the trial court's ruling presents us with two issues:
(1) Whether a parish, which is both the place where the accident occurred and the domicile of the claimant, is a place of proper venue to bring a workmen's compensation action against the Military Department, State of Louisiana.
(2) Whether a member of the National Guard who is injured while on a regularly scheduled monthly drill assignment has a cause of action under Louisiana worker's compensation laws.

FACTS
On November 7, 1980, plaintiff, Stephen B. Harrell, was injured in an automobile accident in Evangeline Parish. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was on weekend duty as a member of the Army National Guard. Plaintiff, a domiciliary of Evangeline Parish, filed suit in the Thirteenth Judicial District for the Parish of Evangeline, seekingthe applicable law was the statute as amended and the trial court properly overruled defendant's exception of improper venue.

WORKER'S COMPENSATION
Defendant contends that a national guardsman on active duty during a regularly scheduled monthly drill is not covered by Louisiana's Worker's Compensation Law. Defendant argues that LSA-R.S. 23:1211 only makes Louisiana worker's compensation laws applicable to guardsmen on active duty during a state of emergency declared by the governor. R.S. 23:1211 provides that:
"A. Every member of the national guard who is accidentally injured, or his dependents if he is accidentally killed, while on active duty during a state of emergency declared by the governor and for the duration of such emergency as declared by the governor, shall be compensated by the state in accordance with the worker's compensation law,