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Parades, time of. The National Guard of Cali

fornia must parade in each year as follows:

1. On the fourth of July;

2. For target practice at such times as may be designated by the commander-in-chief, and at least once in each year;

3. These parades shall be made by brigade, regiment, battalion, or company, as may be deemed most advisable by the commander-in-chief, who shall issue orders to the National Guard to carry out the provisions of this section. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1877-8, 36; 1881, 32; 1885, 105; 1889, 430; 1897, 418.

Cal.Rep.Cit. 94, 539.

§ 2019.

Upon re

Public receptions and celebrations. ceptions, or upon the celebration of any event of public importance, the commanding officer of the brigade may order out any portion of the National Guard under his command to join in such parade. En. March 12, 1872.

§ 2020. Companies parading with less than thirty-two members may be disbanded. Any company parading at any of the parades or drills in this article provided for, with a less number than thirty-two, rank and file, must be reported to the adjutant-general, and by him notified to the commander-in-chief, who in his discretion may disband the same. En. March 12, 1872.

§ 2021. Exemptions from arrest. No person belonging to the military forces is subject to arrest, on civil process, while going to, remaining at, or returning from any place at which he may be required to attend for military duty. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1877-8, 36.

§ 2022. Annual encampments; allowances. The commander-in-chief may annually order an encampment for discipline and drill, either by division, brigade, regiment, battalion, or unattached company, and all troops assembled and encamped, under orders of the commander-in-chief, for not less than seven days, shall receive a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per day for each officer and man regularly on duty in such camp; provided, that the aggregate for each company of such last-mentioned allowance of one dollar and twenty-five cents per day shall not exceed the sum of four hundred dollars

per company; all officers and men shall receive, in addition to the above allowance, the actual fare to and from the place of encampment; and provided further, that when the division or a brigade is regularly assembled and encamped for discipline and drill for not less than seven days, then, in addition to the above allowance, the major-general, brigadier-general, the members of the staff of the commander-in-chief, and each staff officer on the general staff, shall receive from the state the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per day while regularly on duty in such camp; and provided further, that in any camp held in pursuance of orders from the commander-in-chief, all mounted officers and enlisted men shall receive the sum of two dollars per day for each horse necessarily used by them at such encampment; and provided further, that by all officers and enlisted men of companies of the naval battalion such services may be performed afloat. Aforesaid allowances shall be paid only when appropriations are made sufficient for that purpose. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 54; 1885, 105; 1887, 84; 1889, 430; 1891, 124; 1895, 187; 1897, 418.

$ 2023. Companies failing to report may be disbanded. Any company failing to report for duty at such assemblage must be reported to the adjutant-general, who must notify the same to the commander-in-chief, who may in his discretion disband it. En. March 12, 1872.

§ 2024. Cavalry drills. All mounted commands must drill mounted at least four times each year. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1895, 188.

§ 2025. Drill of regiment not concentrated. When regiments are not concentrated, a portion of the companies may be assembled for battalion drill. En. March 12, 1872.

§ 2026. Company drills, time of. Each company must have at least three weekly drills each month, except in December of each year, when there need not be any drills. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1885, 105; 1887, 85.

§ 2027. Uniforms and equipments. Companies, troops, and batteries already organized may wear uniforms and equipments now in use, until supplied by the state with the service uniform and equipments; after which no

uniforms and equipments other than those so supplied shall be worn, except that a dress uniform may be worn, as provided in section one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three of this code. No money of the state shall be used or applied to the purchase of the uniforms and equipments other than those in this section mentioned. All noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates of a company, or of a general, brigade, regiment, or battalion staff, the members of the signal corps, and of the hospital and ambulance corps, and of regularly organized and enlisted bands (which bands shall not exceed in number twentyfive each) shall be furnished with service uniforms and equipments at the expense of the state. Such uniforms and equipments shall be issued to the division brigades, regiments, and companies, upon requisition, in such form as may be prescribed. The service uniform and equipments shall be issued to the several organizations of the National Guard upon requisition of the proper officer. The commanding officer of each organization shall be responsible for the keeping and return of all uniforms and other military property committed to his charge. Each commanding officer who shall receive uniforms and equipments or portions of uniforms or equipments for the use of his command, shall distribute the same to his command as he shall deem proper. The service uniform and equipments shall be furnished, as aforesaid, by a board which is hereby provided, to consist of three commissioned officers to be appointed by the commander-in-chief. This board is authorized and directed to purchase the cloth, arrange for its cutting, and also for its making, when required by the commander of any organization, and also to purchase equipments; and the bills of said board shall be audited, allowed, and paid as are other military demands. This board shall also fix the maximum price or cost of the making of each article of uniform, and shall permit, upon proper requisition of division, brigade, regiment, or unattached battalion or company, to draw the money instead of the cloth, or the cost of its making, or either, and provide itself with a corresponding number or articles of uniform; provided, that the bills therefor shall be audited, allowed, and paid as other military demands. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1877-8. 41. Rep. 1885, 105. En. 1887, 85. Am'd. 1893, 107; 1895, 188.

