42t> MILITIA. [ART. 65

1896, ch. 89.

6. 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 proper record of the»same;
he shall enter on record a description of the divisions, brigades,
regiments, battalions, squadrons, batteries, companies and sepa-
rate organizations which are or may hereafter be formed, and
every alteration thereof, showing the name, rank, number and
date of commission or enlistment, office and residence of each
officer and member, and shall revise such roster annually or as
often as may be necessary; he shall make out and issue all com-
missions 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 article, and distribute them to commanding officers
entitled to receive the same, on proper requisition therefor; he
shall he 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, the Secretary of the Navy and other persons in
official stations on the subject of military and naval affairs, and
keep a record of such correspondence; he shall annually make a
return, in duplicate, of all the organized militia of this State, on
or before the first Monday of January, one copy to be transmit-
ted 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 according to law, and annually make a
detailed report to the commander-in-chief; and he shall keep his
office and discharge the duties thereof at the capital of the State;
and he is hereby empowered and authorized to employ a clerk,
at a salary of $1, 200 per annum, and the said sum is hereby
appropriated for that purpose annually, and the comptroller is
directed to draw his warrant on the treasurer who is hereby
directed to pay the same in equal monthly instalments.

Ibid.

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