State. The authority, prerogatives and duties heretofore held and per-
formed by the Adjutant General have, by the present law, been trans-
ferred to the Ranking Line Officer who is responsible only to the Gov-
ernor, acting for and by his direction in all matters pertaining to the
Military Department of the State.

MARYLAND STATE GUARD
Ch 33, 1941

Whenever any part of the National Guard of this State is in active
federal service, the Governor is hereby authorized to organize and
maintain within this State, during such period, under such regulations
as the Secretary of War of the United States may prescribe for
discipline and training, such military forces as the Governor may
deem necessary; and the Governor is authorized to reduce the number
of or disband such forces an any time he deems proper. Such forces
shall be composed of officer commissioned or assigned, and such able
bodied male citizens of the State as shall volunteer for service there-
in. Such forces shall be additional to and distinct from the National
Guard and shall be known as THE MARYLAND STATE GUARD.
Such forces shall be uniformed as the Governor may prescribe.
Brigadier General Francis Petrott, Acting the Adjutant

General

Brigadier General Dwight H. Mohr, Commander, Maryland
State Guard

MARYLAND VETERANS' COMMISSION

Chapter 291 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland,
Session 1939, repealing and re-enacting with amendments, sections
57, 68 and 60 of Article 65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, creates
a Maryland Veterans' Commission composed of five Maryland Veter-
ans, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as Chairman,
and all to be appointed by the Governor and to serve at his pleasure.

The Governor has appointed as members of this Commission:

Name. Address.
Joseph A. Cantrel, Chairman. 127 W. Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase, Md.
Godfrey Child............ Peninsula Building, Pocomoke City, Md.
Thomas F. Conlon............15 N. Chase Street, Cumberland, Md.
James A. Haley..............96 Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Md.
Herbert L. Rhodes............6401 St. Helena Ave., Baltimore, Md.

A sum of $90,000.00 has been made available for the fiscal year 1940,
not more than $15,000.00 of which may be expended for administrative
purposes, including salaries, in the nature of an emergency fund, to
be used to provide the necessities of life for such Maryland veterans
of the World War or any other war, or the widows or infant children
of such veterans, as are sick, disabled or indigent and who are without
means to pay for said necessities or for proper care; and for the pur-
pose of providing the necessary funeral expenses of such veterans,
and for the further purpose of providing reasonable compensation to
members of the Maryland National Guard who are injured in line of
duty; and in case any such members are killed in line of duty, then
to the widows and infant children of such members. Said fund shall
be distributed to such persons of the above classes and in such
amounts as the Commission shall deem proper, subject, however, to