Excerpt from Report of the Adjutant General of Maryland: 1912 1913 Sir: In accordance with the Militia Law of Maryland, 1908, as amended, I respectfully submit, herewith, a report upon the operations of the Military Department of the State for the years of 1912-1913. For convenience and reference purposes, my report is arranged as follows: 1. General review of conditions, field duties, armory instruction, properties, uniform and armament, organization, appropriations and recommendations. 2. Statement showing receipts and disbursements of funds controlled by this Office. 3. Statement of Quartermaster, Ordnance, Signal, Artillery, Medical, Naval and miscellaneous Military property, issued and in store for equipment of the Maryland National Guard. 4. Reports from Organization Commanders and Chiefs of Departments. The Register of Commissioned Officers and the General Orders issued by this office are published in separate volumes, as they are intended for constant use and reference purposes by persons to whom issued. General Review. The Maryland National Guard during the two years ended 31st December, 1913, underwent considerable change in its commissioned personnel and enlisted strength, which resulted in marked improvement along all lines. The system of instruction, necessary to train our forces for active duty in the field, have been steadily improved and enlarged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.