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
80 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.

CORPS TROOPS—One Auxiliary Engineer Battalion.
ARMY CORPS—Three Coast Artillery Companies.

This department is co-operating with the War Records Commission
in assisting the Commission to make their records complete for publi-
cation by the official service records of the men from Maryland in the
World War as furnished the War and Navy Departments and the U.
8. Marine Corps, and from such other authentic sources that are
available to this Department.

Numerous requests are received for the service records of men who
served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War,
the Civil War, Spanish-American War and the World War. Every
request is complied with, without charge, if the record is available in
the Department, and when not available the applicant is advised of the
best authentic source to seek the same. Only in respect to the records
pertaining to the Revolutionary, War of 1812, and Mexican Wars are
our records rather incomplete and the incompleteness is solely due to
the methods used in those days of making and preserving records.

MILITIA LAW OF MARYLAND

The National Defense Act required all States to make their military
laws conform with the provisions of the Act, in so far as any State
law might nave been in conflict or might have been deficient as to cer-
tain mandatory features of the Act, to entitle any State to participate
in the Federal appropriations for arming, equipping and training the
National Guard.

Accordingly, Article 65, P. G. L.. Md.. was repealed and re-enacted
by the Legislature at its January (1922) session in which certain
provisions of the National Defense Act have been Incorporated as the
law of the State, thereby conforming to the Act.

It was also found desirable' to provide for the functioning of the
ranking line officer of the National Guard on active duty pay status
and to place this officer in control of the military department of the
State. This provision in the present Militia Law is in line with the
best thought and progressive acts of many of the States. The authority,
prerogatives and duties heretofore held and performed by the
Adjutant General have, by the present law, been transferred to the
tanking line officer who is responsible only to the Governor, acting for
and by his direction in all matters pertaining to the Military De-
partment of the State.