SEC. 3. The staff officers of the battalion shall consist of one adjutant, one ordnance officer, one paymaster, and one surgeon, each with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade; also, one assistant surgeon and one assistant ordnance officer, each with the rank of ensign. All such officers shall be appointed and commissioned as staff officers upon the staff of a colonel commanding a regiment in the national guard are appointed and commissioned.

SEC. 4. The organization of the naval militia shall conform generally to the provisions of the laws of the United States; and the system of discipline and exercise shall conform, as nearly as may be, to that of the navy of the United States as it now is or may hereafter be prescribed by Congress. When not otherwise provided for, the government of the naval militia shall be controlled by the provisions of the Political Code relating to the national guard of California, and the governor shall have power to alter, divide, annex, consolidate, or disband the same whenever in his judgment, the efficiency of the state forces will thereby be increased, and he shall have power to make such rules and regulations as may be deemed proper for the use, government, and instruction of the naval militia; but such rules and regulations shall conform to the provisions of this act, and as nearly as practicable to those governing the United States navy.

SEC. 5. When the government of the United States is ready to supply arms and equipments, as well as material and opportunities for naval instruction and drill, the governor is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangements for carrying the provisions of this act into effect. The duty of the naval militia required by law, or any part of it, may be performed afloat in United States vessels. Officers and men of the naval militia mustered temporarily into the service of the United States for instruction and drill, and receiving compensation therefor from the United States, shall not, during the same term, be entitled to compensation from the state.

SEC. 6. The governor is authorized to apply to the President of the United States for the detail of commissioned and petty officers of the navy to act as inspectors and instructors in the art of naval warfare.

SEC. 7. The rank of officers given in the preceding sections is naval rank, and corresponds to rank in the national guard of the state as follows: Lieutenant-commander with major, lieutenant with captain, lieutenant, junior grade, with lieutenant, ensign with second lieutenant.

SEC. 8. The naval militia shall receive the same allowance from the state as is allowed the infantry battalions and companies.

SEC. 9. Any and all parts of chapter one hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act to establish a naval battalion, to be attached to the national guard of California," that may conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 10. This act shall take effect immediately.

The statute referred to in section 9 of the above act is the act of March 31, 1891, and is as follows:

An act to establish a naval battalion, to be attached to the national guard of California.

[Approved March 31, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 258.]

SECTION 1. There shall be allowed, in addition to the companies of the organized uniformed militia known as the national guard of California, provided for in section nineteen hundred and twelve of an act entitled "An act to establish a Political Code," approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, relating to the national guard of California, not more than four companies of naval militia, which shall constitute a battalion, to be known as the naval battalion of the national guard.

SEC. 2. The battalion shall be commanded by a lieutenantcommander. Each company shall be commanded by a lientenant, and shall contain one lieutenant, junior grade, two ensigns, and eighty petty officers and men.

SEC. 3. The staff officers of the battalion shall consist of an adjutant, one ordnance officer, and one paymaster, selected from the lieutenants, junior grade, of the battalion, and one surgeon, with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade.

SEC. 4. The organization of the naval militia shall conform generally to the provisions of the laws of the United States; and the system of discipline and exercise shall conform, as nearly as may be, to that of the navy of the United States as it now is or may hereafter be prescribed by Congress. When not otherwise provided for, the government of the naval militia shall be controlled by the provisions of the Political Code relating to the national guard of California, and the governor shall have power to alter, divide, annex, consolidate, or disband the same whenever, in his judgment, the efficiency of the state forces will thereby be increased, and he shall have power to make such rules and regulations as may be deemed proper for the use, government, and instruction of the naval militia; but such rules and regulations shall conform to the provisions of this act, and as nearly as practicable to those governing the United States navy.

SEC. 5. When the government of the United States is ready to supply arms and equipments, as well as material and opportunities for naval instruction and drill, the governor is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangements for carrying the provisions of this act into effect. The duty of the naval militia required by law, or any part of it, may be performed afloat in United States vessels. Officers and men of the naval militia mustered temporarily into the service of the United States for instruction and drill, and receiving compensation therefor from the United States, shall not, during the same term, be entitled to compensation from the state.

SEC. 6. The governor is authorized to apply to the President of the United States for the detail of commissioned and petty officers of the navy to act as inspectors and instructors in the art of naval warfare.

SEC. 7. The rank of officers given in the preceding sections is naval rank, and corresponds to rank in the national guard

of the state as follows: Lieutenant-commander with major; lieutenant with captain; lieutenant, junior grade, with lieutenant; ensign with second lieutenant.

