ing all the functions of former officers with the exceptions of Meteor-
ologist, who, as before, is commissioned by the Governor and serves
as liaison officer with the United States Weather Bureau. All activi-
ties except clerical are performed voluntarily. There are about sev-
enty observers, the same number of crop-weather reporters, and seven
storm-warning display stations. (Ch. 29, as amended 1&29.)

THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITIA

Name. Postoffice.
The Commanding General (the Adjutant General)..................... Annapolis
Major General Milton A. Reckord.

The Assistant Adjutant General:

Brigadier General D. John Markey .. .. Frederick
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:
Lieut. Col. Harry C. Ruhl ... ....... Baltimore

NOTE—All official correspondence and telegrams in con
nection with the military establishment of the State should
be addressed 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."

Chapter 683 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1935.
provides for the appointment by the Governor, without the advice and
consent of the Senate, of an assistant Adjutant General, to hold office