37-04 Commissioned Officers
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and shall have been selected from the classes of persons having the qualifications prescribed by
federal law.37-04-02. Commissioned officer of national guard to be examined.Any personappointed and commissioned an officer of the national guard shall successfully pass such tests
as to the person's physical, moral, and professional fitness as shall be prescribed by federal law,
and the examination to determine the person's qualifications for a commission also shall be as
prescribed by federal law.37-04-03. Officers commissioned by governor - Assigning or reassigning officers.Officers must be commissioned by the governor, and each commission must designate the arm
or branch of service in which the officer named therein is commissioned.Officers must beassigned or reassigned to duty in the various regiments or lesser separate organizations by the
immediate commander thereof.37-04-04. Oath required of commissioned officers in national guard. Commissionedofficers of the national guard of this state shall take and subscribe, in substance, the following
oath of office:I, ______________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of
the United States and the Constitution of North Dakota, against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders
of the president of the United States and of the governor of the state of North Dakota; 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 North Dakota upon which I am about to enter, so help me
God.37-04-05. Bond of officer. Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 389,