Section 189. Qualifications of armory employees; membership in New York state employees' retirement system

1. The employees authorized by this
  section shall be residents of the state who shall  by  employed  by  the
  adjutant  general  upon  the recommendation of the officer in charge and
  control of the armory.
    2. All persons employed under this article on or after the twelfth day
  of April, nineteen hundred  twenty-four,  will  be  required  to  become
  members  of  the New York state employees' retirement system in the same
  manner as if such employees were in the competitive class of  the  civil
  service,  provided that the foregoing shall not apply to persons who are
  eligible  to  retirement  with  compensation  under  this  chapter  upon
  reaching the required age and having the required service.