20160220-It Appears To Me Malcolm Turnbull Is Not Validly A Member of Parliament Nor Prime Minister

It appears to me Malcolm Turnbull is not validly a Member of Parliament nor Prime Minister
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To consider if Malcolm Turnbull by his own statement allegedly is a Lieutenant Colonel

regarding the Alabama State Militia and so has obligations under the President of the United
States of America in violation of section 44 of the constitution I provide the following information!
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
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44 Disqualification
Any person who:
(i) is under any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or
adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or
entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or a citizen of a
foreign power; or
(ii) is attainted of treason, or has been convicted and is under
sentence, or subject to be sentenced, for any offence
punishable under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State
by imprisonment for one year or longer; or
(iii) is an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent; or
(iv) holds any office of profit under the Crown, or any pension
payable during the pleasure of the Crown out of any of the
revenues of the Commonwealth; or
(v) has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement
with the Public Service of the Commonwealth otherwise than
as a member and in common with the other members of an
incorporated company consisting of more than twenty-five
persons;
shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator or a
member of the House of Representatives.
But subsection (iv) does not apply to the office of any of the
Queens Ministers of State for the Commonwealth, or of any of the
Queens Ministers for a State, or to the receipt of pay, half pay, or
a pension, by any person as an officer or member of the Queens
navy or army, or to the receipt of pay as an officer or member of
the naval or military forces of the Commonwealth by any person
whose services are not wholly employed by the Commonwealth.
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In my view Mr Malcolm Turnbull purported successful elections are invalid and so each and
every appointment as a Member of Parliament, as well as Minister and Prime Minister. The
governor-General cannot appoint someone to be Prime Minister in violation of the embedded
legal principals of the constitution!
By hindsight he had done better to decline the appointment as Lieutenant Colonbel.
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It was not just an alleged appointment as colonel but a further appointment to Lieutenant Colonel,
at least it appears to be so to me.
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My own efforts as a foreign correspondent were not distinguished. But I did have a few adventure. In 1974 my
trusty Olivetti portable financed my travels through the USA including a visit to Montgomery Alabama.
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I was shocked to see that the flag of the United States was barely present - flown only from federal buildings like
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The Governor was George Wallace and I managed to crash a press conference he was holding and then secure an
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So when he proposed to appoint me a Lieutenant Colonel in the Alabama State Militia, I felt it wise not to
Post Offices. Everywhere else they flew the Confederate flag and the state flag of Alabama. It was like a different
country.
interview with him, we canvassed his future plans, a possible joint ticket with Ronald Reagan and the prospects of
young Jimmy Carter. . In his wheelchair, he still radiated a menacing strength as he told me that everything I had
read about the South was wrong and everything was different in Alabama.
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WATCH out! Colonel Turnbull is not bluffing about the possibility of leading his troops into
battle early. It is not widely known, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is a lieutenant-colonel in the Alabama State
Militia. And he is planning his election... Read More
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20/02/2016: OPINION: Mal marches at the double
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Alabama Code - Chapter 3B: UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT
ASSOCIATIONS
Search Alabama Code - Chapter 3B: UNINCORPORATED

NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS
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Section 10-3B-11 APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS
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Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
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Managing Director, Turnbull and Partners Ltd 1987-97.
Chairman, OzEmail Ltd 1994-99.
Director, FTR Holdings Ltd 1995-2004.
Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Australia 1997-2001.
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Location: eastern Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Bondi Beach,
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Edgecliff, Elizabeth Bay, North Bondi, Paddington, Point Piper, Queens Park, Rose Bay,
Rushcutters Bay, Tamarama, Vaucluse, Watson's Bay, Waverley, Woollahra and parts of
Clovelly, Darlinghurst, Moore Park, Randwick and Woolloomooloo.
Area: 30 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 109 347 (at 7.9.13).
Industries: finance, property, service, wholesale and retail trade, tourism, education, sport
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Foreign Correspondents, their importance and their future. Speech at

Lowy Insitute Media Awards
The Australian media rarely reports how different countries have approached what are usually shared and very
familiar issues that are topical in our own country, even if the issue is dominating the news. And the little such
reporting there was in the past has almost disappeared in the digital age
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It is an honour to be in presence of so many distinguished journalists and foreign correspondents.
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And without singling out any other of the many distinguished guests may I acknowledge Andrew Greste whose
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Peter Greste is a great Australian journalist who was simply doing his job, but had the bad luck to be working for
brother Peter is imprisoned in Egypt after a trial that was no more than a shocking mockery of justice.
the Al Jazeera a news organisation whose owners are regarded as political opponents by the new Egyptian regime.
Our Government has condemned this decision to imprison Peter, not least because it is part of a broader attempt to
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In my youth I was fascinated by journalism, by newspapers, radio and television. Not just because, like so many
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recently as last month to argue for Peters release. An appeal has been lodged and our officials will continue to
provide every assistance to Peters family.
put their lives on the line. We should not forget that the price of the news we read every day, of the transparency,
accountability indeed democracy that only a free press can ensure is all too often paid in lives and liberty put at
risk by journalists like Peter Greste.
young males, I was easily bored and naturally attracted to anything that meant I did not need to concentrate on one
topic for too long.
from a hiking adventure in Tasmania in 1972 and spending a night in Melbourne - my first.
the evening we went down to The Age building, still owned by an independent David Syme & Co and edited by
Graham Perkin, and we lay on the footpath to feel the thunder of the presses as they shook the street and in a few
hours the whole city as the news of the day roared out on a fleet of trucks.
while studying law at the University. My first beat, as it were, was the State Parliament and while I was too young
to evolve into the classic lobby correspondent - chronicler and conspirator in equal measures - I was thrilled to get
to know and occasionally cross swords with the political greats of that time including of course my future friend
and business partner Neville Wran.
often spoke, was Nick Tomalin the foreign correspondent killed by a Syrian missile while covering the Yom
Kippur war in 1973.
floor in the debate. A little after my speech I was handed a note on Sunday Times letterhead. Come and see me in
the Grays Inn Road if you want to be a journalist and it was signed by Harold Evans. A summons from God.
very persuasive and he summed it up like this. If you become a lawyer you will make much more money than
you will as a journalist. But you will be bored out of your wits. You might become a judge - more boring still. Or,
and at this point his voice dropped ominously worse still you could become a politician.
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Next door on Fleet Street was the art deco magnificence of the Daily Express building, immortalised in Private
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In those days an Australian abroad would find nothing about Australia in the local press apart from the cricket
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Today the world is utterly changed. The Internet and the smart phone mean that most people in the developed
He had just bought the New York Magazine and Village Voice and was declining all interviews. I had a good
story in the can - I had even bumped into Robert Hughes in the street and obtained a typically colourful interview.
But no Rupert. So I rang every extension I could think off at the New York Post until late in the evening a
familiarly Australian voice answered. I quickly explained to Mr Murdoch my problem - without him I had no
story, with him I had a scoop. Perhaps remembering what it was to be young and a reporter, the great man relented
and we piled into a cab and flew down to the Posts office on the east river and I interviewed Rupert on the
waterfront across the road from his office.
