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472 MILTTIA. [ART. LXV
schools, colleges, and universities where military science is taught under
the supervision of an officer of the Regular Army:
Provided, that officers of corps, departments and independent com-
panies and the commanding officers of independent battalions and of
regiments shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the Com-
mander of the Brigade to which they are attached, and provided, that
Brigadier-Generals shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the
field officers of their respective brigades, and provided further that no
person shall be commissioned unless he possesses the additional require-
ments herein prescribed for the particular office to which he is to be
commissioned. A Brigadier-General and a Colonel of a Regiment at
the time of his appointment must be an officer in the National Guard
of this State, of the grade of field officer, or have been in active service
in the Army or Marine Corps of the United States as a field officer. A
Lieutenant-Colonel and Major of the line at the time of his appoint-
ment must be an officer in active service, and for two successive years
immediately preceding his appointment must have been in active service
in the National Guard of this State or in the Army or Marine Corps
of the United States as a commissioned officer. The Captain of the
Naval Brigade shall have been an officer in the Naval Brigade, or must
have served as an officer in the United States Navy for at least three
years.
1916, ch. 311. sec 25.
23. Before receiving a commission or being commissioned to a
higher grade as a result of promotion every officer below the grade of
major must have passed a satisfactory examination before a board as to
his fitness for service. All officers will be required to take a physical
examination before receiving their commissions.
1916. ch. 311, sec 26.
24. Boards of examination shall be appointed by the Governor as
Commander-in-Chief, or caused to be appointed by the Commanding
officer of the first brigade, and the commanding officer of the naval
brigade, as the case may be, and the said boards shall consist of not
less than three officers for officers of the line and for officers of the
departments or corps the board shall consist of three officers at least
one of whom shall be of the department or corps for which the candi-
date is to be examined. These boards shall inquire into the military,
moral qualifications, the general capacity and efficiency of any officer
holding a probationary, or permanent, commission, or who may have
been elected, or appointed for commission in the Maryland National
Guard; and said boards shall have power to take evidence, administer
oaths and compel witnesses to attend and testify and produce books and
papers, and punish those failing to do so, as is possessed by a general
court-martial. The said boards shall convene at the headquarters of
the first brigade, or naval brigade, as the case may be, at such times as
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