HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     1175

the persons or organizations to be charged therewith shall be
determined by an inspector appointed by the [ranking line
officer] ADJUTANT GENERAL. In cases of disagreement, such value
shall be fixed by the [ranking line officer] ADJUTANT GENERAL.

31.

At any time upon the report and recommendation of the
[ranking line officer] ADJUTANT GENERAL to the effect that an
organization is not up to the proper standard of numbers,
efficiency or discipline required, the Governor may, in his
discretion, muster out of service such organization so reported
inefficient, and thereupon the commissions of all the officers of
such company or separate organization shall be vacated; provided,
no organization of the National Guard, members of which shall be
entitled to and have received compensation under the National
Defense Act, shall be disbanded without the consent of the
President.

33.

Upon the recommendation of the [ranking line officer]
ADJUTANT GENERAL, the Governor, in his discretion, may reduce the
rates of pay, including longevity pay and qualification pay,
prescribed in § 32 of this article.

34.

The separate organizations in the City of Baltimore known as
the Veteran Corps of the Fifth Regiment, Infantry, M.N.G., and
Old Guard, M.N.G., respectively, shall be entitled to all rights
and privileges conferred by this article except that said
organizations shall not be entitled to the privileges of
retirement or to be placed on reserve list nor to wear a uniform
not distinctive from the active military forces of the State; nor
to share any appropriation made for the support of the militia
other than for the payment of rent, light arid heat, upon approval
of the [ranking line officer] ADJUTANT GENERAL, unless said
organizations are called for service by the Governor in case of
emergency to aid the organized militia in quelling insurrection,
invasion, riot or breach of peace; when so called upon the
members of said organizations shall first sign, execute and
deliver through their commanding officers to the officer
commanding the units of the organized militia to whom ordered to
report, a form of enlistment to be prescribed by the Governor,
for a term not to exceed ninety days at one time, and if the
services of such organizations shall not be required for the full
term of their enlistment they shall be discharged by the
Governor. If called into the service of the State, the members
of said organizations shall be equipped and paid by the State and
shall, in so far as applicable, be considered a part of the
organized militia of the State.

36.