The Bulletin and the Women's Weekly. Harold Evans forgave me for going back to Law School and gave me a job
on The Sunday Times.
had an office on Ludgate Circus at the end of Fleet Street but their chief correspondent had a fine company house
in the West End and a driver. And the Fairfax establishment was even grander as I recall. Those were the days.
Eye as "the black Lubyanka" and the columns of the Daily Telegraph head quarters built to convey a message of
money and power, and still doing so, but now alas as the home of Goldman Sachs. The world of which I reminisce
is not so long ago in years from us today but a galaxy, or should I say an iPhone, away in so many other ways.
scores and then only if you were in a cricketing country. Australians at home learned about the rest of the world
exclusively through Australian media.
world and soon most people in the whole world will be able to connect with each other 24/7. Australians can read
The Wall Street Journal or the New York Times as easily as they can read their local papers. Social media offers an
avalanche of news: it seems that the modern insurgent has a gun in one hand and a smartphone in the other
tweeting and facebooking his opponents and, often as we have seen most apallingly this week, his own atrocities.
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What the British public wants first, last and all the time is News, said Lord Copper Remember that the Patriots
The Foreign Correspondent Business Model
Copper of The Beast to cover what was hoped to be a war in Ishmaelia.
are in the right and are going to win. The Beast stands by them four square. But they must win quickly. The
British public has no interest in a war which drags on indecisively. A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts
of personal bravery on the Patriot side and a colourful entry into the capital. That is the Beast policy for the
war.....We shall expect the first victory about the middle of July.
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The New York Times averages 50 million unique visitors to its website each month, of which, 17 million, or 34 per
Bachelard [1], noted his favourite method for cutting down on corruption and exposing whats really going on in
the bureaucracy was by conducting what is known in Bahasa as blukusan -- the unannounced visit.
the elites certainly but well beyond them, to test the official narrative and statistics against the lived experience
and to listen to those who would otherwise not be heard. The days of simply rewriting the local news are over - all
of that is available instantly to your readers and editors back home.
is the media focus of the politicians.
sticks.
basic office overseas, and can cost up to AUD$1.6 million a year in a city like Baghdad [2], which has extra
security requirements. One Australian correspondent said that a bureau in Indonesia costs over AUD $300,000 a
year to maintain, once you take into account the cost of accommodation, childrens school fees, paying stringers
and local assistants, rent and of course salaries.
overseas; a good example of what a public broadcaster should do in my view. It is, of course, much cheaper to fly
in teams to cover specific stories on an on-needs basis. A study by the Media Standards Trust in the U.K. found
this has become much more attractive for news organisations to cover locations when there is a specific event or
crisis - such as, say, Ukraine. But this comes at the expense of a deep knowledge of the country and the contacts
needed to develop stories in depth [3].
from News Limited or a wire service; they are competing against every conceivable source of news whether it is
the NY Times, the FT, the Wall Street Journal or the English language online edition of the Asahi Shimbun.
cent, are outside of the U.S. [4] The Guardian has 40 million unique users visit its website each month and a
staggering two-thirds of them outside of the U.K. [5]
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The topic mostly likely to be of interest to respondents (37 per cent), well ahead of celebrities (11 per cent) and
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In the 1960s the Herald and Weekly Times maintained five journalists in London, three in New York, full-time
Daily Telegraphs site [6]. The BBC had more than 1.6 million unique viewers in Australia - more than the
Courier Mail. The Huffington Post was barely edged out by The Australian with 1.3 million unique viewers and
the New York Times had 731,000 unique viewers.
the one hand; and go for opinion and commentary, the more intemperate the better, on the other, to reap social
media shares, likes and retweets. As I have said before, it often feels like the news cycle has been replaced by
the outrage cycle.
a few days to put together, involve the skilful working of contacts and sources, and require a deep and nuanced
knowledge of the subject matter. Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger describes the new media world as
enshrining the dumbbell model [7] of journalism -- all the weight has now shifted to the two ends of journalism,
leaving not much in the middle.
a growing lack of media interest in policy, [and] a function of that is a most conspicuous lack of interest in what
other countries are doing in a policy sense, and this is reinforced by the problems of the business models of
newspapers.
as the most important reason for following the news. Although numbers in Australia are hard to come by, the U.K.
regulator Ofcom does an annual survey on news consumption [8] which found world-wide current affairs was:
ahead of U.K. politics, local current affairs, crime, sport and finance. The type of news that most people thought
was important to know (49 per cent).
working for U.S. newspapers have fallen from 307 in 2003 to 234 in 2011, a drop of 24 per cent [9].
overseas reporting during evening newscasts in 2013 was less than half of what it was in the late 1980s [10].
During the 1980s, the big U.S networks - ABC, NBC and CBS - each maintained about 15 foreign bureaux but by
2007 they had six or fewer, with bureaux being shut down in Moscow, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Cairo and
Johannesburg [11].
correspondents in Paris, Rome, Singapore and Rabaul, plus shared correspondents in Johannesburg, Tokyo,
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Australian has closed bureaux in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, London, Bangkok and New Zealand but
still has correspondents in Jakarta, Beijing, Tokyo, Southeast Asia, Jerusalem and of course a very extensive
network of correspondents to draw upon from the wider News Corp stable.
Murdoch in Southeast Asia, based in Bangkok. Over the years it has pulled out from Wellington, Tokyo and New
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the standout in this area. It has bureaux in Washington, London, New Zealand, Jakarta, Beijing, Bangkok,
Jerusalem, New Delhi, Tokyo and stringers in many other locations.
media than it used to be. Not because Australians had lost interest in the rest of the world - that has increased - but
because there are so many other sources of foreign news available thanks to the Internet.
story on the front page every day. Now it is possible to go many weeks he said without a single foreign story on
the front page.
does have limitations.
what is going on in New York is easy. But what about Cairo or Aleppo? Or closer to home, Hanoi, Taipei or
Jakarta?
because it can rely on other News Corporation publications in those centres, but it does keep a correspondent in
Jakarta.
context can be injected by seasoned and knowledgeable writers at home. The New York Times Tom Friedman
was one of the first to do this and he has local counterparts like Greg Sheridan and Peter Hartcher, who are based
in Australia but read widely, have a lengthy list of foreign contacts and travel enough to keep those relationships
and connections fresh.
believe is underdone.
found quite striking was the lack of interest most policy makers in Canberra had in other countries choices and
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border integration and the fact that so many businesses are global, but because we all appreciate that what works
or sells in one market is highly likely to work in another.
economic institutions are more influential. Nevertheless, the truth is that most policy challenges particular
jurisdictions confront are not unique or unprecedented, whatever local politicians may say other policymakers
have grappled with them, or with very similar issues, and over time have tried different approaches yielding
different results.
familiar issues that are topical in our own country, even if the issue is dominating the news.
