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District of Columbia Statutes, Title 49

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Title 49, Military.

11 chapters · 101 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 49101 Ch 11, Interstate Compact on Educational Op…20 Ch 2, Armament, Equipment, and Supplies.17 Ch 3, Commissioned Officers.13 Ch 4, Composition, Organization, and Control.13 Ch 5, Courts-Martial.9 Ch 1, Active Military Duty.7 Ch 8, Miscellaneous Provisions.7 Ch 9, Pay and Allowances.6 Ch 10, Office of Veterans Affairs.6 Ch 6, Enlisted Personnel.2 Ch 7, Noncommissioned Officers.1

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D.C. Code § 49-301 Commanding General
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(a) There shall be appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States a Commanding General of the militia of the District of Columbia with the rank of brigadier general, or major general, who shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified, but may …
D.C. Code § 49-302 Staff officers; noncommissioned staff
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The staff of the militia of the District of Columbia shall be appointed and commissioned by the President. It shall consist of one Adjutant General, one Inspector General, one Quartermaster General, one Commissary General, one Chief of Ordnance, one Chief Engineer, one Surgeon Ge…
D.C. Code § 49-303 Qualifications of staff officers; tenure; vacancies
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It is hereby provided that staff officers, including officers of the pay, inspection, subsistence, and medical departments, appointed in the National Guard of the District of Columbia, shall have had previous military experience and shall hold their positions until they shall hav…
D.C. Code § 49-304 Adjutant General
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The President may assign an officer of the Army to act as Adjutant General of the militia of the District of Columbia, who, while so assigned, shall be commissioned as such and be subject to the orders of the Commanding General and the provisions of this title; provided, however,…

D.C. Code § 49-305 Officers

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All officers shall be commissioned by the President of the United States, on the recommendation of the Commanding General. They shall be nominated as herein provided. No person commissioned as an officer shall assume such rank or enter upon the duties of the office to which he ma…

D.C. Code § 49-306 Officers of staff departments

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The officers of the staff departments, staff corps, and the organizations created by this chapter when organized, shall be nominated by the Commanding General, subject to the examination required by law.

D.C. Code § 49-307 Filling vacancies above the grade of 2nd lieutenant

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Vacancies occurring in the cavalry, coast artillery corps, field artillery, and infantry above the grade of 2nd lieutenant shall, subject to the examination required by law, be filled by promotion according to seniority from the next lower grade in the troop, the separate company…

D.C. Code § 49-308 Appointments to grade of 2nd lieutenant

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All appointments to the grade of 2nd lieutenant shall be from the enlisted men, under regulations prescribed by the Commanding General, and subject to the examination required by law.

D.C. Code § 49-309 Examinations for promotion; failure to appear; retirement for disability

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The Commanding General is authorized to prescribe a system of examination to be conducted at such times anterior to the accruing of the right to promotion as may be best for the interest of the service. If any officer fails to appear for examination within 30 days after notificat…

D.C. Code § 49-310 Examinations for 2nd lieutenants

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The Commanding General is authorized to prescribe a system of examination of enlisted men to determine their fitness for promotion to the grade of 2nd lieutenant.

D.C. Code § 49-311 Special examination of officer’s capability

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(a) Whenever, in the opinion of the Commanding General of the militia of the District of Columbia, an officer of the said militia has become incapacitated for the performance of duty for any reason, the Commanding General shall submit the name of such officer to the Secretary of …

D.C. Code § 49-312 Retirement of commissioned officer

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Any commissioned officer in the National Guard of the District of Columbia who shall have served as such in the National Guard of the District of Columbia for the continuous period of 10 years may, upon his own application, be placed by the President of the United States upon a r…

D.C. Code § 49-313 Discharge of commissioned officer

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(a) A commissioned officer may be honorably discharged: (1) Upon tender of resignation; (2) Upon disbandment of the organization to which he belongs; or (3) Upon report of a board of examination, or for failure to appear before such board when ordered. (b) He may be dismissed upo…