Kansas Statutes

Chapter 48: Militia, Defense And Public Safety

Article 1: Classification Of Militia

Statutes:

• 48-101: Persons subject to military duty; classes.
• 48-102: Persons exempt from military duty.
• 48-103: Honorable discharge, company E, second battalion, mustered out 1869.

• 48-101: Persons subject to military duty; classes. All persons subject to military duty under the constitution of this state and not exempt therefrom by the provisions of this act, and such other persons as shall voluntarily enroll themselves, shall be divided into three (3) classes, to wit: One consisting of the federally recognized national guard, which shall be known as the "Kansas army and air national guard"; one consisting of those able-bodied male citizens prescribed and contemplated in article 8 of the constitution of this state not in the "Kansas army and air national guard" which shall be known as "the militia"; and one to consist of all those subject to military duty, but not included in the "Kansas army and air national guard" or "the militia" to be known as the "Kansas military reserve."

        History:   L. 1901, ch. 255, § 1; R.S. 1923, 48-101; L. 1961, ch. 257, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 213, § 1; July 1.

• 48-102: Persons exempt from military duty. The following persons are exempt from military duty:

        First, all persons in the army or navy or volunteers force of the United States and those who have been honorably discharged therefrom; all persons who have served in the Kansas national guard for the term of four years and have been honorably discharged; all the judges and clerks of the several courts of the state and the county treasurers.

        Second, incapacitated persons, mentally ill persons, and persons convicted of infamous crimes.

        Third, all persons who are members of any well recognized religious sect or organization at present organized and existing whose creed forbids its members to participate in war in any form, and whose religious convictions are against war or participation therein, in accordance with the creed of said religious organization: Provided, That the aforesaid exempted persons included in the first subdivision of this section shall be liable to military duty in case of war, insurrection or invasion, or imminent danger thereof.

        History:   L. 1901, ch. 255, § 2; L. 1915, ch. 243, § 1; R.S. 1923, 48-102; L. 1965, ch. 334, § 1; Jan. 1, 1966.

• 48-103: Honorable discharge, company E, second battalion, mustered out 1869. Laws of 1917, chapter 225, section 1, included by reference. [Provides for recording honorable discharge for surviving officers and men of company E, second battalion, Kansas state military cavalry volunteers, service from July to November, 1869, protecting the frontier and to repel Indian uprisings.]

        History:   R.S. 1923, 48-103.