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factory excuse for not appearing before said board when first
ordered, and on the recommendation of said boards to any
officer failing to pass a satisfactory examination and shall have
power to extend the probationary commission until such ex-
amination, but no such extension shall be granted for more than
two sessions of said board. The board so appointed shall be
named for a specific term of service.

SEC. 49. Camps of instruction for the first brigade and
cruises for the naval brigade shall be held at such times and
for such periods as the Governor as Commander-in-Chief may
direct; provided, however, the camps of instruction herein au-
thorized are held within the limits of the State.

SEC. 50. The forces prescribed and organized in this Article
shall be considered in the actual service of the State and the
members thereof shall be subject to all military laws, orders and
regulations prescribed for the government thereof, and all mili-
tary offenses shall be considered, and they are hereby declared
to be offenses against the general police regulations of the State
and shall be punished by fine or imprisonment as hereinafter
provided. Except when on duty in time of war, insurrection,
invasion, public danger or to aid the civil authorities on account
of any breach of the peace, tumult, riot, resistance to the power
of the State, or any imminent danger thereof, and also in any
cases not otherwise covered, commissioned officers may be tried
by the appropriate military courts provided for in this Article,
for non-attendance without excuse at any drill, parade, encamp-
ment, meeting for instruction, or other duty ordered by compe-
tent authority, or for such other military offenses as may be
declared to be such by orders or regulations issued by the Gov-
vernor as Commander-in-Chief which, when issued, shall have
the force and effect of law, or for such military offenses as are
recognized and provided for in the Articles of War, Army and
Naval Regulations of the United States now in force, or that
may hereafter be adopted. Provided, however, that in times of
peace the penalty upon conviction of any of the offenses speci-
fied or provided for in this Section or of the Articles of War
or of the Army and Naval Regulations of the United States
shall not exceed those provided for in this Article.

SEC. 54. Officers and enlisted men may be warned for duty
as follows: Either by stating the substance of the order or by
reading the order to the person warned, or by leaving a copy of
such order at the last known place of abode or business, or by
mailing to the postoffice nearest thereto. Such warning may