§ 80. Tenure of commissioned officers. No commissioned officer shall
be involuntarily discharged or dismissed from the service, unless by the
senate on the recommendation of the governor, stating the grounds for
such recommendation; or by the sentence of a court-martial; or upon the
findings of an examining board appointed pursuant to section
seventy-five of this chapter; or, as provided by section seventy-eight
of this chapter, for absence without leave for a period of three months;
provided, however, that a commissioned officer may be transferred to the
state reserve list or state retired list as provided by section twenty
and section twenty-one of this chapter, respectively.