example of contemporary New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s there was at least a modest but useful flow of
information about the radical economic reforms that transformed new Zealand from the most regulated, rigid
capitalist economy in the world to the most open and free and the political convulsions that followed. Earnest
and sprightly young economics writers such as Michael Stutchbury, Alan Mitchell and Ross Gittins would
periodically be despatched across the ditch by their editors to report back from the front line.
headwinds than Australia, and started from a much weaker position. Yet the Kiwis have managed to deliver a far
superior record of economic performance and reform since the GFC than Australia, particularly under John Key.
shift their revenue mix toward indirect taxes, and broadening the bases and lowering the rates of direct taxes on
personal and company income.
as Wayne Swan ever managed to surplus this year [13]. Although the worst deficit year was distorted by the
Canterbury earthquakes, [14] New Zealands fiscal consolidation since the GFC
growth is forecast to exceed growth in Australia next year.
by the Parliamentary Library found that from 2009, only 15 articles in major Australian newspapers explored tax
reform in New Zealand - and almost half were opinion pieces written by think tanks or lobby groups.
impression that Australias experience has been unique that we are the only nation in the OECD where
automobile manufacturing has suffered steep decline.
economies which have been far more emphatically shaped by the ebb and flow of global vehicle production, as
some nations gain and others lose.
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manufacturers are consolidating factories and manufacturing locations: General Motors will cut its total number of
production facilities by more than half by 2018, as it opens new plants that achieve increased economies of scale
by churning out more than 400,000 vehicles a year. That is twice the output of our entire industry.
communities, we must also remind ourselves that our industry accounts for barely a quarter of 1 per cent of global
auto production. [16]
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significantly shaped by the cost in our economy relative to other economies of regulations such as safety and
environmental standards imposed on the industry, and additional expense imposed by our industrial relations
regime.
noted: Global forces are driving (and are likely to continue to drive) dramatic changes in both the demand for
motor vehicles and the size, scale and location of production. [17]
domestic influences the level of subsidy Australians are willing to provide to the industry. Coverage of the
closures of Holden and ford was shorn of context and a deeper understanding of the policy issues raised.
them to be precise to upgrade broadband infrastructure. This is not exceptional; many (although far from all)
advanced and emerging economies are doing likewise.
shared problem how to achieve widespread access to very fast broadband with a policy of exotic uniqueness.
much per premise for the upgrades and most other countries are encouraging infrastructure-based competition
rather than paying competitors with sunk costs to close down their fully functional networks.
had been derived in large part from my research into what other countries were doing. In particular I noted that
considerable savings were made by not taking fibre into every premises as the Labor government had planned.
Our fibre to the node approach was ridiculed and attacked as unworkable, out of date, a technological absurdity.
curiosity would have caused an editor to send a reporter to interview BT or ATT&T or Deutsche Telekom about
their experience.
and networks overseas to do the story justice - to do a comparison of what other countries are doing and what
technologies are being deployed.
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We should, intellectually, get out more.
Conclusion
were not from the mainstream press at all: They were Phil Dobbie and Josh Taylor, who write for industry
publications CommsDay and ZDNet.
international news gathering network in the nation, they resolutely failed to do anything to give Australians the
comparative information they deserved.
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gathered or what the economics of media organisations will allow.[18]
tendency particularly among younger journalists to rely on Google rather than forging their own contacts and
wearing out their shoe leather.
bureaux, he presents an optimistic view of these being replaced by social media and local reporters, stating: The
social media phenomenon has turned the 140 characters of Twitter into an effective news source. We are
increasingly guided by our friends and peers through recommendations and links. Everyone now has access to the
public space, giving rise to citizen journalism and more (p.27).
news-gathering. But there is something admirable in the tradecraft developed by generations of journalists who
didnt source-check their stories via the Internet.
that have occurred in the Middle East: Nuanced, multi-layered and not lending itself to simplistic narratives.
Tunisia and Egypt. Supposed grassroots social media posts are increasing in their professionalism and media
organisations struggling to verify the credibility of their posts [19].
never seemed so apt. In tough economic conditions when consumers have access to a deluge of information,
credibility for media organisations is more important than ever, not less. I am reminded of the sardonic quip of the
veteran CBS correspondent Morley Safer, when he said: I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust
citizen surgery[20].
bureaux, most of the journalists that I have spoken to are genuinely surprised at how many still remain, even
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always rely on a writer popping in and out of a foreign country to tell their stories: They say you come to
Vietnam and you understand a lot in a few minutes, but the rest has got to be lived.
his time there, echoing these same sentiments and reminding us that a foreign correspondent lives and breathes
each story more than just about any other journalist on any other beat:
Where was China going? Was I doing justice to the story and getting the balance right? Grey hairs appeared, the
skin under my eyes grew darker and I found myself jolted wide awake, bathed in sweat, in the pre-dawn hours
each morning. With every road trip and each deep interview, I discovered afresh how little I'd known before.
honour to be here tonight.
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online here: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/joko-widodo-man-with-a-mission-20140609-...

[2] Carroll, J., (2007), Foreign News Coverage: The U.S. Medias Most Undervalued Asset, p.8, available
online here: http://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2007_01_carroll.pdf
[3] Estimates for a fly-in team to cover specific stories is as little as 6000 (AUD$10,800) per story - see: Moore,
[5] Doctor, K., (2014), The Newsonomics of the Guardians New Known Strategy, available online here:
[6] Nielsen Online Ratings, (2014), Unique Audience for News Sites - June 2014.
International News, published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, p.8, available online here;
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100912_1.html
[8] Ofcom, (2014), News Consumption in the U.K., available online here:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/tv-research/... . Figures cited are available in the data
tables, pp.28-32
http://www.journalism.org/files/2014/03/Overview.pdf
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available here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021601713.html
modern practice, p. 207.
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/budget/forecasts/befu2014/befu14.pdf.
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/budget/forecasts/befu2014/befu14.pdf .
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Honorary Colonel in the Alabama State Militia

26 April 2012Jeremy B. Blevins Gentleman, Government, Heritage, Honor, Soldier
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Most people are familiar with the institution of Kentucky Colonels through the most famous
Kentucky Colonel, Colonel Harland Sanders. Another famous Colonel is worth mentioning
is Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presleys manager. He received his commission from the Governor of
Louisiana in 1948. He proudly bore the moniker for the rest of his life. Kentucky Colonels even
have a non-profit organization for benevolent activities and to promote the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. What many people may not know, however is that many states, especially in the South,
also maintain similar, but less high-profile traditions of Honorary Colonels.
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I have recently had the privilege of being commissioned an Honorary Colonel in the Alabama State
Militia. There was no fanfare nor trip to the State Capitol for this recognition, but I am very proud
to be amongst such an elite cadre. I received a certificate from Governor Robert Bentleys office
that stated the following:
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Jeremy B. Blevins, having been deemed of meritorious character, is hereby commissioned as an

Honorary Colonel in the Militia of the State of Alabama. He is, therefore, carefully and diligently to
discharge the duties of the office to which he is appointed by doing and performing all manner of
things thereunto belonging. And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under his
command to be obedient to his orders ad directions, from time to time, as he shall receive from me,
or the future Governor of the State of Alabama, or of the General or other Superior Officers set
over him, according to the laws for the regulation and government of the Alabama State Militia.
