reports and returns required by the Federal Gov-
ernment. It maintains the service records of all of-
ficers and enlisted persons who have served or are
serving in the Maryland National Guard.

The Adjutant General is the custodian of all
State and federal property used by the Organized
Militia. He apportions and provides for the proper
application of funds for the military establish-
ment. He also maintains all State-owned armories
located in Maryland and all other properties that
may be occupied, purchased, or leased by the Mil-
itary Department. The Adjutant General makes
all regulations for the use of such facilities; appli-
cations for their use should be made to him. In
addition, he is responsible for the administration,
training, and supply of approximately 8,800 Na-
tional Guardsmen, including 1,220 full-time em-
ployees (200 State paid; 1,020 federally paid).

The Governor, as commander in chief of the
militia, has the power to organize and maintain
additional military forces, known as the Maryland
State Guard, which are separate and distinct from
the National Guard. Such forces are composed of
officers, commissioned or assigned, and all able-
bodied citizens of the State who volunteer and are
accepted for service. They may be ordered to ac-
tive duty in the State by the Governor whenever
the National Guard has been called into the mili-
tary service of the United States. 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.

ARMORIES

State-owned and leased armories and facilities
are located in the following areas:

Allegany County: Cumberland Armory.

Anne Arundel County: Annapolis—E. Leslie
Medford Armory; Glen Burnie Armory.

Baltimore City: Fifth Regiment Armory; Melvin
A. Cade Armory.

Baltimore County: Catonsville—William J. Witte
Armory; Dundalk—Jerome Maynard Grollman
Armory; Gunpowder Military Reservation; Glen
Arm—William C. Purnell Armory; Glenn L.
Martin State Airport—Warfield Air National
Guard Base; Parkville Armory; Pikesville Military
Reservation; Towson Armory; Towson—Harry C.
Ruhl Armory; Woodstock Military Reservation.

Culvert County: Prince Frederick Armory.

Carroll County: Westminster—Henry C. Evans
Armory.

Cecil County: Elkton Armory.
Charles County: La Plata Armory.
Frederick County: Capt. Michael Cresap Armory.
Garrett County: Oakland Armory.

Harford County: Army National Guard Operating
Activity Center at Edgewood Area, Aberdeen
Proving Ground; Bel Air—LTG Milton A.
Reckord Armory; Army Aviation Support
Facility—William C. Baxter Edgewood Area,
Aberdeen Proving Ground; Havre de Grace
Military Reservation; Lauderick Creek Training
Site, Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Howard County: Ellicott City Armory.
Kent County: Chestertown Armory.

Montgomery County: Oiney Military Reservation;
White Oak—George M. Gelston Armory.

Prince George's County: Greenbelt Armory.

Queen Anne's County: Queen Anne's—Victor P.
Gillespie Armory.

Somerset County: Crisfield—Maurice D. Tawes
Armory.

Talbot County: Easton—Louis G. Smith Armory.

Washington County: Hagerstown—Randolph
Millholland Armory; Highfield Armory.

Wicomico County: Salisbury—Blair L. Crockett
Armory.

OFFICE OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

R. Howard Hill, Director

1123 N. Eutaw St., Suite 723
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-5555

The Office of Minority Affairs was created in
1980 (Chapter 25, Acts of 1980). It replaced the
Office of Minority Business Enterprise of the De-
partment of Economic and Community Develop-
ment.

The Office of Minority Affairs fosters growth of
participation in minority businesses. The Office
promotes and coordinates government programs
aimed at strengthening such firms, and provides
technical and management assistance to them. In