§15-4-6. Pursuit and Apprehension of Certain Persons in This State by Military Forces of Another State
Any military forces or organization, unit or detachment thereof, of another state, who are in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces, may continue such pursuit into this state until the military or police forces of this state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up […]
§15-4-7. Status of Forces and Members Thereof With Regard to Federal Service
Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing such forces, or any part thereof, to be called, ordered or in any manner drafted as such, into the military service of the United States, but no person shall by reason of his enlistment or commission in any such forces be exempted from military service under […]
§15-4-8. Civil Organizations, etc., Not to Be Enlisted as Unit
No civil organization, society, club, post, order, fraternity, association, brotherhood, body, union, league, or other combination of persons or civil group shall be enlisted in such forces as an organization or unit.
§15-4-9. Disqualifications
No person shall be commissioned or enlisted in such forces who is not a citizen of the United States or who has been expelled or dishonorably discharged from any military or naval organization of this state, or of another state, or of the United States.
§15-4-10. Oath of Officers
The oath to be taken by officers commissioned in such forces shall be substantially in the form prescribed for officers of the National Guard, substituting the words "West Virginia state guard" where necessary.
§15-4-11. Term of Enlistment; Oath of Enlisted Men
No person shall be enlisted for more than one year but such enlistment may be renewed. The oath to be taken upon enlistment in such forces shall be substantially in the form prescribed for enlisted men of the National Guard, substituting the words "West Virginia state guard" where necessary.
§15-4-12. Articles of War to Apply as to Court-Martial, etc.; Freedom From Arrest; Jury Duty
(a) Whenever such forces or any part thereof shall be ordered out for active service the articles of war of the United States applicable to members of the National Guard of this state in relation to courts-martial, their jurisdiction and the limits of punishment and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder shall be in full […]
§15-4-13. Citation of Article
This article may be cited as the "West Virginia State Guard Act."
§15-4-4. Arms and Equipment; Use of State Armories, etc.
For use of such forces, the Governor is hereby authorized to requisition from the secretary of war such arms and equipment as may be in possession of and can be spared by the war department; and to make available to such forces the facilities of state armories and their equipment and such other state premises […]
§15-4-5. Service Limited to State, Except as to Fresh Pursuit; Apprehension of Persons in Another State
Such forces shall not be required to serve outside the boundaries of this state. Except that any organization, unit or detachment of such forces, upon order of the officer in immediate command thereof, may continue in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces beyond the borders of this state into another state until […]