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Composition and Administration of the State Militia Generally
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To determine what an Honorary Colonel in the Alabama State Militia is, how one is appointed, and
what ones duties are, the reader must dissect the sections of the Alabama Code pertaining to the
militia in general. The laws for the regulation and government of the Alabama State Militia are
cataloged in Title 31 of the Alabama Code: Military Affairs and Civil Defense. 31-2 is the
military code for the State of Alabama. 31-2-2 states:
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The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens, and all other able-bodied
males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, between the ages of
17 and 45, and who are residents of the state, and of such other persons, male and female, as may
upon their own application, be enlisted or commissioned therein pursuant to any provisions of this
chapter, subject, however, to such exceptions and exemptions as are now, or may hereafter be
created by the laws of the United States, or by the Legislature of this state, it being specifically
provided that, in the event federal laws or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto
authorize and permit service in units or organizations of the organized militia, as defined in this
chapter, by persons of more than 45 years of age, such persons are hereby authorized to continue to
serve in the organized militia for so long as may be allowed by such laws, rules or regulations, all
other conditions, qualifications or requirements as to eligibility for service being complied with. All
affairs pertaining to the state military forces shall be administered by the State Military
Department, which shall be headed by the Adjutant General, who shall be responsible to the
Governor as Commander in Chief.
(Acts 1957, No. 591, p. 828, 1; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, 2.)
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This provides a basis for the well regulated Militia as mentioned in the Second Amendment of the
United States Constitution within the context of the citizenry of the State of Alabama. 31-2-3
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The militia of the state shall be divided into the organized militia, the retired list and the
unorganized militia, which together shall constitute the state military forces. The organized militia
shall be composed of: an army national guard and an air national guard which forces, together
with an inactive national guard, shall comprise the Alabama National Guard; the Alabama
Naval Militia; and the Alabama State Guard, whenever any such force is organized by the
Governor pursuant to existing laws. The National Guard, army or air, shall consist of such
organizations and units as the commander in chief may from time to time authorize to be formed,
all to be organized in accordance with the laws of the United States affecting the National Guard,
army and air, and the regulations issued by the appropriate Secretary of the Department of
Defense.
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Note that the Alabama State Guard (the Alabama State Defense Force, ASDF) is included in the
organized militia. There is no additional definition of the unorganized militia here, but 31-2-5
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The unorganized militia shall consist of all able-bodied male resident citizens of the state and all
able-bodied resident males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United
States, between the ages of 17 and 45, and of such other persons, male and female, as may, upon
their own application, be enlisted or commissioned therein, subject to any existing law, who are not
serving in any force of the organized militia and who are not on the state retired list.
(Acts 1957, No. 592, p. 829, 3; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, 5.)
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it is understood that the title of Honorary Colonel exists within the context of the unorganized
Militia, and does not automatically place one in the organized ranks of the ASDF. The cadre of the
ASDF muster at regular intervals, train, and have a rank structure patterned after the United States
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individual is not to wear a uniform of the United States armed forces if they are not entitled to, and
when off-duty, under specific circumstances. Note should also be made with reference to State
Defense Forces and the requirement that their uniforms meet a criteria that they shall include the
distinctive mark or insignia prescribed by the Secretary of Defense to distinguish such
uniform from the uniform of the United States armed forces ( 31-2-17). Were the
unorganized militia to be ordered up, they would fall under the ASDF and then be subject to 31-217.
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National Guard and Naval Militia Uniforms defines the wear of decorations on the uniforms of the
National Guard and the Naval Militia. The ASDF has its own regulations (ASDF 670-1) as to the
wear of decorations that follows Department of Defense Instruction 1334.01 Wearing of the
Uniform, as well as service-specific manuals such as Army Regulation 6701 Wear
and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia. One would assume that if a uniform is allowed
for Honorary Colonels, that it would follow this regulation as well. As a veteran of the Alabama
Army National Guard, I have both federal and state decorations that I would be proud to wear on an
authorized Honorary Colonel uniform, but the wear of awarded decorations is authorized on civilian
clothes per AR 670-1 30-1b:
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medals described in this regulation on appropriate civilian clothing. This includes clothes designed
for veteran and patriotic organizations on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Armed Forces Day,
as well as at formal occasions of ceremony and social functions of a military nature. Personnel may
wear either full-size or miniature medals. Personnel who wear medals on civilian clothes should
place the medals on the clothing in approximately the same location and in the same manner as for
the Army uniform, so they look similar to medals worn on the Army uniform.
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saying that they are surely similar. Military decorations can look outstanding on a tailcoat for
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American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who wear decorations and other patriotic
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some resemblance to a mess dress uniform as worn by the Army. I understand that some Kentucky
Colonels wear such a uniform to the Kentucky Derby. Stephen Lautens is a Kentucky Colonel
sporting such a uniform. The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels mentions uniforms on their
site.
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commissioned, warrant and noncommissioned officer, musician and enlisted man of the armed
forces of the state, shall be exempt from sale under any execution or other process for debt or taxes.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, 105; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, 79.)
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the armed forces of the state and reserve components of the United States without vacating any civil
office, position or commission held by him. The acceptance or holding of any such military or naval
commission or membership and the receipt of pay therefrom shall not constitute such holding of an
office of privilege and trust under the government of this state and of the United States as shall be
incompatible with holding of any civil office, executive, legislative or judicial, or position or
commission under the government of this state.
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Most states, if not all, have a similar provision. One can look to Senator Lindsey Graham of South
Carolina to see this. According to his Senate web site: Graham continues to serve his country in
the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is one of only three U.S. Senators currently serving in the Guard
or Reserves. He is a colonel and is assigned as a Senior Instructor at the Air Force JAG School..
By the definition of the unorganized militia in 31-2-2, it is clear that 31-2-36 applies to there as
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The commander in chief may at any time, in order to execute the law, suppress riots or
insurrections, or to repel invasion, or for the purpose of aid and relief of citizens in disaster, in
addition to the active National Guard, the inactive National Guard and the Naval Militia, order
out the whole or any part of the unorganized militia. When the armed forces of the state, or a part
thereof, are called to duty under the Constitution and laws of the United States or the Constitution
and laws of this state, the Governor shall first order out for service the National Guard or Naval
Militia, or such part thereof as may be necessary, and, if the number available be insufficient, he
may then order out such part of the unorganized militia, as he may deem necessary.
31-2-47 continues defining the use of the unorganized militia for active service:
Whenever any part of the unorganized militia is ordered out for active military service, or other
service which may be necessary in the discretion of the Governor, it shall be governed by the same
rules and regulations, and be subject to the same penalties, as the National Guard or Naval Militia.
The Governor, in his discretion, may appoint and commission emergency officers in the state militia
at any time. Such commissions shall expire at the end of five years from the effective date thereof.
