Section 75
SEC. 75. If any member of the National Guard in the performance of his military duty, or in pursuance thereof, and while acting in his capacity as a member of the National Guard, shall kill, wound, maim, or injure any person, or shall cause, order, or direct the killing, wounding, maiming or injuring of any person, or the injury, destruction or confiscation of any property, real or personal, it shall be the duty of the officer commanding the military force of which such member is part, as soon as possible thereafter, to convene a board of inquiry, to consist of not less than two nor more than five commissioned officers of the military force, who shall examine and inquire into the facts in connection with, or in relation to the act or acts to be inquired of, and take down in writing the substance of the proof or evidence of the witnesses to and participants in such act or acts and transmit the same, together with their findings and conclusions from the facts adduced before said board, to the adjutant-general through the regular military channels. If any member of the National Guard shall be prosecuted by civil or criminal action for any act performed or committed by such member, caused, ordered, or directed by such member to be done or performed in furtherance of, and while in the performance of his military duty, all the expenses of the defense of such action or actions, civil or criminal, including attorneys' fees, witnesses' fees for the defense, defendant's court costs, and all costs for transcripts of records and abstracts thereof on appeal by the defense, shall be paid by the Insular Treasurer: Provided, That the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands shall be first consulted in regard to, and approve the selection of, the attorney for the defense: And provided further, That the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands, if he sees fit, may assume the responsibility for the defense of such member and conduct the same personally, or by any one or more of his assistants.