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MARYLAND MANUAL. 311 General Reckord has always taken a keen interest in all military matters. In addition to being The Adjutant Gen- eral of the State he is also the Ranking Line Officer of the Maryland National Guard; was the President of the Na- tional Guard Association of the United States, serving two years as such, and at present is the Executive of the Na- tional Rifle Association of America. He is a member of the Baltimore Association of Com- merce, the Baltimore Club, the Baltimore Athletic Club, and the Maryland Club. On April 14, 1934, General Reckord was commissioned by Governor Ritchie to be Major General and placed in com- mand of the 29th Division. Clerk of the Court of Appeals: JAMES A. YOUNG (Demo- crat), Cumberland, Maryland. James A. Young was born at Keyser, West Virginia, May 4, 1879. Two years later his parents moved into Allegany County. He attended the public schools in Barton, Moscow Mills and Cumberland. He learned the job printing trade in the plant of the Evening Times in Cumberland, and for a while was foreman, and then engaged in the job printing business in Cumberland. On June 26, 1900, Mr. Young married Miss Daisy Wilson White, a native of Cumberland. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is actively identified with several fraternal societies. Mr. Young comes from a prominent family, his father, John W. Young, having been twice elected Clerk of Court for Allegany County as a Democrat, although the county is strongly Republican. He has held responsible political posi- tions, having been clerk of the Board of Election Super- visors, and in 1921 was elected a Road Director for Alle- gany County by the largest vote ever given a Democrat for any office in that county. In the election of 1923, Mr. Young was elected Clerk of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, whereupon he moved to Annapolis to devote all of his time to the duties of his office. In 1926, he was re-elected for a term of four years. In 1930, Mr. Young was re-elected for a term of four years. In 1934, he was again re-elected for another term of four years. |
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