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can see all types of abuses developing where the General
Assembly may begin appointing lieutenants and captains
and majors and colonels.
For that reason, I think we must again define
lines of authority and if we are making the commander-in-
chief of the militia the Governor of this state, I submit
just as the president indirectly -- and directly in the
final analysis if it were ever tested -- appoint all
commissions, all officers of the United States Government,
so should the Governor of this state have the authority
to appoint and commission those officers of the militia
such as they be provided by law.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Schneider.
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: Mr. President, I wonder if
I could ask this question of Delegate Wheatley.
THE CHAIRMAN: Will Delegate Wheatley yield
for a question?
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Be most happy to yield,
Mr. Chairman.
DELEGATE SCHNEIDER: Appointment of the
officers of militia, technically speaking, is not appointment |
