{"data":{"id":"us-pa/51-pa.c.s.-2503","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"51 Pa.C.S. § 2503","heading":"Enlistment contract and oath.","body":"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.\"","path":["Title 51 - MILITARY AFFAIRS","PART II PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD, PENNSYLVANIA GUARD AND MILITIA","SUBPART B OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL","CHAPTER 25 PENNSYLVANIA GUARD"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=51\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=25\u0026sctn=3\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 51 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:58Z","sha256":"adbf0a7a3da5ccde4ecde3a5252cc0719b6d04be31415cf82fc9a17411c88151","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/51-pa.c.s.-2502","next":"us-pa/51-pa.c.s.-2504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}