WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 239
62.

The Governor is hereby authorized to organize and maintain within this State
such military forces as the Governor may deem necessary; and the Governor is
authorized to reduce the number of or disband such forces at any time he deems
proper. Such forces shall be composed of officers, commissioned or assigned, and such
able-bodied citizens of the State, and able-bodied persons of foreign birth who have
declared their intentions to become citizens, resident in the State, as shall volunteer for
service therein. Such forces shall be additional to and distinct from the National Guard,
and shall be known as the "Maryland [State Guard] DEFENSE FORCE." Such forces
shall be uniformed as the Governor may prescribe.

64.

When members of the Maryland [State Guard] DEFENSE FORCE are ordered
to active duty by the Governor, or by his authority, they shall receive the pay specified
in § 32 of this article for officers and enlisted men of the organized militia.

73.

The oath to be taken by officers commissioned in such forces shall be substantially
in the form prescribed for officers of the organized militia, substituting the words
"Maryland [State Guard] DEFENSE FORCE" where necessary.

74.

Enlistment in the Maryland [State Guard] DEFENSE FORCE shall be for 2 years
and may be renewed, provided, however, that in the event the National Guard is called
into active federal service, all enlistments shall continue until such time as the National
Guard has been released from active federal service and six months thereafter unless
sooner discharged by proper authority. The oath to be taken upon enlistment in such
forces shall be substantially in the form prescribed for enlisted persons of the organized
militia, substituting the words "Maryland [State Guard] DEFENSE FORCE" where
necessary.

76.

(a) The provisions of § 47 of this article shall apply to, control and govern the
members of the Maryland [State Guard] DEFENSE FORCE.

(b) No officer or enlisted man of such forces shall be arrested on any warrant,
except for treason or felony, while going to, remaining at, or returning from a place
where he is ordered to attend for military duty.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, with regard to any
existing regulation, policy, or document created by any official agency or unit of the
State, the term "Maryland State Guard" and every variation of that term means
"Maryland Defense Force".

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That every person who, as of
June 30, 1990, is an authorized member of the Maryland State Guard is hereby an

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