Every person enlisting in the Pennsylvania Guard shall sign an enlistment contract and take and subscribe to the following oath of enlistment: "I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this...... ..............., 19 , as a soldier in the Pennsylvania Guard for the period of the emergency plus six months unless sooner discharged by proper authority, and I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the officers appointed over me according to law."
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 25 - Pennsylvania Guard
Section 2501 - Oath of commissioned officers
Section 2502 - Physical qualifications of officers and enlisted personnel
Section 2503 - Enlistment contract and oath
Section 2504 - Retirement of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel