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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13-509" title_number="13" title_name="Militia" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Defense Force">
  <text>A commissioned officer of the Maryland Defense Force 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 Maryland Defense Force upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”</text>
</section>
