~@.$ougk ~bhe. reooaumidebienr ‘ef the .33&d ai or OkCti& ~aboi+~~zle:ferrod to, oontelnod on pegee 6 end 7 OS :' wld Z&port ,@nd apso~iioelly lietod em rsoommezdatlons 1 ~,:.i~ "through 7, jnrrlusivo only indloete that ft. is plemod te-

rstwqi +lw ‘pztipqty~ 40 the rogfinsntal, dlvisi@n rtttllery, c bwd&‘;‘~ ior distribution to the Um3.r hia or r t@ts o&man , ,l:e :&ve~~been ,,InSormed by your exesutircl eB%z@r, ColOnoJ %Urtin, ~t&et It Is the lhtimtloti end fr2en in eaoh Irirteno~’ igr .t~ho,~roglmmtel, division artillery or wing tiommender to return the property to the unit originally owning euoh p~oparby, in inatanoeti where euoh curlt or unitn had beoh laoluded in the reorgmized Texas National Guard. In ,ine~osr *hors us&to here not beon ~lnoluded in the ro- orgaaiized Texm Natfonkl hard, the property provioualy be- longiag to ,eu,oh unite will be dietrlbutsd by the e#pro ato &maimder on ti equitable baaia to the newly or unit or unita whloh hevo been dosignetod aS reoonet or repl.eoing the old, now non-oxldetent, Texes National Guerd unite.

The eighth recommendation regarding unit prop- erty, involves unit property belonging to the 56th Cavalry Brigade Units, which it is proposed will be turned over to

Brigadier General Arthur B. Kniokerbooker - Page 2 representative8 designated by the Adjutant General, for eele and the iunde therefrom deposited with the Adjutant General and held ln trust by him for the oomaandl~ ofiloer of’ the 56th Cavalry Group, Meohanlsed, whloh haa not yet been orgee bad.

Aots of the 48th Leglelature, 1943, Oh. 261, page 388, appropriated the #urn of $8,000.00 for use by the Texas National Guard Armory Board to oover expenses of molrlng the u&t property hero involved to Camp MBbry, Austin, Texas, for storage. Seotlon 3 of sald Aot authorized the Adjutant General to assist the National Guard Armory Board fn the work of moving ,the unit propert involved and also provided that it ehould~bo the respmmlb lltg of the Adjutant Wsral to f

atore raid property %t Camp BQabry.

It 1s ala0 lmpcwtant to note that Beotlon 2 ab0vorararrod totit oontuqxlaksthatthe 4ai.6 prop- 0rths sFty lnvolvod would be rrturaed to the u&&t8 f (Iha !Pm Hatlomal Guard' &t'the time naald Imits wuw r &Ii +~d 9zm1 Fad- eral8o.miol). Wo quote a porbien of l ald Eleettim 2:

", , . but auoh property 8hU.l be 110 k&e luoand bahof&tei tUrnad Over %n It is our opimioa., bherofore, that tha Adjrteat Oonoral is authoriud to rotrun the cuit proparty hero ir- valved to it8 Orlginrrl owner8 wh*rWar pO88ible, and in ia& &an088 wharo the original unit owner8 are not lnsludmd tr the roerganlmd Texa8 National Guam& the oe praottiable w to do ia to di8trfbirte the Unit property Or 8uah XiOfi- ai8tWJt Illlit8 to the newly fora& units whloh have been dos- Ignated a8 reoonetltuting or repla6ing the old Ukib8.

Brigadier General Arthur E+ Knlokerbooker - Page 3

With referenoe to reoommsndation number eight, regarding the 881b 'of 56th Cavalry Brigade property, we setting forth&he powers and find no authority in the etatutes duties oi th6 Adjutant General, whloh would author186 the Ad- a rspresontetive of the 56eh Qav- jutant Geneml to de&pate airy Brigade for porp686i8 of selling the unit proprrty belong- ing' to c&d org8nitrtlon. It la our opf-nlon that the Adjutant General 18 without power mither to sell or authori laysne to eel1 auoh unit property. /8/ Oharlm3 E. ?DatiO

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CrrP1bt11B AsrlstMt APPROVED APR 1, Price~Dalllel ATTORIVEX GENERAL Ct” TEW