RSA Chapter 113-A — First Light Battery, New Hampshire Volunteers

Title VIII — Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs

Current through the 2025 Regular Session of the New Hampshire General Court.

Title VIII Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs

RSA 113-A:1 First Light Battery

The adjutant general, acting under the direction of the governor as commander-in-chief of the militia, is hereby authorized to organize and establish a ceremonial military organization to be designated the First Light Battery, New Hampshire Volunteers, said organization to be deemed, for the purposes hereof, to be the lineal successor of the military organization of the same designation which served with honor and distinction in the Civil War. Upon establishment, such organization shall be a corporation, and as such shall have perpetual existence, the authority to hold property, real and personal, and such other powers as are set forth hereinafter.

Source. 1959, 201:1, eff. Sept. 21, 1959.

RSA 113-A:2 Internal Organization

The adjutant general shall establish rules and regulations governing the internal organization and membership in the First Light Battery, New Hampshire Volunteers; and such rules and regulations may be altered and amended from time to time by the membership, with the approval of the adjutant general.

Source. 1959, 201:1, eff. Sept. 21, 1959.

RSA 113-A:3 Uniforms and Insignia

The First Light Battery, New Hampshire Volunteers, may adopt and use as its own such of the insignia, uniforms, flags, banners, arms and accoutrements, and the traditional forms and ceremonies, of its lineal predecessor as designated in RSA 113-A:1, as shall be deemed appropriate; and the adjutant general is hereby authorized to place in the custody of said battery, under appropriate restrictions as to use, storage and preservation, authentic relics of the Civil War period owned by the state, including, but not limited to, small arms and artillery pieces. The First Light Battery, New Hampshire Volunteers, is authorized to accept, from any sources whatsoever, gifts and contributions of funds and articles of personal property, whether outright or in trust, and may execute, with the approval of the adjutant general, instruments necessary to carry out the purposes of any gifts made in trust.

Source. 1959, 201:1, eff. Sept. 21, 1959.

RSA 113-A:4 Drills and Ceremonies

The First Light Battery, New Hampshire Volunteers, may conduct and participate in drills, ceremonies and parades both within the state and elsewhere. It may be authorized by the governor officially to represent the state in any place and for any purpose consistent with the nature of the organization.

Source. 1959, 201:1, eff. Sept. 21, 1959.