Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA
PART 3
MILITIA
Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA/58-1-301. Call to active service Enrollment of militia.
58-1-301. Call to active service - Enrollment of militia.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the general assembly, and pursuant to the laws of the
United States, shall call the militia, or any portion thereof, into active service at any time that public
safety requires it. Provided, that the governor is authorized to have enrollment made of all persons of this
state subject to military duty or draft into the military service, and is directed, at such time as the
necessity seems imminent, to cause each county assessor to make such enrollment of the assessor's
respective county, stating the name, address, age, and previous military or naval experience of all persons
so enrolled, if any, and to furnish copies of such enrollment to the respective county clerk, and the
adjutant general. Each county shall furnish all blank forms and bear all expenses necessary to enrollment
of its citizens. The governor shall have the power, in the governor's discretion, to appoint an enrolling
board of three (3) members in each county to act in lieu of the county assessor, which board shall make
such enrollments as directed at the time by the governor. The governor shall have the power, and is
directed, to issue, at the proper time, regulations in detail governing the entry or draft of enrolled citizens
into the military service, and their assignments to units.
[Acts 1933, ch. 128, § 25; C. Supp. 1950, § 1003.26 (Williams, § 845.25); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934,
§§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-202.]
Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA/58-1-302. Failure to appear for
service.
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58-1-302. Failure to appear for service.
Any person subject to call into active military service of this state who fails to appear at the time and
under conditions designated by the governor for entry or draft into active service shall be considered as a
deserter and treated accordingly.
[Acts 1933, ch. 128, § 27; C. Supp. 1950, § 1003.28 (Williams, § 845.27); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-203.]
Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA/58-1-303. Election and appointment
of officers.
58-1-303. Election and appointment of officers.
All officers of the militia exercising command of line units shall be elected by ballot, and the governor,
immediately upon calling the militia to active duty, shall issue appropriate rules and regulations for such
elections, and appoint such number of staff officers in proper grades as may be required by the militia;
provided, that persons eligible for commissions in the militia shall be the same as provided for the
national guard.
[Acts 1933, ch. 128, § 28; 1937, ch. 249, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 1003.29 (Williams, § 845.28); T.C.A.
(orig. ed.), § 7-204.]
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Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA/58-1-304. Uniform of militia.
58-1-304. Uniform of militia.
The governor is authorized and directed, at the proper time, to issue the necessary regulations governing
the uniform of the militia of this state; provided, that such uniform must comply with the laws of the
United States.
[Acts 1933, ch. 128, § 26; C. Supp. 1950, § 1003.27 (Williams, § 845.26); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-205.]
Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA/58-1-305. Transfer of militia to
national guard.
58-1-305. Transfer of militia to national guard.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the general assembly, and in accordance with the orders of
the president, may, after issuing call of the militia into active service, transfer the entire militia, or any
portion thereof, to the national guard and treat it under the provisions of the National Defense Act.
[Acts 1933, ch. 128, § 29; C. Supp. 1950, § 1003.30 (Williams, § 845.29); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-206.]
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Tennessee Code/TITLE 58 MILITARY AFFAIRS, EMERGENCIES AND CIVIL
DEFENSE/CHAPTER 1 MILITARY FORCES/PART 3 MILITIA/58-1-306. Disbanding of militia.
58-1-306. Disbanding of militia.
The governor, having called forth the militia into active service, is authorized to disband it, in whole or in
part, as public interest and safety require, unless otherwise required by the government of the United
States.
[Acts 1933, ch. 128, § 30; C. Supp. 1950, § 1003.31 (Williams, § 845.30); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 7-207.]
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