Title 30, Title 30 Affairs and Defense

The governor may authorize the appointment or enlistment of female citizens of the state between the ages of eighteen (18) and forty-five (45) in the medical corps, nursing corps, and other noncombatant branches and services of the national guard or unorganized militia, and while…

The militia of the state shall be divided into four (4) classes: (1) The Rhode Island national guard, which shall be sub-divided into the Rhode Island army national guard and the Rhode Island air national guard; (2) The naval militia; (3) The independent chartered military organi…

The unorganized militia shall consist of all persons liable to service in the militia who are not members of the national guard, naval militia, or independent chartered military organizations.

Whenever the governor deems it necessary, he or she may order an enrollment to be made of all persons liable to service in the militia. The enrollment shall be accomplished and exemptions from liability to perform militia duty shall be determined and established in accordance wit…

The following persons shall be exempt from militia duty: (1) Persons exempt from militia duty by the laws of the United States; (2) Persons who have held the office of governor or lieutenant-governor of the state; and (3) Persons of the following description, so long as they shal…

All persons who because of religious belief shall claim exemption from militia service, if the conscientious holding of that belief by the person shall be established under the regulations prescribed by the governor, shall be exempted from militia service in a combatant capacity,…

All acts of the Congress of the United States, regulations issued thereunder, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. §§ 801 — 946), forms, precedents, customs, and usages relating to and governing the army of the United States and the militia shall, insofar as they are a…

The governor shall be the captain general and commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States.

(a) Whenever the militia, or any part thereof, is called, ordered, or drafted under the Constitution and laws of the United States, the governor shall order for this service the national guard, the naval militia, if organized, and if the number available is insufficient, he or sh…

The governor may order or authorize the militia, or any portion thereof, to perform military duty of every description and to participate, either within or without the state, in drills, instruction, target practice, practice marches, camps of instruction, encampments, maneuvers, …

There shall be an adjutant general with rank not to exceed that of lieutenant general. The adjutant general shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years from the time of appointment and until his or her successor shall be appointed in his …

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…

The national guard shall consist of such number of federally recognized general officers, officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons, duly commissioned, warranted, or enlisted therein, including officers and enlisted persons of the staff corps and departments, and organized…

The governor shall appoint, commission, and assign commissioned officers and shall appoint, warrant, and assign warrant officers of the national guard, upon the recommendation of the adjutant general.

Persons hereafter commissioned as officers of the National Guard shall be selected from the following classes: (1) Officers or enlisted persons of the National Guard; (2) Officers, active or retired, reserve officers, and former officers of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy…

Commissioned and warrant officers of the national guard shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by the laws of the United States and any other oath prescribed by the laws of the United States, the governor, or the law of this state.

All commissioned officers of the staff corps and departments, hereafter appointed, shall have had previous military experience, except chaplains, officers of the judge advocate general’s corps, and medical corps officers. They shall hold their positions until they shall have reac…

In the national guard, all commissioned officers of the medical corps must be physicians or surgeons licensed to practice in any state or the District of Columbia in the United States of America; all commissioned officers of the judge advocate general’s department must comply wit…

The governor will be the judge as to the character and professional qualifications of an applicant for appointment as warrant officer. The standards of physical examination will be the same as for officers.

Resignations of commissioned offices or warrant officers of the national guard shall be in writing and directed to the adjutant general and transmitted through and by all intermediate commanders, who shall indorse the resignations with their approval or disapproval, and shall not…

Every commissioned officer and every warrant officer of the national guard shall provide himself or herself with the arms, uniforms, and equipment prescribed and approved by the governor.

Every commissioned officer and every warrant officer of the national guard, upon original appointment and upon receipt of federal recognition, may be allowed and paid the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) upon the actual procurement by him or her of the prescribed arms, unifor…

Each member of the staff of the commander-in-chief provided for in § 30-2-2 shall be allowed and paid the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) upon the actual procurement by him or her of the arms, uniform, and equipment prescribed and every staff member who shall, in a twelve-month…

The governor shall have power in case of war, insurrection, invasion, riot, public catastrophe or calamity, or imminent danger thereof, to increase the national guard beyond the maximum now established by law and to organize it with the proper officers, as the exigencies of the s…

The date of the appointment of a commissioned officer of the national guard shall be expressed in his or her commission and shall be considered as the date thereof. Commissioned officers shall rank according to the date of their commissions. Between officers of the same grade and…

The capacity and general fitness for service of any commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard, may be investigated by an efficiency board. The board shall be appointed by the governor and shall consist of three (3) commissioned officers of the national guard s…

The physical fitness for service of commissioned officers or warrant officers of the national guard shall be determined by a board of five (5) medical persons, who shall be appointed by the governor for that purpose. Two (2) of the medical persons shall be selected by the governo…

No commissioned officer of the national guard shall be dismissed from the service, except by reason of a sentence of dismissal of a general court-martial, which sentence is approved by the governor. No warrant officer of the national guard shall be dismissed from the service exce…

A commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard may be discharged and his or her commission or warrant terminated, by reason of death; by acceptance by proper authority of resignation; on account of inefficiency; on account of physical disability; absence without …