If any troops are in the field for the purposes mentioned in § 33-2-6, the senior ranking officer of the troops present shall take command. However, no person is eligible for a command in the militia of this state unless that person is a citizen of the United States.
S.D. Codified Laws § 33-2-7
Ranking officer as commander of troops in service--Citizenship requirement
Source: PolC 1877, ch 30, § 6; SL 1887, ch 100, § 3; CL 1887, § 1919; RPolC 1903, § 2461; SL 1903, ch 185, § 4; SL 1913, ch 267, § 4; SL 1917, ch 297, § 6; RC 1919, § 10553; SDC…
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