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DELEGATE WHEATLEY: To answer Delegate
Schneider's question, it is my understanding that the
National Guard is merely the organized militia of the
state and under present definition every able-bodied man
is a member of that militia and members of the opposite
sex with their consent, and therefore it would seem to
me that the existing procedure of the Governor appointing
those who serve under him is both sound from an organiza-
tional standpoint and also sound from the structure of
government which we seek to espouse.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any further discussion?
Delegate E. J. Clarke.
DELEGATE E. J. CLARKE: I rise in opposition
and would like to make one point clear. That it is
customary in military and militia for the Governor to
select and appoint the Adjutant General. It is also customary
and common practice for the Adjutant General to recommend
to the Governor those persons he wants the Governor to
commission as officers of the militia.
Acting upon his advice in most cases, the
Governor commissions them or, in other words, appoints |
