The Department of Militia

Name. Postoffice..

The Commanding General (the Adjutant General) ........... .Annapolis

Major General Milton A. Reckord.

Chief Clerk:
Major E. Leslie Medford........................................ Annapolis

Finance Clerk:
Major Benjamin C. Gott. ............................. .Annapolis

Stenographers:

Mrs. Elizabeth L. Pyles. ............................. .Annapolis
Mrs. Gordon L. Scible. ................................. ..Annapolis

Headquarters Maryland National Guard
5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Md.

Major General Milton A. Reckord. ............. ..Commanding General
Lieut. Col. Carey Jarman................................... Executive Officer
H. Melvin Smick.................................................. Secretary

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

Quartermaster General:

Major General Milton A. Reckord. .............. .Baltimore
State Quartermaster:

Col. Harry C. Ruhl.............................. Baltimore

NOTE—All official correspondence and telegrams in con-
nection with the military establishment of the State should
be addresed to the Commanding General, Maryland National
Guard, Annapolis, Md. That which is intended for the Quar-
termaster General's Department should be addressed "The
State Quartermaster of Maryland, Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore, Md."

Section 2, Article IX, of the Constitution provides: "There shall
be an Adjutant General, appointed by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. He shall hold his office until the
appointment and qualification of his successor, or until removed in
pursuance of the sentence of a court martial. He shall perform such
duties and receive such compensation or emoluments as are now or
may be prescribed by law. He shall discharge the duties of his office
at the seat of government, unless absent under orders, on duty."

Article 65, Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, provides
that the Ranking Line Officer shall be in control of the military de-
partment of the State, and subordinate only to the Governor in mat-
ters pertaining to that deparment. He performs such duties as per-
tain to his office, and the other chiefs of staff departments and corps
under the regulations and customs of the United States Army. He
superintends the preparation and publication of all official forms re-
quired for use in the military service of the State; the reports and re-
turns required by the United States; keeps a register of all commis-
sioned officers and the record of enlisted men. He is likewise the cus-