Section 46. Assemblies, annual training and other duty  


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  • 1. Members and
      units of the  organized  militia  shall  assemble  for  drill  or  other
      equivalent  training,  instruction  or  duties  and shall participate in
      field training, annual training, full-time training  duty,  active  duty
      for  training,  encampments, maneuvers, schools, conferences, cruises or
      other similar duties as may be prescribed by  the  laws  of  the  United
      States or the state or the regulations issued thereunder; provided, that
      no  assembly  of  any  unit of the organized militia shall be ordered in
      time of peace for any day during which a general election shall be held,
      except in case of riot, disaster, invasion,  insurrection,  or  imminent
      danger thereof.
        2.  Within  the amount appropriated therefor, the adjutant general may
      prescribe and order the number of  days,  if  any,  for  assemblies  for
      drills  or  other  equivalent  training,  instruction  or  duties  to be
      performed annually by members of the organized militia  for  which  they
      may receive pay.
        3.  Within  the amount appropriated therefor, the adjutant general may
      prescribe and order the number of  days,  if  any,  of  field  training,
      encampments,  maneuvers,  schools, conferences, cruises or other similar
      duties to be performed by members of the  organized  militia  for  which
      they may receive pay and allowances.
        4.  Members of the organized militia may be ordered by the governor or
      under his authority  to  perform  special  duty,  including  duty  in  a
      judicial  proceeding  or course of justice conducted pursuant to article
      seven of this chapter or as a member of or in any  other  capacity  with
      any  military  board  or  as  an  investigating  officer or as a medical
      examiner or as a judge advocate in the performance of legal services  in
      any suit, action or proceeding.