years. He then became Secretary to Dr. Richard S. Hill,
who was with the Maryland Tobacco Growers' Association
in Baltimore. While in Baltimore, Mr. Ogle attended Sad-
lers Bryant & Stratton Business College and the Baltimore
Law School.

June 1st, 1908, Mr. Ogle came to the Clerk's office of the
Court of Appeals as stenographer to the late C. C. Ma-
gruder. Later, he became a deputy clerk, and in 1928 was
named Secretary to the Court. In November, 1942, when
under the constitutional amendment the Court was empow-
ered to name its Clerk, it chose Ogle for the position.

In 1910, Mr. Ogle married the late Amy M. Werntz of
Annapolis, and has two sons, Robert Werntz Ogle, attorney,
and Staff Sergeant Maurice Chapman Ogle, who enlisted in
the Marine Corps, February 9th, 1942.

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. He was transferred from command of
the Twenty-Ninth Division, U.S.A., to command of the
Third Corps Area, later the Third Service Command, on
January 6,1942.

On December 1, 1943, General Reckord was ordered to
the European Theater of Operations as Theater Provost
Marshal, in which capacity he served until June 23, 1945,
when he returned to the United States for duty in the Office
of the Chief of Staff. After nearly five years' active service,
General Reckord was returned to civilian life on October 31,