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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13-407" title_number="13" title_name="Militia" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="National Guard">
  <text>A commissioned officer of the National Guard shall take the following oath of office:</text>
  <text>“I, ..............., do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Maryland, 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 Maryland; that I take 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 United States and of the State of Maryland upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”</text>
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