440 MILITIA. [ART. 65

organization most accessible; and all commanding officers in
such cases, whether ordered out by the commander-in-chief or
applied to as aforesaid by the said board or the said sheriff,
shall forthwith assemble their command and take such action
as the exigencies of the case may require to prevent the threat-
ened disorder or opposition to the laws, or to suppress the riot
or disorder, and in the execution of such duty, such troops shall
be deemed to be on detached service and shall not be subject
to the orders of any superior officer except the commander-
in-chief, who may, in his discretion, in the cases provided for in
this section and in all other cases of internal disturbance, war or
invasion, delegate, assign, and order the adjutant general of the
State, or some other competent ranking officer, to assume com-
mand of such troops; and the adjutant general or other officer
having assumed the command as herein provided for shall have
full power and authority to do and to act in all respects as the
Governor and commander in-chief could or might do in the
premises; and during the time the adjutant general shall so be in
command, he shall, in lieu of the pay of his office as adjutant
general, be entitled to pay at the same rate per diem that com-
manding officers of his rank receive in the service of the United
States.

4. MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT.
1896, ch. 89,

35. The general appropriation for the militia shall be exclus-
ively applied to the necessary and contingent expenses" of the
adjutant general's office and to the maintenance of the national
guard enlisted and organized as provided in this article.

Ibid.

36. Whatever sum of money is now or may hereafter be
appropriated by the General Assembly of Maryland for the
militia known as the "Maryland National Guard, " shall be dis-
tributed and applied on warrant of the adjutant general, under
and by direction of the Governor and commander-in-chief, to the
respective organizations constituting said Maryland National
Guard, so as to promote the military efficiency of all of said
respective organizations, without distinction, as the same may be