MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General Milton A. Reckord, The Adjutant General

and Banking Line Officer
Brigadier General Harry C. Ruhl, Executive Officer and State

Quartermaster

Lieut. Colonel August T. Seidenzahl, Administrative Asst.
Lieut. Colonel Benjamin F. Cassell, Administrative Asst.
Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Mulberry 5-3388

The Charter of Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore the Power to
raise troops to put down insurrection or rebellion and to subdue the
enemies of the province. Since that time, the organization, mainte-
nance, and administration of the state militia has been an integral
part of the State's functions. The present military establishment of
Maryland is in conformity with the National Defense Act of 1922
and subsequent amendments, and the Militia Law of Maryland.

The Adjutant General is appointed by the Governor with the con-
sent of the Senate, and serves until his successor is appointed and
qualified or until he is removed from office as a result of sentence
imposed by court martial (Const. 1867, IX, 2). The Ranking
Line Officer (at the present time also The Adjutant General) is
head of the Military Department and exercises all his powers and
duties under the Militia Law of Maryland.

The Military Department is responsible for the preparation of all
state forms and records required for use in connection with the
militia, and the reports and returns required by the Federal Govern-
ment. A register of all commissioned officers, and service records
of all officers and enlisted men of the Maryland National Guard are
maintained.

The Ranking Line officer is the custodian of all state and federal
property in use by the Organized Militia, and apportions and provides
for the proper application of funds for the military establishment.
He is also responsible for the care and maintenance of all state-owned
armories located in Maryland, and all other properties which may be
occupied, purchased, or leased by the Military Department. The
Ranking Line Officer has the power to make all reasonable and
necessary regulations in regard to the use of such facilities, and
applications for their use should be made to him.

In time of war or other national emergency when the National
Guard is absent from the State, the Governor, as Commander-in-
Chief of the militia, has the power to organize the Maryland State
Guard. Such forces are separate and distinct from the National
Guard and are composed of officers, commissioned or assigned, and
all able-bodied male citizens of the State who volunteer and are
accepted for service. Members of the State Guard are uniformed
as prescribed by the Governor, who also has the power to reduce or
disband such forces when deemed necessary.

NATIONAL GUARD UNITS ALLOTTED TO THE STATE OF
MARYLAND

Allotted by the Department of the Army:
Hq. & Hq. Detachment, Maryland National Guard
29th Infantry Division (Part)*
Hq. 29th Infantry Division (Part)*
Med. Det., Div. Hq., 29th Infantry Division