name or adopt a distinct name; but if attached, must be known Company by a particular letter or number in the regiment or number. battalion to which it belongs. SEC. 1959. All persons on entering the National Guard must sign a company roll, and join for not less than one year's service. Company term of roll and service. to be member of two companies SEC. 1960. No person can be a member of two com- Person not panies at the same time; and any member of a company who removes beyond the limits of the county is at samo discharged from such company. SEC. 1961. The companies of the National Guard are armed and equipped in the same manner as similar corps in the United States army. time. Compaarmed and nies, how quipped. SEC. 1962. The companies of the National Guard are Number of composed of the following officers and privates, viz: 1. Each company of cavalry, of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Senior and one Junior Second Lieutenant, five Sergeants, four Corporals, one trumpeter, one farrier, and not less than thirty nor more than eighty privates; 2. Each company of infantry, of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, and one Second Lieutenant, five Sergeants, four Corporals, one drummer, one fifer, and not less than forty nor more than one hundred privates; 3. Light batteries, of one Captain, two First Lieutenants, two Second Lieutenants, one First Sergeant, one Quartermaster Sergeant, six Sergeants, twelve Corporals. two musicians, one wagoner, and not less than forty privates. officers and privates. for arms ments. SEC. 1863. When a company is organized, its com- Requisition manding officer may make a requisition through the pro- and equipper military channel for such arms and accoutrements, ammunition, clothing, and stores as are required. Proceedapproval ings on SEC. 1964. If the Commander in Chief approve the requisition, he must make an order upon the back thereof directing the issue by the Adjutant General, who must tion. of requisi Same, bond. Same. Same. Inspection of arms, etc. Repair of arms, etc. Musters and muster rolls. immediately notify the officer making the requisition that the arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, or any portion thereof, are ready to be issued. SEC. 1965. Thereupon such officer must give such bonds and security as may be required by the Adjutant General to secure the State from loss on account of use or misapplication thereof. SEC. 1966. Such bonds being to his satisfaction, and on receiving duplicate receipts from such company officer, the Adjutant General must make the issue. SEC. 1967. The Adjutant General must file one copy of such receipts in his office and transmit the other to the General of Brigade. SEC. 1968. All arms, equipments, and military stores are subject to examination by the Inspector and ordnance officers of the State, and of any other officer designated by the Commander in Chief for that purpose. SEC. 1969. If such officer find any of such property out of repair, injured, or defective, he must immediately. notify the facts to the Commander in Chief through the proper channel, who, if the damage is not repaired and the defects and losses supplied within a reasonable time, must order the same to be done under the direction of some officer; and the vouchers for the expense thereof, when audited by the State Board of Military Auditors, must be paid from the Military Fund on the warrant of the Controller. SEC. 1970. The commanding officer of each company must, in the month of September in each year, muster and inspect his company, and make out and certify tripli cate muster rolls showing the names and number of the members of the company, the officers in the order of their rank, and the privates in alphabetical order, and he must also attach to each roll a list of the ordnance, ordnance stores, arms, accoutrements, clothing, and other property of the State in possession of the company. He must transmit through the proper military channels one copy of the roll and list attached to the Major General, one to the Brigadier General of his brigade, and one to the Adjutant General. and mus SEC. 1971. If such company forms a part of any organ- Musters ized battalion or regiment, the commanding officer ter rolls. thereof must transmit the same, with a muster roll of the field and staff officers of his regiment or battalion, to the Adjutant General through the proper channels of military correspondence. SEC. 1972. When any regiment or battalion is com- Same. posed of companies located in any one town or city of the State, the same may be mustered by its commanding officer as a regiment or battalion. ARTICLE III. REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS. SECTION 1982. Regiments and battalions of infantry. 1984. Field officers, number and designation. 1986. Returns of election. 1987. Battalions of light infantry. 1988. Officers and rules and regulations for. 1989. Drills of. 1990. Staff of Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major. 1991. Chaplains. 1992. Drum corps. 1993. Bands. SEC. 1982. A regiment of infantry of the National Guard consists of eight companies; any less number of companies constitute a battalion. of cavalry. SEC. 1983. A regiment of cavalry consists of not less Regiments than eight nor more than twelve companies. officers. A number SEC. 1984. The field officers of a regiment are one Field Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, and one Major. cavalry regiment may have two Majors. The field officers and desig nation. Mode of election. Returns of election. Battalions of light infantry. Officers and rules and for. of a battalion, when composed of six companies and less than eight, are one Lieutenant Colonel and one Major; when composed of three companies and less than six, then one Major only. SEC. 1985. Such officers are elected by the commissioned officers of the different companies comprising the regiment or battalion; and if the regiment or battalion is already formed, by all the commissioned officers thereof, and hold office for the term of four years. Upon application of the officers entitled to elect, the General of Brigade to which such regiment or battalion is attached or to be attached, must appoint a suitable person to preside at the election, who must give notice of his appointment, of the time and place of holding the election, and of the offices to be filled, which notice must be published at least ten days in some newspaper published within the limits of the brigade, or, if no paper is published within such limits, by posting notices in at least three conspicuous places. SEC. 1986. Such presiding officer must make return of the election held, through the proper military channels, to the Adjutant General, who, upon finding the same in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, must notify the Commander in Chief thereof. SEC. 1987. When two or more companies of light artillery are in the same brigade, they must be formed into a battalion and be commanded by a Major, if composed of two companies, and by a Lieutenant Colonel if of three companies and less than six. SEC. 1988. In the election of officers, the appointment regulations of non-commissioned officers and rules of government and discipline, the provisions of this Title for the govern ment and discipline of the other arms of the National Guard, as far as applicable, govern battalions of light artillery. Drills of. SEC. 1989. The provisions in this Title contained relating to battalion drills do not apply to light artil lery; but the commanding officer of a battalion of light artillery must personally drill each company of his command not less than three times in each year, one of which drills must be with harnessed battery. Colonel, Colonel, and Major. SEC. 1990. The staff of a Colonel of a regiment, and Staff of of a Lieutenant Colonel or a Major commanding a battal- Lieutenant ion, consists of one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Commissary and Paymaster, and one Assistant Surgeon, each with the rank of First Lieutenant, and one Sergeant Major, and one Quartermaster Sergeant, to be appointed by such commanding officer, and holding office at his pleasure. SEC. 1991. Commanders of regiments and battalions Chaplains. may appoint Chaplains. corps. SEC. 1992. Commanders of regiments and battalions Drum may concentrate the music of their different commands, and organize the same under a Drum Major as a Drum Corps. SEC. 1993. When bands of music have not been organ- Bands. ized for any regiment or battalion in the manner provided in the regulations of the army of the United States, such regiment or battalion, through its commanding officer, may hire the services of any band of musicians at their own expense; and the persons so employed are during the term of their engagement subject to the same laws and regulations that govern the military with which they may serve. ARTICLE IV. DIVISION AND BRIGADES. SECTION 2003. Number of brigades. 2004. The brigades compose one division. 2005. New counties, how attached. 2006. Staff of Major General. 2007. Staff of Brigadier General. |