Protection of Persons and Property

MILITARY DEPARTMENT

Major General Milton A. Reckord, The Adjutant General and

Ranking Line Officer
Brigadier General Harry C. Ruhl, Assistant Adjutant General

and State Quartermaster

Colonel August T. Seidenzahl, Administrative Assistant
Colonel Benjamin F. Cassell, Administrative Assistant

Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore I Telephone: Mulberry 5-3388

The Charter of Maryland empowered Lord Baltimore to raise troops
to put down insurrection or rebellion and to subdue the enemies of
the province. Since that time the organization, maintenance, and
administration of the State militia has been an integral part of the
State's functions. The present military establishment of Maryland
conforms to the National Defense Act of 1922 and its subsequent
amendments and to the Militia Law of Maryland (Code 1957, Art. 65).

The Adjutant General is appointed by the Governor with the consent
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 Banking Line Officer (at the
present time also the Adjutant General) is head of the Military De-
partment and exercises all his powers and duties under the Militia
Law of Maryland.

The Military Department prepares all State forms and records
required for use by the militia, and the reports and returns required
by the Federal Government. It maintains a register of all commis-
sioned officers, and service records of all officers and enlisted men of
the Maryland National Guard.

The Ranking Line Officer is the custodian of all State and Federal
property used by the organized militia and apportions and provides
for the proper application of funds for the military establishment.
He also maintains 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 makes all regula-
tions for 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:
29th Division Units

Hq. & Hq. Co. (Part)' 29th Int. Div.
29th Aviation Co. (Inf. Div.) (Part)'

'Other part in Virginia.