Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-1-107

  • National guard: means the army national guard and the air national guard. See Tennessee Code 58-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

When troops of the national guard are assigned to any state duty contemplated hereby, they shall act under the orders of the governor as commander in chief. Commanding officers of troops so employed are responsible only to their military superiors, and shall not act under, nor be subject to, the orders of any civil officer; they shall apply military tactics in respect to the manner in which they shall act to accomplish their missions, and shall use the minimum amount of force necessary to ensure the accomplishment thereof.