follows: One major for each brigade and regiment, one captain or first lieutenant for each battalion, separate company of engineers, signal corps, troop of cavalry, or battery of field artillery, and such additional officers as may be prescribed from time to time by the military board. The Hospital Corps shall consist of such number of enlisted men as may be authorized by the military board, and one major, two captains and four first lieutenants for each field hospital where organized. The Ordnance Department shall consist of the chief of ordnance (quartermaster general ex-officio), one assistant chief of ordnance (assistant quartermaster general ex-officio). The Judge Advocate General's Department shall consist of the judge advocate general with the rank of major. There shall be allowed such extra officers in the adjutant genExtra officers. eral's department, inspector general's department, the quartermaster's department, the subsistence department, the ordnance department and the judge advocate general's department as are necessary to furnish the proper staff officers for each division or brigade of the national guard which is now or shall hereafter be organized.

Ordnance department.

Judge advocate

general's

department.

Officers

governor.

By consent of senate.

SEC. 12. The officers of the Adjutant General's Department, appointed by the Inspector General's Department, the Quartermaster's Department, the Subsistence Department, the Ordnance Department and the Judge Advocate General's Department, shall be appointed by the Governor; the adjutant general, the inspector general and the quartermaster general (by and with the consent of the senate), and shall each hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner rem ved for misconduct or in case of death or vacation of his ffice by resignation of his office Appointments duly accepted. In case of appointment to fill vacancy, the appointment shall be only for the unexpired term.

Term of office.

to fill vacancies.

general, colonel, etc.

Salary of SEC. 13. The salary of the adjutant general, the inspector adjutant, inspector and general and the quartermaster general shall be one thousand quartermaster dollars each per year, and the salary of the colonel in the adjutant general's department and the colonel of the quartermaster's department shall be fixed from time to time by the State Military Board and paid not to exceed two thousand dollars per year from the military fund, and there shall also be allowed and paid to each of said officers such further sums as may be necessary to pay his actual and necessary expenses while engaged in the performance of the duties of his office, when absent from his home station and not drawing the pay of his grade.

Officers.

Offices.

SEC. 14. There shall be maintained at the State Capitol in Lansing the offices of the adjutant general, the quarter

master general, the commissary general of subsistence and the

chief of ordnance. During the absence from the State or the Absence, inability of the adjutant general to act, his duties shall be inability, etc. performed by the adjutant general on duty, and during the absence of the quartermaster general his duties shall be performed by the assistant quartermaster general.

SEC. 15. The Adjutant General's Department is the depart- Adjutant ment of records, orders and correspondence of the militia. department. The Adjutant General, before entering upon the duties of his Oath of office and within twenty days after receiving official notice office. of his appointment, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file the same with the Secretary of State. He shall be entitled to use the coat of arms of the State Coat of with the words added thereto "State of Michigan. Adjutant arms. General's Office," as his seal of office. He shall make such Duties. returns as are required by the war department and 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, condition and place of deposit, which return he shall deliver to the Governor on or before the thirty-first day of December, and he shall perform all other duties relating to the militia, arms and military stores of this State, as are required of him by law or regulations. He shall make and Biennial submit to the Governor, and through him to the legislature, report. 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 Certificate of 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 Exemptions person to an exemption from all poll taxes, jury duty, at his option, assessment for highway purposes not exceeding two days in a year 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 Record of active officers of the Michigan national guard, to be compiled efficiency. as prescribed in orders or regulations.

service.

entitled to.

general,

SEC. 16. The Inspector General, before entering upon the Inspector duties of his office and within twenty days after receiving oath of official notice of his appointment, shall take and subscribe to office. the constitutional oath of office and file the same with the Secretary of State. He shall, under orders from the comman- Duties of. der in chief, exercise a comprehensive and general observation. over all that pertains to the efficiency of the Michigan national guard, and shall have under such orders authority to correct

Inspection when made.

all errors of instruction, the keeping of records and the care and preservation of all arms and military stores. He shall, under orders of the commander in chief, make or cause to be made through the officers of his department, or such other officers as may be detailed for service in his department by the commander in chief, at least one inspection in each year of each organization of the Michigan national guard and the Encampment. naval brigade at its home station. At each encampment of said national guard he shall, under orders of the commander in chief, make or cause to be made a general inspection of the camp, arms, equipment, clothing, stores and military property, also of the discipline and general efficiency of the officers and men thereof; and shall, within thirty days after the close of said encampment, make a report thereon in writing to the commander in chief. He shall annually make and submit a detailed report of the work of his department to the commander in chief, with such recommendations as in his judgment are for the good of the service.

Annual report.

Quartermaster general, oath.

Bonds, amount and -conditions of.

Disbursing officer.

