Article XIII Militia
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SECTION 1. Militia.
The militia of this State shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens of the State between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such persons as are now or may be exempted by the laws of the United States or this State, or who from religious scruples may be adverse to bearing arms, and shall be organized, officered, armed, equipped and disciplined as the General Assembly may by law direct.
SECTION 2. When exempt from arrest.
The volunteer and militia forces shall (except for treason, felony and breach of the peace) be exempt from arrest by warrant or other process while in active service or attending muster or the election of officers, or while going to or returning from either of the same.
SECTION 3. Governor may call out.
The Governor shall have the power to call out the volunteer and militia forces, either or both, to execute the laws, repel invasions, suppress insurrections and preserve the public peace.
SECTION 4. Adjutant and Inspector General; staff officers.
There shall be an Adjutant and Inspector General elected by the qualified electors of the State at the same time and in the same manner as other State officers, who shall rank as Brigadier General, and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint such other staff officers as the General Assembly may direct.
SECTION 5. Confederate pensions.
The General Assembly is hereby empowered and required, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, to provide such proper and liberal legislation as will guarantee and secure an annual pension to every indigent or disabled Confederate soldier and sailor of this State and of the late Confederate States who are citizens of this State, and also to the indigent widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors.
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