1646 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch, 851]

appointed and the laborers hired by the Adjutant-General. The
Assistant Adjutant-General shall aid the Adjutant-General by
the performance of such duties as may be assigned to him, and
shall, in case of absence or inability of the Adjutant-General,
perform all or such portion of the duties of the Adjutant-Gen-
eral as the Governor or Adjutant-General may expressly dele-
gate to him. (f) In order that the National Guard of the State
shall receive the benefit of the funds provided by Congress, it
shall be the duty of the Adjutant-General of the State to submit
to the proper United States authorities a plan of proposed field
or camps service of instructions, prepared by the Governor and
Commander-in-Chief for the ensuing year, with an estimate of
the funds required for payment, subsistence and transportation
of the National Guard participating therein, said estimate to
furnish the details and to be made out in the form required by
instructions from the Secretary of War. (g) He shall recom-
mend to the Commander-in-Chief regulations pertaining to the
preparation of reports and returns and to the care and preser-
vation of property for military purposes, whether belonging to
the State or to the United States, as in his opinion the condi-
tions demand, such regulations to be operative and in force
when promulgated in the form of general orders, circulars or
letters of instruction.

SEC. 42. There shall be a retired list exclusively restricted
to retirement of officers on the active list of the authorized
organized militia and none other, to be known and designated aa
the "Maryland National Guard Retired," and the officers placed
thereon as herein provided shall be authorized to wear their
uniforms and equipments upon all military occasions and occa-
sions of ceremony. They will wear the insignia of their grade,
but not the designation of the particular organization to which
they belong when in the Maryland National Guard. Retired
officers upon said list shall be amenable to court-martial for
military offences to the same extent as officers on the active list
of the Maryland National Guard. Any officer of the National
Guard who has reached the age of sixty-four years may be
placed upon the retired list by the Governor. Any commis-
sioned officer who shall have served in the military service of
the State for fifteen years may upon his own request be placed
upon the retired list and withdrawn from active service and
command by the Governor. Any commissioned officer who shall
have served in the military service of the State for ten years
and who because of change of residence has become incapable
of performing the duties of his office, may, upon the recom-
mendation of the Board of Examiners, provided for in section