2005 Idaho Code - 46-202 — COMMISSIONED OFFICERS -- APPOINTMENT AND COMMISSION -- OATH -- TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS

                                  TITLE  46
                         MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 2
                          OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN
    46-202.  COMMISSIONED OFFICERS -- APPOINTMENT AND COMMISSION -- OATH --
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS. All commissioned officers shall be appointed by the
governor as commander-in-chief, and be commissioned according to the grade in
the department, corps, or arm of the service in which they are appointed, and
shall be assigned to duty by the commander-in-chief. They shall take and
subscribe to the following oath:
    "I .... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the
constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Idaho
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same; that I will obey orders of the president of the United
States and the governor of the state of Idaho, that I make this obligation
freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will
well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of .... in the national
guard of the state of Idaho upon which I am about to enter, so help me God."
    The appointment of officers in the national guard shall be temporary until
such appointees shall have been federally recognized under the provisions of
the national defense act. Any officer so temporarily appointed as an officer
of the national guard of this state is hereby authorized to exercise all
powers of his office during the time said temporary appointment shall remain
in force. Such temporary appointment shall expire upon written notice from the
national guard bureau that federal recognition has been denied and upon
receipt of said notice the governor is authorized and is hereby directed to
discharge such temporary officer from the national guard; provided, that the
provisions of this section shall not apply to officers of such forces of the
organized and unorganized militias which may be called into active service of
the state.