Title 32, National GuardRelease 119-102
§103 Branches and Organizations
Title 32 › CHAPTER 1 — ORGANIZATION › § 103
Summary
State and territory Army Guards may include Army staff corps members if the Secretary of the Army allows.
Full Legal Text
Title 32, §103
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The Army National Guard of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands includes such members of the staff corps corresponding to the staff corps of the Army as the Secretary of the Army may authorize.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10332:9.July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (proviso of 13th par. under “National Guard”), 40 Stat. 875. The word “members” is substituted for the words “officers and enlisted men”. The word “Regular” is omitted, since the organization is now prescribed for the Army, and the Regular Army is only a personnel category.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands” for “State and Territory, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.
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Citation
32 U.S.C. § 103
Title 32, National Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102