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470 MILITIA. [ART. LXV
imminent danger thereof, the Governor may temporarily suspend the
operation of this section, and direct the Acting Quartermaster General
to purchase such military property as may be required in open market
He shall report such action, with the reasons therefor, and a statement
of the property purchased and the price paid therefor, to the Legisla-
ture at its next session, (g) The Adjutant General (as Acting Quarter-
master General) shall render annually to the Governor a statement in
detail, showing the disposition of all clothing, ordnance, arms, ammu-
nition, armories and other military property on hand or issued.
1916, ch. 311, sec. 20.
18. No officer of the militia shall incur any expense whatever to be
paid by the State, except such as authorized in this Article, without
first obtaining the authority of the Commander-in-Chief. In extreme
emergencies, however, the commanding officer of any organization or
detachment of the National Guard may make purchase of such necessi-
ties as are absolutely required for the immediate use and care of his
command, taking receipts in duplicate therefor; a report of such action,
containing a statement of the articles purchased and the price thereof,
with the receipts attached, must be made forthwith through the regular
channels to the Acting Quartermaster General. The Comptroller of the
State shall be the auditor of all accounts for property purchased by the
Adjutant General (as Acting Quartermaster General), and copies of
the orders or contracts under which such purchases are made shall be
filed in the office of the Assistant to the Acting Quartermaster General,
subject to his inspection. All other military accounts payable by the
State shall be audited by the Adjutant General. Military accounts thus
audited shall be paid by the Treasurer of the State from a proper
appropriation made by the Legislature, upon the warrant of the Adju-
tant General, under and by direction of the Governor and Commander-
in-Chief.
1916, ch. 311. sec. 21.
19.* The Maryland National Guard shall consist of a Brigadier Gen-
eral; Adjutant Generals Department; Inspector General's Department;
Ordnance Department; Quartermaster's Corps (consolidating as at pres-
ent organized the Quartermaster's Department, the Subsistence Depart-
ment, and the Pay Department); Judge Advocate General's Depart-
ment; Medical Department; Engineer Corps, Signal Corps; Coast
Artillery Corps; Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, the existing mili-
tary organizations and the Naval Brigade. The organizations author-
ized by this Section shall constitute a Brigade and a Naval Brigade, to
consist of such tactical units officered and with an enlisted strength as
may be determined in the manner provided for in this Article. The
Governor shall have power in case of war, insurrection, invasion or im-
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*The act of 1916, chapter 660, authorizes the Governor to commission the
members of the faculty of St. John's College as officers in the national guard
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