Officers must be commissioned by the governor, and each commission must designate the arm or branch of service in which the officer named therein is commissioned. Officers must be assigned or reassigned to duty in the various regiments or lesser separate organizations by the immediate commander thereof.
N.D. Cent. Code § 37-04-03
Officers commissioned by governor - Assigning or reassigning officers
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