640 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 311

a military court for any deficiency or delinquency; and, pro-
vided further, he be not indebted to the State in any manner,
and that his accounts for money or for public property be cor-
rect. In computing the time served, service as an enlisted
man shall be allowed, and the service is not required to be
continuous. If the Governor accept the resignation of an
officer who at the time shall be under arrest, under charges,
or returned to a military court for any offense, deficiency or
delinquency, such officer shall then cease to be an officer of the
National Guard, and shall receive a discharge in such form
as the Governor shall direct; nor shall he again be eligible to
receive a commission unless he first re-enlist as provided in
this Article in the case of men dishonorably discharged, and
until he shall have performed at least sixty per cent of duty
in each year under such enlistment for two successive years.

Section XXXIII. The Governor may prescribed rules and
regulations which will govern the organization of an officers'
reserve corps for this State, which shall be composed of former
officers of the Regular Army, Marine Corps, Navy, National
Guard, former non-commissioned officers of the Regular Army,
National Guard, and graduates from military departments of
institutions where regular officers are detailed as instruc-
tors: Provided: That in time of peace, when the National
Guard participates at encampments, maneuvers, or other exer-
cises for field or coast defense instruction, officers of the reserve
list of appropriate rank may, at the discretion of the Gover-
nor, be assigned to duty with organizations to fill the places of
officers who may be absent therefrom, and when so assigned
they shall be entitled to the same pay and allowances as mem-
bers of the National Guard of similar grades: Provided fur-
ther, That the officers' reserve corps shall constitute a part of
the National Guard, and the members thereof shall be subject
to being called into the service of the United States or being
ordered into active service as a part of the Army of the United
States for the purpose of filling vacancies in the commissioned
personnel therein.

Section XXXIV. The Governor, upon the recommendation
of the Brigade Commander or Commander of the Naval Bri-
gade, may, whenever he may deem that the good of the service
requires it, order any commissioned officer before a board of
examination to consist of not less than three nor more than
five field officers, or three officers in the case of the Naval
Brigade, which is hereby invested with the power of courts