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The verbiage in the commission for an Honorary Colonel has no time limitations, this commission
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The Governor shall, when ordering out the unorganized militia, designate the number. He may
order them out either by call for volunteers or draft. The unorganized militia may be attached to the
several organizations of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or organized into separate divisions,
brigades, regiments, battalions, companies or detachments as the Governor may deem best for
service. He shall appoint the commissioned officers and warrant officers in the same manner as
provided in this chapter for the appointment of officers and warrant officers of the National Guard
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With regards to Honorary Colonels, there are two issues to address here. One is that this deals with
appointing officers after the unorganized militia has been ordered up, and the second is that the
Governor will appoint officers in the same manner as he would officers of the National Guard and
Naval Militia. That process is defined in 31-2-69:
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Officers of the armed forces of the state, including the Adjutant General, shall be appointed, and
shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal or compulsory retirement as such solely on the
basis of military proficiency, character and service, as determined by Department of Defense
regulations and the military usages sanctioned by the military laws of the United States. The
qualifications of personnel of the federally recognized National Guard shall be as prescribed in
pertinent regulations and policies of the United States Department of Defense.
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Given that National Guard officers are commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps
or Officer Candidate School, 31-2-48 does clearly does not apply to Honorary Colonels. It might
be within the prerogative of the President, Governor, or a field grade officer to conduct a field
commission of an individual, but for the past several decades, such a practice has fallen out of
precedent.
Next, 31-2-49 states:
If the unorganized militia is ordered out by draft, the Governor shall designate the persons in each
county or city who are to make the draft and prescribe rules and regulations for conducting the
same, which shall conform as nearly as possible to the selective service machinery that is now or
may hereafter be provided for by the government of the United States in a national crisis.
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Given the advent of the Department of Homeland Security, this function of the unorganized militia
would appear to be superseded.What FEMA cannot handle alone, the National Guard most
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appear at the time and place ordered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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while going to, remaining at or returning from any place at which he may be required to attend for
military or naval duty; nor in any case whatsoever while actually engaged in the performance of his
military or naval duties, treason and murder excepted, unless with the consent of his commanding
officer.
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Whenever any portion of the militia shall be called into the active service of the state to execute the
law, suppress a riot or insurrection, repel invasion, protect lives and property or in aid and relief of
citizens in disaster, the law, including the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the acts of Congress
and rules and regulations of the Department of Defense and the regulations prescribed for the
United States armed forces shall be enforced and regarded as a part of this chapter until said
forces shall be duly relieved from such duty. As to offenses committed when such laws are so in
force, courts-martial shall possess, in addition to the jurisdiction and power of sentence and
punishment vested in them by this chapter, all additional jurisdiction and power of sentence and
punishment exercised by like courts under such laws, including the Uniform Code of Military
Justice and acts of Congress and rules and regulations of the Department of Defense and the
regulations or laws governing the United States armed forces or the customs and usages thereof;
but no punishment under such rules and regulations authorizing the taking of life shall in any case
be inflicted except in time of war, invasion or insurrection, declared by a proclamation of the
Governor to exist, and then only after approval by the Governor of the sentence inflicting such
punishment. Imprisonment other than in a guardhouse shall be executed in county or city jails or
other prisons designated by the Governor for that purpose.
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There are many other sections of the Code that deal with the ordering out of soldiers, with most
oriented toward the National Guard. Bear in mind that all discussion of active service with regards
to active service and Honorary Colonels is purely academic. Honorary Colonels, having their
commission in the unorganized militia, upon being ordered up, would become organized militia,
and thus would receive a commission as an officer of the ASDF. They would not forfeit their
honorary commission, but hold two, much as was the case in the wars prior to World War I.
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The Governor of Alabama, or any other person lawfully administering the duties of the Office of the
Governor of the state, shall be commander in chief of all the military and naval forces of the state,
except when they shall be called or ordered into the service of the United States, and he shall have
the power to embody the militia to repel invasion, suppress insurrection and enforce the execution
of the laws, but shall not command personally in the field unless advised to do so by resolution of
the Legislature.
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The Governor, as Commander in Chief of the militia forces of the state leads in the same capacity
that the President does as Commander in Chief of the United States armed forces, as a civilian who
empowers his Generals to execute his commands.
The Governors duties with this regard are defined in 31-2-52, which states:
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(a) The Governor of Alabama, as Commander in Chief, shall have power and is hereby authorized
and directed to alter, increase, divide, annex, consolidate, disband, organize or reorganize any
organization, department or unit, so as to conform as far as practicable to any organization,
system, drill, instruction, type of uniform or equipment, or period of enlistment now or hereafter
prescribed by the laws of the United States and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by
the Secretary of Defense for the organization, armament, training and discipline of the militia or
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national guard, or by the Secretary of the Navy for the organization, armament, training and
discipline of the Naval Militia. For that purpose, the number of officers, warrant officers and
enlisted men of any grade in any organization, corps, detachment, headquarters or staff may be
increased or diminished and the grade and number of such officers, warrant officers and enlisted
men may be altered to the extent necessary to secure, as far as practicable, such conformity.
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(b) The Governor, as Commander in Chief, shall have the power in case of war, invasion,
insurrection, riot, tumult, breach of peace, natural disaster or imminent danger thereof, to call or
order all or any portion or class of the armed forces of the state into the active military or naval
service of the state, to increase the land and naval forces of this state and to organize the same in
accordance with the existing rules and regulations governing the armies of the United States, or in
accordance with such other system as the Governor may consider the exigency to require, and such
organization and increase may be either pursuant to, or in advance of, any call, draft or order of
the President of the United States.
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(c) The Governor may authorize all or any part of the National Guard or Naval Militia to
participate in any drill, parade, review or other public exercise, or to engage in service for escort
duty, and may prescribe all regulations and requirements therefor, and such expenses incidental
thereto as he may authorize shall be paid as provided in this chapter for the militia in the active
military or naval service of the state.
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(d) The Governor of Alabama, as Commander in Chief, is hereby authorized and empowered to do
and perform all acts, and to make and publish such rules and regulations, and to organize and
maintain the National Guard and the Naval Militia of Alabama in every respect up to the standards
required by the laws and regulations of the United States now existing or which may hereafter be
enacted for the benefit of the National Guard and Naval Militia of the United States.
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(e) The Governor, as Commander in Chief, is authorized to call out all or any such portion of the
National Guard as he may deem advisable, upon his determination that a state of emergency exists.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, 59; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, 53;
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provides the basis for commissioning Honorary Colonels:
The personal military staff of the Governor shall consist of one officer with the rank of colonel
and as many other officers as the Governor may consider appropriate with the rank of lieutenant
colonel or commander, all of whom shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor and
shall hold office at his pleasure. All such officers shall be commissioned in the State Militia as
aides-de-camp to the Governor, but no such officer shall be barred, by reason of being a member
of the staff, from holding an active commission in the Alabama National Guard or the Alabama
State Guard or a reserve commission in the Armed Forces of the United States or any civil office
or employment under this state or any agency or political subdivision thereof. No member of the
staff shall by virtue of such membership exercise any command or control over any part of the
Alabama National Guard.
