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118 MARYLAND MANUAL
Ellicott City, Hagerstown, Rockville and Upper Marlboro. It has branch offices in Annapolis, Cambridge, Centreville, Cumberland, Denton, Elkton, Ferndale, Hyattsville, La Plata, Leonardtown, Prince Frederick, Salisbury, Snow Hill, and Westminster, and sub-offices in Chestertown and Frederick. Appropriations 1967 1968 General Funds . - $1,370,179 $1,821,174 Staff, 1967: 193; Staff, 1968: 262. Protection of Persons and Property MILITARY DEPARTMENT Major General George M. Gelston, The Adjutant General and Ranking Line Officer Brigadier General William U. Ogletree, Assistant Adjutant General Brigadier General Edwin Warfield III, Assistant Adjutant General for Air Colonel August T. Seidenzahl, Administrative Assistant Colonel Benjamin F. Cassell, Administrative Assistant Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 685-3388 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 Title 32, U. S. Code and regulations issued pursuant there- to, and to the Militia Law of Maryland (Code 1957, 1964 Repl. Vol., 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 Ranking 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 addition, he is responsible for the administration, training, and supply of approximately 8,000 National Guardsmen, including 1,044 full-time employees (142 State-paid and 902 Federally paid). 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, |
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