996 MILITIA—STAFF—ADJUTANT GENERAL. [ART. 65;

section 9 of this article; provided, their numbers shall not
consist of less than forty nor more than eighty persons. The
captain elect shall thereupon transmit to the adjutant general the
original agreement signed by the members proposing to organize:
said company, together with the proceedings of the meeting held,
of the election, duly attested by its chairman and secretary; and,
whenever the said officers elect are commissioned by the gover-
nor, as provided in section 10, and the oaths of office, as provided,
in section 23 of this article, shall have been taken and subscribed'
by the members 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 article.

1870, ch 182, sec. 6 1880, ch. 171.

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
fifteen hundred 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 surgeon general, and judge advocate general, who shall
have the rank of brigadier general, and shall be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and
hold office until the appointment and qualification of their succes-
sors, or until removed in pursuance of the sentence of a court
martial ; and the governor 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.

1870, ch. 182, sec. 7.

7. The duties of the adjutant general shall be as follows, to
wit : He shall issue, sign and transmit all general or special ordera
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,
battalions, squadrons, batteries and companies, which are or may
hereafter 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