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conclusion. The personal military staff hold their office at his pleasure. They are not barred from
holding an active commission in the National Guard, State Guard, or United States armed forces.
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Officers of the armed forces of the state, including the Adjutant General, shall be appointed, and
shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal or compulsory retirement as such solely on the
basis of military proficiency, character and service, as determined by Department of Defense
regulations and the military usages sanctioned by the military laws of the United States. The
qualifications of personnel of the federally recognized National Guard shall be as prescribed in
pertinent regulations and policies of the United States Department of Defense.
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Any two or more persons, whether with or without uniform, who associate, assemble or congregate
together by or under any name in a military capacity for the purpose of drilling, parading or
marching at any time or place or otherwise take up or bear arms in any such capacity without
authority of the Governor, must, on conviction, be fined not more than $1,000.00. This section does
not apply to any school or college where military training and instruction is given under the
provisions of state or federal laws, nor to the order of Knights of Templar, Knights of Pythias,
Patriarchs Militant or Uniform Rank Woodmen of the World.
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elsewhere. In the historical context, and given the definition of the unorganized militia previously
stated, this section of the Code would seem to refer to groups intent on the overthrow of state or
federal government. The leaders of these organizations, acting only in the capacity of private
citizens, set up for themselves a private military structure. One can wonder why these individuals, if
they want to serve, wouldnt just join the federal armed forces, the National Guard, or their states
State Defense Force (Note: not all states have a SDF)?
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In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in this chapter, all officers of the National Guard
and Naval Militia of Alabama shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as officers
of similar rank and position in the armed forces of the United States insofar as may be authorized
by federal law. They are authorized to administer oaths in all matters connected with the service.
This section clearly enumerates powers of National Guard and Naval Militia officers and does not
appear applicable to other officers of the organized or unorganized militia. The next several sections
of the Code are likewise inapplicable with regards to Honorary Colonels. There is nowhere in the
Code that identifies the powers and duties of Honorary Colonels. As they personal military
staff of the Governor, and his aides-de-camp, their powers and duties are whatever the
Governor deems them to be.
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The greatest clue as to what these powers might be is in the name: Honorary Colonel. Just as an
honorary doctorate does not mean that the individual has actually done doctorate-level research, an
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Looking back at the Kentucky Colonels, the post is ceremonial and they serve as goodwill
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State of Alabama. They are individuals that the Governor has determined to present this honor to. I
am very proud to have received such an honor.
While never explicitly using the term Honorary Colonel in the Alabama Code, the office past and
present has a clear place in the heritage of the great State of Alabama. The Governors prerogative
to appoint such individuals is codified in 31-2-53.
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Since I originally created this post, I have been contacted by several individuals interested in
Alabama Colonelcy. Given the dearth of information on this subject that is available online, my
discussion on the matter seems to draw some attention.
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Proclamations Officer, on the subject. With regards to who can receive the honor, the Proclamations
Office only supplies Honorary Colonel certificates to U.S. citizens, specifically Alabama
citizens and residents. . Following that, I asked if there were any authoritative resources on the
topic, to which the reply was: It is simply something that is done for fun. They hold no
official title or authority, and will most certainly never be commissioned or called upon by the
Governor. Im a little befuddled by the never be commissioned statement, given that the text of
the certificate specifically refers to it as a commission. It is understood that this isnt a military
commission, yet it is an honorary commission nonetheless.
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as disappointed as Lord Grantham was on Downton Abbey. Lord Grantham (aka Hugh Bonneville)
was devastated to learn that his Honorary Colonelcy was just that, a symbolic gesture. He could
raise no troops under his command, but he did get to wear a nifty uniform and attend some great
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I received a phone call from Ms. Lee pertaining to a letter I had written the Governor on Honorary
Colonelcy, which I had actually mailed prior to the email from her referenced above. She reiterated
that the commission is just for fun and added that it had always been just for fun. I am aware of
individuals who had been commissioned by other governors who believe that there was a little more
to it than just for fun when they received their honor. Ms. Lee also said that she has had
communication with her peers in other states and that is their view of Honorary Colonelcies as well.
Ill have to take her word on that. I dont want to antagonize her on the issue, but I would take issue
that this has always been for fun. I will concede and throw out another broad assumption that no
one believes that this is a military commission that imparts on them any military authority.
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Arkansas Traveler:
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The award is highest honor, which the Governor of Indiana bestows. Each
Governor since Gates has presented the certificates in their own way.
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their accomplishments.
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North Carolina has several honors, mostly for residents of the state. There are several
restrictions as to who may be issued a certificate.
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Order of the Palmetto: The Order of the Palmetto is the states highest civilian
honor awarded for extraordinary lifetime achievement and service to the state and
nation. It is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement and previous recipients are not
eligible.
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Order of the Silver Crescent: The Order of the Silver Crescent is awarded to
residents of South Carolina for exemplary performance, contribution and
achievement within the community. It is the states highest award for volunteer
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Update: 1 February 2013

Ive noticed that this particular post consistently ranks as the first or second hit in a major search
engine and at this juncture in time has been viewed over 500 times. Since our topic is just for fun,
below are the Google trends for the search terms honorary colonel, Alabama colonel, and
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1. I may have missed it, well apparently I did. But how exactly were you chosen for the
Honorary Colonel rank? My father has a certificate as well, and I cannot imagine why.
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24 May 2014 at 0518
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I didnt post how I became an Alabama Colonel because I didnt want to diminish
what the honor has meant in years past. The way I became an Honorary Colonel was
to send an email to the Governors Office asking what it took to become an
Honorary Alabama Colonel. Instead of a reply, what I received in the mail a few
weeks later was a certificate commissioning me an Honorary Colonel in the Alabama
State Militia. A bit anticlimactic, to be sure.
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2. My father was African American and lived in Tuskegee; I just found his certificate signed
by George Wallace in 1986. I know he did not write the Governor for it. He was a Medical
Research Biologist and a community leader. There has to be some process in which
someone for some reason other than fun is sent this certificate. I am baffled!
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Ive heard similar comments from individuals who received this honor in the 70s and
80s. It was in the past regarded as the highest honor a governor could bestow on a
citizen of his/her state. I wish I had better information on when in Alabama history
being commissioned an Honorary Colonel was debased to its current state.
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3. I too am a Aide-d-camp Lt Colonel and I got this trying to help educate students for jobs,
young and old. I have never received anything but the award which I framed and I do think
this group should be recognized by some pin or medal or even a uniform type add on or
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something for those special occasions. Mine was back in the 80s as well. I also do think the
people who receive them should always put Alabama first. Never let partisan get in the way.
