Code of Virginia § 44-32. Oath of National Guard officers.

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Commissioned officers of the National Guard shall take and subscribe to 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 the

Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 Commonwealth

of Virginia; that I make this obligation freely, without 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 Commonwealth of Virginia, upon which I am about to

enter; so help me God."

1930, p. 954; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(22); 1958, c. 393.