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ance out of appropriations for the militia to be included in the State Bud-
get by the Governor of the State.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 12.

14. 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 Ranking Line Officer. In extreme emergen-
cies, however, the commanding officer of any organization or detachment of
the organized militia may purchase such necessities as are absolutely
required for the immediate use and care of his command, taking receipts
in triplicate 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 Quartermas-
ter General. The Comptroller of the State shall be the auditor of all
accounts for property purchased by the Ranking Line Officer. All other
military accounts payable by the State shall be audited by the Ranking
Line Officer. 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 Ranking Line Officer, under and by direction of the
Governor.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 13.

15. The National Guard of Maryland shall consist of that portion of
the organized militia prescribed by the President to be maintained by the
State of Maryland under the provisions of the National Defense Act and
regulations issued pursuant thereto. The organization of the National
Guard, including the composition of all units thereof, shall be the same
as that which is or may hereafter be prescribed for the Regular Army,
subject in time of peace to such general exceptions as may be authorized
by the Secretary of War. Provided, that whenever the National Guard
has been called or drafted by the President, the Governor shall have the
power to increase the force and to organize such units as the exigencies of
the emergency in his judgment, may require.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 14.

16. The National Guard Reserve shall consist of such officers and en-
listed men as are commissioned and enlisted therein and as are prescribed
and provided for by the National Defense Act and regulations made in
pursuance thereof. Officers rendered surplus by the disbandment of their
organizations shall be placed in the Reserve. Officers may, upon their own
application, be placed in the said Reserve.

1922, ch. 490, sec. 15.

17. There shall be a retired list exclusively restricted to officers and
enlisted men of the organized militia and none other, to be known as the
" Maryland National Guard, Retired," and those placed thereon shall be
subject to the same restrictions as are enjoined by the retired lists of the
United States Army in so far as the same are applicable. Any officer or