Officers
of militia -- Adjutant General.
All
militia officers whose appointment is not herein otherwise provided for, shall be elected
by persons subject to military duty within their respective companies, battalions,
regiments or other commands, under such rules and regulations and for such terms, not
exceeding four years, as the General Assembly may, from time to time, direct and
establish. The Governor shall appoint an Adjutant-General and his other staff officers;
the generals and commandants of regiments and battalions shall respectively appoint their
staff officers, and the commandants of companies shall, subject to the approval of their
regimental or battalion commanders, appoint their noncommissioned officers. The Governor
shall have power to fill vacancies that may occur in elective offices by granting
commissions which shall expire when such vacancies have been filled according to the
provisions of this Constitution.