SEC. 17. The Quartermaster General, before entering upon his duties and within twenty days after receiving official notice of his appointment, shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and shall give bonds to the State with at least two sureties or surety company to be approved by the Governor, in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned faithfully to discharge the duties of his office, 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 and property, which bond shall within the aforesaid twenty days be deposited, together with said oath, by said Quartermaster General with the Secretary of State, who shall file and preserve the same in his office. He shall be the disbursing officer 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 account for same on the thirty-first day of December in each year to the Governor. Business and 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: 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 publication of. for such contracts shall have been published at least twenty days in one or more newspapers, to be designated by the

Military stores, armories, etc.

accounts.

Proviso,

bids for contracts.

Notice,

and

officers.

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 advertisement. The Quartermaster General Bonds of shall require bonds from all disbursing and distributing offi- disbursing cers, and other officers in charge of public property, in an distributing amount to be fixed by the State Military Board, which bonds shall be approved by the State Military Board. The Quarter- Rosters, master General shall provide the several departments and books of 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.

record, etc.

military

Contracts,

accounts.

SEC. 18. There shall be a State Military Board consisting State of the adjutant general, quartermaster general, inspector gen- board. eral, brigadier generals commanding brigades and the commander of the naval brigade. The State Military Board shall President, organize by electing a president from its own number, and recorder. one of the assistants of one of the departments as recorder. The same shall be an advisory board to the commander in Advisory chief. No contract on behalf of the State exceeding an ex- board. penditure of three hundred dollars, for military purposes au- how thorized by this act, unless otherwise herein provided for, approved. shall be valid against the State, until the same shall be approved by said board. The State Military Board shall re- Claims and ceive, examine and audit all claims and accounts for the expenditures incurred for military purposes authorized by this act, unless otherwise provided for, and upon requisition of said board, the Auditor General shall draw his warrant or warrants for such sum or sums not exceeding in all the appropriation 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 their duties any member of said board shall have power to administer oaths. The State Military Board shall prepare regu- Regulations. lations 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.

etc.

SEC. 19. The Commander in Chief may authorize the em- Clerks, ployment of clerks and the hiring of offices, the purchase of officers, fuel, fuel, lights, stationery and books for the military service. He may also authorize the hiring of storerooms for the safe- Storerooms. keeping of public stores, and if he deem it advisable for the best interests of the State he may enter into a lease of such premises for more than one year, and he may divide the State Districts, into regimental or battalion districts, in which case the divi- regimental sion shall be in such manner as to give all portions of the battalion. State, so far as practicable, a just proportion of the whole number of companies permitted by this act.

and

Staff and

Rank.

SEC. 20. The staff of the Commander in Chief shall conaids-de-camp. sist of the adjutant general, who shall be chief of staff; four aides-de-camp and such other officers as may be detailed for such duty. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint and commission with the rank of major, the four personal aides-de-camp herein provided, if otherwise qualified under this act, who shall hold such office at his pleasure and then be discharged or placed on the retired list: Provided, however, That no such officer shall be placed upon the said retired list who has not heretofore passed the examination hereinbefore provided for.

Proviso, retired list.

Authority to organize, disband, etc.

Commissioned officers,

and grade.

SEC. 21. The Commander in Chief, by and with the advice of the State Military Board, is hereby authorized to organize new units for the Michigan national guard or to disband, arrange, alter, divide, annex or consolidate any of the units or to transfer the units of one battalion or regiment to another battalion or regiment.

SEC. 22. Commissioned officers of the Michigan national appointment guard, unless otherwise specifically provided for in this act, shall be appointed by the governor and duly commissioned in the grade to which appointed, as follows: Brigadier general of a brigade, from among the officers of the Michigan national guard above the rank of captain in the brigade; colonel of a regiment, from lieutenant colonel of the same regiment; lieutenant colonel of a regiment, from the senior major of the same regiment; major of a regiment, from the senior captain of the companies of the battalion in which the vacancy occurs; captain of a company, from the senior lieutenant of such company; first lieutenant of a company, from the second lieutenant of such company; second lieutenant of a company or a first lieutenant in organizations for which no second lieutenant is prescribed, except in the medical department, by election at which only officers and enlisted men who have been in the service six months or longer and who belong to the unit in which vacancy occurs, shall be entitled to vote.

Rank of

to expire.

SEC. 23. Section twenty of this act shall not take effect colonel when until January first, nineteen hundred eleven, and until it takes effect the personal staff of the Governor shall have the rank of colonel. The military secretary of the Governor shall have the rank of major.

Military secretary.

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SEC. 24. Upon the organization of any new unit of the Michigan national guard, the Governor may appoint for one year or until examined by an examining board, suitable persons for officers therein, irrespective of previous military service, whereupon said persons shall be commissioned and shall be officers for all purposes, except for promotion by seniority. Within one year of such organization, such person so appointed shall be examined as provided herein for officers of like grade, and if found qualified for such offices, they shall be reappointed and recommissioned and shall thereupon be eligible for promotion of seniority, or if found not qualified they

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