198 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

charged by reason of disbandment may be enlisted and shall
then receive credit for the period served at the time of the dis-
bandment. A man discharged for physical disability shall, if
such disability cease and he again enlists, receive credit for the
period served, or a man discharged upon his own request shall,
if he again enlists, receive credit for the period served prior to
such discharge. Bandmasters, drum majors, chief trumpeters,
members of the Hospital Corps and musicians may be enlisted
as such.

SEC. 49. Any man who has served the period of his original
enlistment may be re-enlisted with the right to be granted his
discharge at any time after the expiration of one year. No
man above the age of forty-five shall be re-enlisted except by
permission of the commanding officer of the Brigade or Naval
Brigade and upon the recommendation of his company or divi-
sion commander.

SEC. 50. Every person who enlists or re-enlists shall sign and
make oath to an enlistment paper, which shall contain the
following statement and oath or affirmation, viz.: I, ,
born in, in the State of, aged years, and
by occupation, do hereby on this day of,
1—, volunteer and enlist to serve as a soldier in the Maryland
National Guard for the term of three years, unless sooner dis-
charged. I,, in the presence of Almighty God, do sol-
emnly promise (or declare) that I will bear true allegiance to
the State of Maryland and I will support the Constitution
thereof. I,, in the presence of Almighty God, do sol-
emnly promise (or declare) that I will faithfully and impar-
tially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me according
to the best of my ability and understanding agreeable to the
Constitution and laws of the State of Maryland. I,,
in the presence of Almighty God, do solemnly promise (or
declare) that I will support the Constitution of the United
States and the laws made in pursuance thereof. Such oath
shall be taken and subscribed to before a field officer, regimen-
tal adjutant or a commanding officer of a signal corps, troop,
battery, company or division, or an officer detailed for the pur-
pose of mustering an organization. The officers named in the
preceding paragraph are authorized to administer said oaths,
but no enlistment shall be valid until it be approved by the
commanding officer of the organization to which the signal
corps, troops, battery, company or division is attached, or of
which it forms a part. A person making a false oath as to
any statement contained in such enlistment paper shall upon
conviction be deemed guilty of perjury.