The National Guards

HOW THEY ARE ORGANIZED AND OFFICERED.

Each Company Has Three Commissioned and Fifteen Non-Commissioned Officers and 32 to 68 Privates.

In general orders No. 3, issued by the state military department Saturday it is ordered that hereafter each regiment of infantry in the national guard shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, three majors, one surgeon with the rank of major, one assistant surgeon with the rank of captain, one assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant, one chaplain, one adjutant and one regimental quartermaster each with the rank of captain, one commissary and three battalion adjutants each with the rank of first lieutenant; one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one commissary sergeant, three battalion sergeants major, three hospital stewards, one band and 12 companies organized into three battalions of four companies each.

Each infantry company shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, five sergeants, one quartermaster sergeant, one commissary sergeant, eight corporals and not less than 32 nor more than 68 privates.

This order increases the number of officers to each regiment by four lieutenants, the commissary and three battalion adjutants being the new offices.

The military board has modified rule No. 65 so as to permit the wearing of the regulation United States army officers' cap by the officers of the national guard.