He is charged with the care, control and maintenance of all arm-
ories owned by the State of Maryland, and all buildings or other prop-
erty purchased, occupied, leased or rented by or in behalf of the State
military forces, which may now or shall hereafter be authorized by
law and has all the power and authority necessary or desirable for the
purpose aforesaid and with the right to make and enforce all reasonable
rules and regulations. *

In matters pertaining to the military establishment of the State or
the military relations of the State with the United States, communi-
cations should be addressed to The Commanding General, Maryland
National Guard, Annapolis.

Article 65, Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, authorizes
the Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, to have ten aides.' The aides
to be selected from the commissioned officers of the National Guard and
National Guard" Reserve, each of them may receive a commission as '
aide, which, however, shall not add to the actual grade of the officer
so appointed, nor shall such officer be relieved from duty with his
proper organization, but shall perform all duty pertaining thereto
except when actually on duty as aide under the orders of the Governor.

RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Brief Review of Principal Activities.

In October, 1919, the War Department furnished the initial allo-
, cation of troops to be organized as the Maryland National Guard as
required by the National Defense Act. Preliminary steps were then
taken to obtain the requisite officer personnel to the organized units re-
quired under the allocation. This required several months when, in
March, 1920 ( an intensive program was inaugurated and vigorously
pursued with the result that at the end of the calendar year of 1920
one regiment of infantry was completely organized and the remaining
organizations had gotten well under way for complete organization.

In 1921 every recognized means of creating, stimulating and main-
taining active and co-operated interest of our citizens in their National
Guard were used with gratifying response. The organization of addi-
tional units for organizations requiring completion continued as rapidly
as existing civic conditions warranted. Camps for officers, non-commissioned
officers and. selected privates; camp of rifle instruction, and
camps of field instruction were held. A team from the Maryland Na-
tional Guard participated in the national matches held in 1920 and
. 1921 at Gamp Perry.. Ohio, competing with teams from the National
Guard of the several States, and from all branches of the military
service of the United States. Athletic activities in all organizations
have been inaugurated and encouraged by this department. Every
armory in the State is being made as attractive as possible for the
enlisted men so that, in a real measure, they can feel and enjoy the
armory as a place of social activities and recreation as well as a center
of military training. ' *

During the present year (1922) considerable progress has been
made in the National Guard. Many of the initial features necessary
for completely organizing, equipment, etc., of the organizationa, their
armories and the many necessary matters incidental to their proper
functioning have been and are being constantly improved thereby insuring
greater proficiency and higher efficiency.