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4. In reply to the question of what sorts of activities might warrant this award: I received one
of these commissions from Gov. Guy Hunt subsequent to visiting the Soviet Union (back
when it was still called as such) and participating in various official goodwill and cultural
exchange activities on behalf of the USA and the state of Alabama. I believe all of us who
participated in these activities received this honor.
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I think anyone who has received these honor should have a pin or metal something to
wear and be invited as a good will ambassador for the state regardless of the party
and the Gov and be a good spokesperson for all.
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From what I understand the criteria for award of this honor is less strenuous
that it may have been in past years, and it is also my understanding that there
is no authoritative list of who all the honor has been bestowed upon.
Jeremy B. Blevins
16 March 2015 at 1353
5. I received my commission back in 68. Still hanging on the wall.
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6. I would be very interested in purchasing a cap with an appropriate insignia for colonel in the
Alabama State Militia, however I would like it more militant than the ones I see available
online. I think it should include the Alabama flag, as well as a colonel insignia, be it an
eagle or three stars of a colonel in the CSA. I can see merit in either, but I have also thought
that if it were an eagle, perhaps it should be somewhat different than the eagle currently in
use by the US Military. I was an officer in the Army (not a colonel though) and I dont want
anybody to think I am impersonating a rank I never held.
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To my knowledge, there is no approved insignia for an honorary Alabama Colonel. I

know that when the ASDF was active its Colonels wore the same rank insignia as the
U.S. Army, with the differentiator being the ASDF name tape and Alabama flag
shoulder patch on the utility uniform and a red plastic name plate on dress uniforms.
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7. I received my Honorary Commission back in 2002 as a high school student. I had a rare
opportunity to meet Gov. Siegelman during the Alabama Boys State event and mentioned to
him how I had enlisted at 17, just months after 9/11, and had received a scholarship to West
Point just a few weeks prior to our meeting. I felt it was a great honor, and it still hangs on
my wall with my other certificates. I, too, would be interested in seeing this honor endowed
with a little more fanfare.
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24 April 2015 at 1851
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For what its worth, there is a Yahoo Group

(https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Alabama_State_Militia/info) and
Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alabama-StateMilitia/228480220518721), although neither represent a recognized
organization. The Alabama Code allows for what is known as an
Unincorporated Nonprofit Association
(http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/alcode/10/3B), which would be a good starting
point for such an organization, should enough of us Alabama Colonels be
interested. Ive mentioned this in the past in the Yahoo group, but I dont
think anyone is serious yet. Im up for it if anyone else is game.
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9. I think we should organize on our own maybe via facebook group and then petition the state
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11. I received my Commission as an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide de Camp to the Late
Governor George C. Wallace for my services as a recruiter for citizens of Alabama to serve
in the United States Navy. I retired from the U. S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. I consider
my honorary Alabama State Militia Commission to be one of the greatest honors of my life
(I will be 72 years old in four months). I certainly do not believe that Governor Wallace
awarded this significant Alabama State honor to me just for fun. I wonder if there is any
record of speeches ever made by Governor Wallace when he awarded this honorary State of
Alabama commission to someone? Also, my commission bears the Official Seal of the State
of Alabama and is signed by the Adjutant General of the State of Alabama, in addition to
Governor Wallace. I fail to see how these leading officials of the my great native state,
Alabama, would stoop to putting the States Great Seal and authenticating a document with
their signatures just for fun. I think we need to be very careful about the source of our
information about the great honor that we have received from our state and not allow people
who have no historical background to denigrate this honor, as someone once did to me by
saying that my Lieutenant Colonel Aide de Camp to the Governor of Alabama commission,
Doesnt mean anything! I totally reject that. From: Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary)
Marshall Butch Abuwi, Eldest living male descendant of The Honorable Dr. Booker T.
Washington, Founder of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1881,
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Thank you for your comments, and it is an honor to make the acquaintance of a
descendent of The Honorable Dr. Washington, one of my favorite figures in
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I share your frustration with the apparent debasement of honorary commissions, but I
am afraid that it is endemic of the society we live in today. It seems everywhere one
might turn there is a general nonchalance toward honor and tradition. I am proud that
your honorary commission still means something to you, and I assure you, it means
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http://societyofsoutherngents.org. Id love to have other Southern gentlemen such as
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Thank you very much, Colonel (Hon). Blevins, for your supportive and
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organization. My very best wishes to you, Sir. Sincerely, LTC (Hon.)
Marshall Washington Cabiness Abuwi, Aide de Camp to the Governor,
Sovereign State of Alabama Constitutional Militia.
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I agree with you that the highest award offered by The Great State of Alabama
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12. After reading up on the various states in the South that does this, Georgia surprised me. I
believe their certificate of appointment is the only one which does not include Honorary; it
simply lists it as Lieutenant Colonel, Aide De Camp Governors Staff.
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Unlike the Alabama appointment, the Georgia appointment wording is extremely similar to
that of a commissioned officer in the military, and includes the phrasing formed for the
defense of the state of Georgia for repelling every hostile invasion thereof, to take rank as
such from date of this Commission and to hold such office under the conditions prescribed
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The Governors personal staff shall consist of one chief of aides-de-camp, with rank of
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aides-de-camp shall be appointed with the rank of lieutenant colonel. The selection of aidesde-camp shall be without regard to previous military service, sex, or age limit; and the
commissions of all of these officers shall expire with the expiration of the term of the
Governor making the appointment. All appointments will be in either the army or air force.
Officers of the National Guard shall be eligible to appointment to any of the ranks or the
offices of aide-de-camp provided for, but such appointments shall not vacate or affect their
status as commissioned officers in the National Guard in which they are serving. The aidesde-camp shall perform such personal and ceremonial duties pertaining to their office as may
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does not include any section similar to No member of the staff shall by virtue of such
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command, it nevertheless seems to be a genuine commission to the rank of Lieutenant
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appointment and 38-2-111 of OCGA, could the Governor of Georgia call on such an
individual to perform such personal and ceremonial duties pertaining to their office as may
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military officers ever wore some type of uniform at official state functions, That
would seem to have been appropriate at receptions at the Governors Mansion when
state honors were presented. From Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) Marshall
Washington-Cabiness Abuwi-commissioned by His Excellency, Governor George C.
Wallace, 1983.
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13. I received my appointment from Gov. George Wallace and later by Gov. Lurleen Wallace in
the 1960s while I was stationed at Gunter AFB, in Montgomery. I lived just a few houses
from the Gov. Mansion on South Perry Street. I think it would be great to establish a
Facebook Site for all Alabama Militia Officers. Please keep me in the loop if there is any
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commission as an Honorary Colonel in the Alabama State Militia. Upon my written
recommendation, on the 14th day of September 2015 Gov. Bentley awarded commissions as
Honorary Colonels to my brother and my brother-in-law.
