CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

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.

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.

DEPARTMENT OF MILITIA

The Adjutant General: MILTON A. RECKORD (Democrat),
Harford County.

Major General Milton A. Reckord, the twenty-second
Adjutant General of Maryland, was born in Harford
County, December 28th, 1879. He is the son of the late John
H. and Lydia A. Reckord.

General Reckord's connection with the Maryland National
Guard dates from February 15th, 1901, when he enlisted as
a private in Company D, 1st Infantry. He served as an en-
listed man until December 28th, 1904, when he was commis-
sioned Captain of that company.