1917. Stuff of commander-in-chief. His staff consists of one adjutant-general, with the rank of brigadier-general, one chief engineer, one paymaster-general, one judgeadvocate-general, one inspector-general of rifle practice, one surgeon-general, with the rank of colonel, and sixteen aids-de-camp, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the commander-in-chief, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. [Amendment approved March 17, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 122.]

1923. "Service" uniforms only to be purchased. All moneys hereafter appropriated for the purchase of uniforms or equipments shall be devoted entirely to the purchase of service uniforins and necessary equipments, which shall be the same as worn by similar corps in the United States army, and nothing further shall be expended upon dress uniforms or equipments. Any regiment, unattached battalion, or unattached company may, however, adopt, subject to the approval of the commander-in-chief, a distinctive dress uniform and equipments, which may be worn on all occasions, unless otherwise ordered; but the expense of providing and maintaining such uniforms and equipments shall be borne entirely by the organization so adopting. There shall be a board, to consist of the quartermaster-general, division quartermaster, brigade quartermaster, and regimental quartermasters, which board shall meet from time to time, but at least once in each year, for the purpose of considering and recommending to the commander-in-chief what, in its judgment, is most urgently required for the uniforming and equipping of the guard from time to time. [New section added March 9, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 108.]

1942. Colors -State coat of arms. The colors carried by organizations of the national guard shall be such as are borne by similar organizations in the United States army, except that the regimental or battalion color shall have thereon the state coat of arms, instead of the arms of the

United States; and no military organization provided for by the constitution and laws of the state, and receiving state support, shall, while under arms, either for ceremony or duty, carry any device, banner, or flag of any state or nation, except that of the United States or the state of California. [Amendment approved March 9, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 104.]

1945. Service medals. The state shall provide a bronze service medal, with a bronze bar attached thereto, for ten years' active service; for fifteen years' active service, a silver bar shall be attached; and for twenty years' active service, a gold bar shall be attached to the same medal. There shall be no other or different medals for service. [New section added March 9, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 108.]

1957. Commanders of batteries. Commanders of batte ries not attached to regiments, and unattached companies, have the same authority with non-commissioned officers as is herein conferred upon commanders of regiments and battalions. [Amendment approved March 17, 1891; Stats.

1891, p. 122.]

1959. Oath and term of enlistment. All enlisted men, on entering the national guard, must take the prescribed oath, and join for not less than three years' service; provided, that any man having served one enlistment satisfactorily may re-enlist for one, two, or three years, at his option. [Amendment approved March 9, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 104.]

This section was amended in 1891: Stats. 1891, p. 123.

1970. Annual inspection. There must be an annual inspection and muster of all the troops of the national guard in the month of March, each year, by brigade, regiment, battalion, or company, as may be deemed advisable by the brigade commander; and the commanding officer of each company must take out and certify triplicate muster rolls, showing the names and numbers of the members of the company, the officers in the order of their rank, and the privates in alphabetical order. He must transmit, through the proper military channels, one copy of the roll and list attached to the major-general, one copy

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to the brigadier-general of his brigade, and one copy to the adjutant-general. [Amendment approved March 17, 1891; Stats. 1891, p. 122.]

An act to authorize the acquisition, by donation, of a site or sites for camps of instruction for the national guard of the state of Cali fornia, and to improve the same.

[Approved March 9, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 123.]

SECTION 1. The adjutant-general, major-general, and the senior brigadier-general of the national guard of the state of California are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of selecting a suitable site or sites for camps of instruction for the national guard of the state of California.

SEC. 2. After the selection of such site by the commissioners named in the preceding section, and their action mecting the approval of the governor, the said commissioners shall have the power to procure, by donation, any site or sites so selected for camps of instruction. The deeds therefor shall be duly executed to the people of the state of California, and delivered to the controller, after examination and approval by the attor ney-general.

SEC. 3. Said commissioners shall also have power to make ach improvements on the grounds and the approaches thereto, and erect such buildings thereon, as will put the property so selected in a condition suitable for the reception of organizations of the national guard ordered to camps of instruction. The said commissioners are also charged with making such repairs to buildings and alterations as may from time to time be necessary.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

1973. Retired from disability. 1. Any commissioned officer who has become disabled, and incapable of longer performing the active duties of his office, may, upon his own application, be placed upon the retired list; provided, that such disability may have been incurred while in the performance of duty.

2. If an officer, for either of the above reasons, desires to be placed upon the retired list, he shall make applica tion to his brigade commander to appoint a board of sur geons, who shall examine him as to his disability, and if such disability has not been incurred by reason of any dereliction, they shall, if they deem proper, recommend that his application be granted; and upon approval of such application by the brigade commander and the com mander-in-chief, the adjutant-general shall issue orders retiring such officer.