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fact alone diminishes the honor but only for those that simply ask for and receive the
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Instead, to avoid cheapening of the honors, our names were submitted for the Governors
consideration and included brief yet detailed and laudable reasons why me and my brothers
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body of the requests made. Still, a proper request for consideration was made and the
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understanding that there is no authoritative list of who all the honor has been bestowed
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recorded and upon the end of the Governors terms those records are placed with the
Alabama Department of Archives and History. By example, if you visit the link below you
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Container Date (1971/01 1972/02), Container Contents (Request for Honorary Colonel
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Container Date (1971 1972 ca.), Container Contents (Honorary Colonels (from Bowicks
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15. To begin, I just realized that the posters names on this board appear beneath their
comments, and not above. A such, I accidentally attributed to Username: banks a concern
that was actually brought forward by Col. Blevins, and for that error I apologize for the
confusion.
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contents of papers from governors of Alabama stored in archives. Unfortunately, I did not
make record of that link and I am having a difficult time locating it again.
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restricted by law, becomes matters of public record and government offices may be required
to retain certain types of records in archives. I would suspect that honorary appointments or
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16. After reading suggestions online, I have established a Facebook Closed Group for
individuals commissioned as Honorary Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels in the Alabama
State Militia. All such commissioned officers are invited to join the Order of Honorary
Colonels ALSM.
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Note that this is an exclusive group for Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels ONLY. After
clicking the Join button, one of the admins will contact you via Message and request that
you send a digital copy of your Letter Patent via Message. Only AFTER providing a copy of
your Letter Patent (the Certificate you received from a Governor of Alabama) will
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17. Col. Blevins, you have done an exemplary job of explaining Alabama Code as it pertains to
the commissions of Honorary Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels in the Alabama State
Militia. I would like your permission to reproduce in document form that portion of this
page where you provide and explain the Alabama Code so that I may make it available to
members of the Facebook group Order of Honorary Colonels ALSM. Of course, you
would be given full credit in the document, as well as a return link to your web page here.
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Southern Gentlemen. This is another site I curate that is focused on the values of
traditional Southern Gentlemen. If youll write a blurb for me, Ill create a post to
mention the Order of Honorary Colonels ALSM.
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On 11 January 2016, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a case against Elven Joe
Swisher, who in 2007 was convicted under the Stolen Valor Act of wearing military decorations he
had not been awarded. According to reports, during a 2007 trial for violating the Stolen Valor Act,
prosecutors showed the jury a photo of Mr. Swisher wearing several medals and awards, including
the Silver Star, Navy and Marine Corps Ribbon, Purple Heart, and the Navy and Marine Corps
Commendation Medal with a Bronze V1. I dont know why Mr. Swisher misrepresented his
military service, but given the incident arose while he was testifying in court would lead me to think
that he was intending to enhance his credibility in front of the judge and others present in the
courtroom.
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The problem I have with treating Stolen Valor as protected speech is that those who misrepresent
their military service for gain, whether it is in esteem of their peers or financial gain, are being
dishonest, if not being outright liars. To say that this is protected speech devalues not only the
Constitution, but the honor of those who have died defending it. It says we are a nation of liars, and
the Government condones it.
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Id also like to point out a hypocrisy in the legal caste in the United States over a title that they
have appropriated for themselves, with possible penalties for anyone using it outside the context of
the legal profession. The word is Esquire, which in the UK, where the US use of the term
originated, retains a more general meaning than allowed over here. According to Titles and Forms
of Address:
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The use of this title for every man who cannot claim a higher one persists, far more widely than
used to be the case, when social usage is limited to its application to those considered to merit it
through social standing, membership of one of the professions, possession of a degree from Oxford
or Cambridge University, and so on. It is felt to be courteous in general to use it in all
correspondence, although a reaction influenced by usage in the United States and some other
English-speaking countries now leads many writers, especially in business, to prefer the use of Mr.
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thought of using it only where it was, in the past, conferred by social position or other
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Its worth noting the origin of Esquire. In the feudal system of nobility, a Squire was one step below
a Knight and one step up from a Gentleman. A Gentleman was above a common man, who as not
considered noble or of gentle birth, though there was opportunity to improve ones lot to become a
Gentleman. In the modern sense, every many is considered a Gentleman, and entitled to use Mr..
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Often it is suggested that certain United States jurisdictions explicitly indicate that the esquire suffix
should only be used for lawyers. However, these jurisdictions actually do this in order to suggest
that the term may be sometimes used by an individual who is falsely or wrongly claiming to be a
licensed member of the state bar. It sometimes may be used in conjunction with the claim of being
associated to the bar. The suffix alone is not enough to be considered evidence of misrepresentation.
All previous court cases in the United States that questioned the use of the suffix esquire always
involved an individual who was practicing law without the proper authorization. None of these
cases prosecuted an individual for the term when it was used only in a legitimate law practice.3
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The appellation of it to your own signature or signature block is a conceit that has developed in the
US only, and *very* recently (since, prior to about 1965, no young gentleman who was likely to
become an attorney was ignorant enough of proper etiquette to do so). Prior to the death of good
manners, circa 1964 in the US, one never applied the word esquire to oneself to be so bold as
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Sometime in the last 15 years or so, as the knowledge concerning proper usage has died out in the
US, some attorneys (in the US only) have started referring to themselves as esq in
correspondencein fact, in the US, this is the only place I have seen this used at all since I was a
little girl (when people still wrote letters and invitations by hand, and would, on occasion, address a
little boy in the address onlyas esq or much less commonly, esquire).
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Now, as I noted in another thread just yesterday, new uses for archaic words is not a bad thing, its a
good thing. However, unfortunately, the more correct usage of the word, as a courtesy offer of
respect, is still in use in the entire rest of the English speaking world. The problem is, the use of
esquire is NOT archaic, it is still in general usage in many countries (and particularly Britain).
Here in the US, a practice contrary to the rest of the world is developing which makes us appear
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Using the designations lawyer, attorney at law, counselor at law, law, law office,
J.D., Esq., or other equivalent words by any person or entity not authorized to practice
pursuant to to paragraphs (b) or (c) or specifically admitted to practice pursuant to Rule
33(d), the use of which is reasonably likely to induce others to believe that the person or
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One of the things I have found less than noble about my profession is that lawyers tend to be a
narcissist lot, with a definite inferiority complex in regard to the medical profession. The fact that
attorneys would so obsessed with their own importance that they would try to monopolize the
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precedent that educated, well respected individuals are entitled to it by ancient custom. The legal
profession claims a monopoly on the title. Individuals using it might be prosecuted as practicing
law without proper authorization, yet an individual wearing unearned military decorations is free
to debase the military profession. If those in the legal profession are so defensive of a term they
usurped, why cant they understand the offense those of us who have served this Country take in
instances of Stolen Valor?
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1. Howell, K. (13 January 2016). Court overturns stolen valor conviction, says wearing
unearned medals is protected speech. The Washington Times. Retrieved
from http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/13/stolen-valor-case-overturned-byfederal-appeals-co/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS.
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& C. Black.
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from http://court.laws.com/esquire.
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from http://emilypost.com/advice/the-correct-use-of-esquire/
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from http://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/resources/solosez/popular_threads_2007/es
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Minister for Communications from 18.9.13 to 21.9.15.

Prime Minister from 15.9.15.

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