§ 2028. Penalty for absence from company drills. All officers or members of the National Guard who absent themselves from three consecutive assemblages, without an excuse acceptable to the commanding officer, are debarred from the privileges and exemptions provided for members of the National Guard; and all non-commissioned officers or privates shall be reported by their commanding officer to the commanding officer of the regiment, or battalion, or unattached company, who shall forthwith courtmartial such non-commissioned officer or private, and, upon conviction by such court-martial, the delinquent shall be dishonorably discharged from the service, and fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. The proceedings of such court shall be subject to approval and review, as in other cases. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd.

1877-8, 36; 1881, 32; 1895, 188.

Delinquencies touching parades or encampments, how punished: Pen. Code, secs. 652, 653.

§ 2029. Book to be kept showing who was present at company drills. Commanders of companies must keep a book, in which must be entered the names and number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates respectively, present at each drill, and must therefrom make monthly returns to the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion, and if unattached, to the brigade commander, the excuses of absentees recorded, and marked approved or otherwise. These books must be carefully preserved, and, when filled, forwarded to the adjutantgeneral's office. En. March 12, 1872. Am'd. 1877-8, 37.

Schools for instruction.

§ 2030. The commanding officer of any brigade, regiment, or battalion, may require the officers thereof to meet for military instruction at such times and places as he may fix, and may also prescribe the mode and manner of instruction and the rules and regulations to govern such meetings. 1872.

En. March 12,

§ 2031. Target practice. The adjutant-general, the inspector-general of rifle practice, and the division inspector of rifle practice, shall have power to prescribe rules and regulations for target practice, which, after being approved by the commander-in-chief, shall govern all target practice

held under and by virtue of orders issued by the commander-in-chief. En. Stats. 1889, 431.

§ 2032. Cadets. (Repealed.) En. Stats. 1889, 431. Rep. 1901, 587.

CHAPTER III.

CALLING AND DRAFTING THE MILITIA INTO ACTUAL SER

§ 2039.

§ 2040.

2041.

§ 2042.

VICE.

Militia, when and by whom it may be called into actual service.

Same.

Call, how made.

Duty of officer to whom order is directed.

Same.

§ 2043.

2044.

Same.

2045.

2046.

§ 2047. § 2048.

2049. § 2050. 2051.

§ 2052. § 2053.

2054.

§ 2055. 2056. § 2057. § 2058.

§ 2059.

§ 2060.

Organization of companies, etc., and election of officers.
Proclamation for election.

Commander-in-chief may assign volunteers.

Organization and command in active service.

When draft may be ordered.

Who to superintend draft.

Persons drafted to rendezvous.

Election of officers.

Refusing to rendezvous, penalty for.
Companies, how attached.

Drafted men may be enrolled in existing companies.
Substitutes.

Same.

Same.

Rules governing conduct of troops when called out to suppress insurrection, etc.

Duration of commissions of officers called into actual service.

Vacancies occurring in actual service, how filled.

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Personal bravery in battle; appointment to fill vacancies.
Rules to govern militia when in actual service.
Pay of officers and privates when in actual service.
Pay of officers when detailed on special duty.

§ 2066.
§ 2039. Militia, when and by whom it may be called
into active service. In case of war, insurrection, or rebel-
lion, or of resistance to the execution of the laws of this
state, or upon the call or requisition of the president of
the United States, or upon the call of any officer of the
United States army commanding a division, department
or district in California, or upon the call of any United
States marshal in California, or of the chief executive
officer of any city, or of any sheriff, the commander-in-
chief is authorized to call into active service any portion
of the National Guard or enrolled militia. En. March 12,

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