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MILITIA. [ART. 18.

of this article, shall have been taken and subscribed by the mem-
bers thereof, said organization shall be a legally organized volunteer
company of the militia of this State, subject to the requirements,
and entitled to all the benefits and privileges of this act.

Id s 6
General staff,
what to consist
of

6. The general staff of the militia shall consist of an adjutant-
general, with the rank of major-general, and salary at the rate of two
thousand dollars a year, and a quartermaster-general, a commissary-
general, a chief engineer, a chief of ordnance, a chief of artillery, a
chief of cavalry, an inspector-general, a paymaster-general, a. sur-
geon-general and judge advocate general, who shall have the rank
of brigadier-general, and shall be appointed by the governor, by

Term of office.

and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and hold office until
the appointment and qualification of their successors, or until re-
moved in pursuance of the sentence of a court-martial; and the gov-

Aids

ernor is hereby empowered to appoint such number of aides-de-camp,
with the rank of colonel, as may be necessary to the discharge of
his duties as commander-in-chief.

Id s 7
Duties of adju-
tant-general

7. The duties of the adjutant-general shall be as follows, to wit:
he shall issue, sign and transmit all general or special orders of the
commander-in-chief to the several military officers through the
proper channels, and shall keep a record of the same; he shall enter
on record a description of the divisions, brigades, regiments, bat-
talions, squadrons, batteries and companies, which are or may here-
after be formed, and every alteration thereof, showing the name,
rank, number and date of commission, office and residence of each
officer and member, and shall revise said roster annually; he shall
make out and issue all commissions and discharges directed by the
commander-in-chief; he shall prepare and provide the necessary
rosters, books of record, forms, blanks for commissions, returns and
other papers required under this act, and distribute them to com-
manding officers entitled to receive the same, on proper requisition
therefor, he shall be charged with all correspondence between the
commander-in-chief and officials of the several States and Territories,
the secretary of war, the adjutant-general of the army of the United
States, and other persons in official stations, on the subject of mili-
tary affairs, and keep a record of such correspondence. He shall
annually make a return, in triplicate, of all the militia of this State,
on or before the first day of January, one copy to be delivered to
the commander-in-chief, one copy to be transmitted to the adjutant-
general of the United States Army, and one copy to be filed in his
own office. He shall receive and file all returns made to him accord-
ing to law, and annually make a detailed report thereof to the com-
mander-in-chief, and he shall also perform such other duties as may
properly belong to his office, or which may be prescribed by the
commander-in-chief, and he shall keep his office and discharge the
duties thereof at Annapolis.

Id s 8.
Duties of offi-
cers of general
staff.

8. The other officers of the general staff of the militia shall, when
directed by the commander-in-chief, and under rules and regulations