1893 public laws – Ch.374 Sec.25
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CHAPTER 3874 Aa act to establish and provide for the militia and for the support and maintenance of the state guard. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That no enlisted man shall be honorably discharged before the expiration of his term of service, except by order of the commander-in-chief and for the following reasons: Upon his own application, approved by the commanding officer of his company and by superior commanders ; upon removal from the county in which the organization of which he is a member is situated ; upon disability, established by certificate of medical officer ; to accept promotion by commission, whenever in the opinion of the commander-in-chief the interest of the service demands such discharge.