Title 30, Title 30 Affairs and Defense

No person shall be eligible to hold the office of adjutant general unless he or she holds, or has held, a commission of at least colonel in the armed forces of the United States, or in a reserve component thereof, and shall have served not less than five (5) years in one or more …

The governor shall require the adjutant general to give bond to the state in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the governor, to faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office as adjutant general. The costs of the b…

The adjutant general shall have a seal of office approved by the governor, and all papers and copies thereof in the military division of the executive department duly certified and authenticated under that seal shall be evidence in like manner as if the original were produced.

There shall be two (2) assistant adjutants general with rank not to exceed that of brigadier general, one of whom shall be detailed by the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, from the federally recognized officers, or from the retired officers, of the Rhode Islan…

(a) The governor shall appoint, designate, or detail, upon recommendation of the adjutant general, subject to the approval of the secretary of defense, an officer of the national guard who shall be regarded as property and fiscal officer of the United States, and state property o…

The adjutant general shall annually make a report of the militia to the general assembly at its January session, and also present a copy of the report to the governor on or before the first day of January or at such other time as he or she shall direct. The report shall contain a…

The adjutant general shall attend to the care, preservation, and repairing of the arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, and all other military property belonging to the state, except insofar as this duty has been reposed in the department of administration. He or she shall annua…

There shall be a staff of the commander-in-chief. The staff shall consist of: (1) The adjutant general who shall be chief of staff, commanding general of the Rhode Island army and air national guard, and paymaster general with the rank not to exceed that of major general; (2) The…

The adjutant general shall annually cause to be made an inspection of the armories of the militia, and of the arms, equipments, uniforms, and other property in the possession of the militia.

The adjutant general shall, as part of his or her annual report, annually publish a list showing the seniority of officers, with the dates of their commissions or warrants.

The adjutant general may, when necessary, cause the militia laws and regulations of the state, together with such parts of the Constitution, laws, and regulations of the United States, as relate thereto, as he or she deems necessary, to be prepared, procured, printed, and distrib…

The governor may make and publish all necessary rules and regulations and issue such orders as may be necessary for the organization, discipline, government, training, and use of the militia of the state and they shall have the force and effect of law.

The governor shall not be required to sign or approve vouchers provided for in chapters 1 — 14 of this title; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to payments required to be made for expenses and payment of the militia when ordered into service un…

In case of war, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, tumult, public calamity or catastrophe, or other emergency, or imminent danger thereof, or resistance to the laws of this state, or the United States, the governor may, if in his or her judgment the maintenance of law and o…

(a) In case of martial law, war, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, tumult, public calamity or catastrophe, or other emergency, or imminent danger thereof, or resistance to the laws of this state, or the United States, the governor shall order into service all or any part o…

The governor, whenever in his or her opinion it shall be necessary, may call boards of officers for settling military questions or for other purposes relative to good order and discipline.

Whenever the exigencies of the service require, the governor may appoint such additional officers, with rank not exceeding that of colonel, as may be actually necessary to perform the duties required, and these officers shall receive the same pay and allowances as are allowed off…

(a) The governor may organize, alter, increase, divide, annex, consolidate, reorganize, disband, or decrease any unit, organization, staff corps, and department whenever, in his or her judgment, the efficiency of the state militia will be thereby increased, or to make the state c…