§ 44-32 Oath of National Guard officers
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.”
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1958, chapter 393.
1930, p. 954; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(22); 1958, c. 393.