Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-06-18
AN ACT

More ehcetually TO p'oYlde Tor the organization
OF the militia of the diariet of Columbia.
DE it tna7el BY tbf Seaat ard Hoajt # Re-
Ag pyyjtHfstiv.s rtbe UnRra NOts' of .4aztriea,
iH C9rgrei agcm6!tS. That il fh'll and may De
lAwiu. iyr tht Prhdent OF the United States,
wh2ne sef an ircteaie Of The militia OF the terri
,ory, ~ other circu ntances, ihail IN his opinion
make IL necsGny, 10 lay OFF he laid militia IN
20 additional companies, batsahons, regiments,
or iegions aud bi2ldcs, and ihall appoint and
comm iE m, durrog pleainrc, the proper officers
for thr ismc.
Sec. Z. As1 be ii Ea,E5cr ssattd, That
the PFC rGdeut OF the United States, ihail when ne
MAJ deem il neceG.ry, appoint the proper 9TH
GERS, 90 conpoic az leaf one troop ct cavalry,
one company OF artillery, one company OF hight
inisnty, and one com psny of 1renadieFs or fific-
me- ., 60 each legion, which oihcetS ihsll proceed
b. voluntary enlihnent, within their legion, TO
cnRplese their company or companies with the
leaf pailbe delay, and every psfion belonging
~ the isid compsnies ih3l weST, While on doty,
fuch caps, " has, end uniforms. 10 be par-
chafet al their owo tx lenee, as thr Command
ing officet # the brigade, 10 which they heiong,
fnali determine on, AMI dIett AID the ia,d
Companies ih4ii perlorm the .aDe ,o,ne ot daty,
and be fabjeet 10 The fame rules, regulations,
penal,ies. anh orders, As the relt Of the militia (;
the Preiident may, neverthseis, order them, or
any of them, out ON duty, as occahon, IN his
opinion, may rrep,s, hy enhre conPanies.
That No pedon beionging 10 soy battalion COM
pzny, fhall, under colour OF enliaing in,o any
eompsnv 20 nc naa. 40 by voluntary enrolment,
be excdied from doing duty in tae iqtsntry, sni
Ia the company in which he had been enrolled,
or might be cnreIied, until he ihll have equip
ned aInieh fJf iefyice, in fuch' volnnteer coln-
pzuy, scoording 90 lsw, snd ihaIl have produc-
ed certificate thereof, from The commanding
officer Of iueh COMPANY, 10 the commanding
Off hcef OF th. battalion compaay, 10 which he
did or might properly belong aad no pcrion
having enlte1 in any volunteer company, ihAil
be permitted u Withdraw himiet from the tame,
under the penalty Of Ten dollars unleS 10 cafe Oh
reuos al from Ais legiunary diaritt, TO be teccv-
cred As other fines iInpsied by ibis act, upon the
evidence Of thc commanding Ua.sei vi 'he eoro-
r.nv fom which he ihall 70 withdra"; whieh
commanding ofIicet ihail return all iueh Gates 20
,hr srG battaiion court OF enquiry, that ihaii ut
,h,.,,ai.er. And the commanders OF the reipec-
,isc ireious, fhall direa by order, 20 the d'tef-
en-, commanders OF baualions, 10 what battal'
inas the different volunteer companies hali &c
yrrarhed, snd hall parade with on battalion du-
~ add lha direti hos they (hall be poaed on
Is.i i,uaty parade,, unleis differently ordered by
iE; brigadc' general.
Sec. !. Aad be il fa,tbs, snadsd, That
vhere any battalion or company diIiritts, OF all
,e,a,;on - diAnti, actually laid OFF, may here
sftci be i1uAd neccfiry, the commanding ofi-
GERS Of legions fhsil anemble the commanding
cficers OF bsus,ions and companies at iome fit
,od convenient place, and may proceed to lay
of or alter any iuch battalion or company dii-
,rtfs, ~hch diilf6ts ihall in all cafes be dehg-
n,,ed by certain lines and bounds. aud record
ed by the clerks Of the reflective courts of en-
goiy.
Sec. A. 6nd Be it fariber snadsS, That
II fhalI be the duty Of the commanding officers
of ,he companies to proceed forwith to divide
,keir cnmpsnies into diviions by ballot. from
o,e 20 ten, for the putpoie Of regular rotine OF
5,,v When called into actual fcfvice, and to re-
,,,n roner of each divihon, and It's number or
rnis,icr, within fifteen days thereafter, to the
commanding officer OF his battalion, who fhail
6o,,hxi,h tranfnit the fame 10 the commanding
oFicer Of the regiment or rgion, who fhall di-
,s4 the fame TO be recorded by the clerk OF the
cont cf enquiiy. The fame regulations fisll
Re obfetyed by every commanding cfhccr OF
cco.s,ny. Battalion snd legion or regiment, on
n, luplcsuent enrichment Of any pefon therein,
untr. iuch perfon fball produce a certificate ct
bn having been before drawn for the above Por-
,oC, IN which CAFE he lhall be enrolled accord
;poly and any militia man removing out OF the
bonod, of one company into another, fhall ap.
NV 90 the commanding officer Of the company
to e. hieh he did belorg, who mall give him
a;,eharee, certifying the clafs wherein he ws'
st,nsea. and whether he had performed his
sour Of duty or not, and a!io the tine aud sae