ceeding election. since. After his first election he moved to
Annapolis in order that he might devote all of his time to
the duties of his office.

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
enlisted man until December 28th, 1904, when he was com-
missioned Captain of that company.

On February 3, 1941, General Reckord was ordered to
active duty in command of the Twenty-Ninth Division,
National Guard.

Acting The Adjutant General: FRANCIS PETROTT (Demo-
crat), Frederick, Md.

Francis Petrott, born in New York City, New York,
April 6, 1896. He is married and has one child, a daughter.
His preliminary education was obtained in private and public
schools of New York and Connecticut. In 1914 he moved
his residence to Washington, where he entered Georgetown
University and continued his studies until April 6, 1917,
on which date war was declared. He existed in the Air
Service and was ordered to the School of Aeronautics, Prince-
ton University, from which he graduated, and served in the
armed forces until 1921. Only recently resigned his commission
in the Officers' Reserve Corps.

In 1921 he received his degree from Georgetown Univer-
sity and from that date until 1925 studied at Yale Univer-
sity Graduate School.

On September II, 1921 he was married to Mary Catherine
James, daughter of William B. and Carrie James of Fred-
erick, Maryland, where he has since made his home.

On May 17, 1939, he was appointed Secretary of State
and on May 15, 1941 he resigned to accept the appointment
of Acting the Adjutant General.

He is a member of the Frederick County Bar Association
and maintains his law office in the Potomac Edison Building,