<br><br>37.200 Officers and personnel -- Administration -- Equipment -- Housing -- <br>Enlistment and discharge of men. <br>(1) The Governor of Kentucky is hereby authorized to appoint and commission the <br>necessary officers for the Kentucky active militia. The adjutant general of the state <br>with the approval of the Governor shall prescribe rules and regulations governing <br>the enlistment, organization, administration, pay, equipment, discipline and <br>discharge of the personnel of the Kentucky active militia; obtain by requisition or <br>purchase from the Secretary of Defense such necessary arms and equipment as may <br>be secured from the Department of Defense, or procure from some other source the <br>necessary arms and equipment to maintain and equip the Kentucky active militia; <br>and provide the necessary space for the housing of property and for the purpose of <br>drills and instruction. <br>(2) All officers shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor. All men shall be <br>enlisted by the unit commanders and may be discharged upon order of the Governor <br>for the same reasons as men are discharged from the National Guard, when such <br>discharge is requested in writing by the unit commanders. <br>History: Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 4. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 4, secs. 5 <br>and 6. <br><br>