The Text

In the organization of the National Guard, the Legislature shall provide for reserve officers, to be composed of officers of the National Guard of not less than ten years’ service in the same grade, and of officers honorably discharged from the volunteer service of the United States who are citizens of this State. They may, upon application, be commissioned by the governor, with rank equal to the highest held by them by brevet or otherwise, in the National Guard or United States Volunteers, and they may be assigned to such service, and be entitled to such military privileges and exemptions, as the Legislature shall by law provide.