Ch. 5                                        2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

The Public Safety Article Review Committee notes, for consideration of the
General Assembly, that while the officers' ranks for the Army, Marines,
and Air Force are identical, the Navy's and Coast Guard's are different.
Subsection (c)(2) of this section requires the individual to have had a grade
higher than captain. The third ranking officer for the other branches is a
captain; while for the Navy and Coast Guard, it is a lieutenant. A captain
in the Navy and Coast Guard is the sixth ranked officer comparable to a
colonel in the other branches.

Defined term: "National Guard" § 13-101
13-602. OATH.

A COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA SHALL TAKE THE
FOLLOWING OATH OF OFFICE:

"I, ..............., DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC; THAT I WILL BEAR
TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME; THAT I WILL OBEY THE ORDERS OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND; THAT I MAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL
RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY

DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF...................IN THE NATIONAL GUARD OF

THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO
ENTER, SO HELP ME GOD."

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 65, § 19.

The former reference to "subscrib[ing] to" an oath is deleted as included in
the reference to "tak[ing]" an oath.

13-603. EXAMINATION.

(A)     SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION.

EACH INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED AS AN OFFICER SHALL PASS THE TESTS THAT
THE GOVERNOR REQUIRES ON PHYSICAL, MORAL, AND PROFESSIONAL FITNESS.

(B)     METHOD OF EXAMINATION.

THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A BOARD OF THREE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY OR AIR FORCE OR THE NATIONAL GUARD TO
CONDUCT THE EXAMINATION REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from the second sentence of former Art. 65, § 21 and, as it related to
examination, the first sentence.

In subsection (a) of this section, the former statement that "this article
shall not apply to any person hereafter" appointed an officer unless the
person passes a test is deleted as surplusage.

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