American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-29

er IN their power. their board. and expenses Of teaching
to be paid IF the fines OF the respective bait aions
Teachers of music for the troops of cavalry to be procu
red by their respective commanding officers, which ex-
pensc shall also be paid out Of the fines of the brigade
which such troop shall belong Provided ho4yeuer, that if
the brgadcr and majority of the field officers Of any
brigade shall be Of opinion that school regiment
or brigade be sufficient they hereby authorized aud
empowered TO direct accordingly; .4nd p,ou,ed further
that nothing herein contained shall be obligatory on the
commanding officers of regiments il any brigade, unless
the brgader AID majority of the field officers in such
brigade shall recommend he establishment Of said schools
Sec S. .1nd Be enacted That the militia shall be off.
cercd follows: To division, major general and two
aidsdecamp to be Of the line of captains with the rank
Of majors: 10 each brigade, one brlgadiergenera with
one gade INSPECTOR 10 serve as brigade and TO be
out of the line of captains with the rank OF major: To
each regiment one lieutenant, colone commandant And
10 each battalion one major: To each company of infantry
(incluiing gh infantry, grenaiiers and rhemen)
captain, Lieutenant, ensign four setgeans, four
corpoals, drummer and fer or bugler. There
shall be regmtnta stall consist of ajutant and
quarter to rank lleutenants paymaster
one surgeon and nne surgeons mate and vne sergeant
major Each company OF artillery shall consist Of one cap
ain, Two ietenans four sergeans four corporals, SIX
grners six bombariers, dtnpner and hfer and
fifty priyaes mattresses, nay De: Each troop
Of cavalry shall consist Of one tai lieut. naus,
co,ne four sergeants four corpfait one sadier, one
frrier trumpeer, and less than tiitytpo pvi-
Yates, may be there shall be quarter
master general tor the satc
Sec g. Ind be i enacted That the governor shall APP
point and Commission all The officers Of The militia 10 vi
qartermasler general ieutel ant cootels, MAJORS cap
tana lieuIenanis ensgns and comets; That the mai
e neral shall appoint his aldsdecamp That The Fl Id
ffcers Of each regiment shall pun, their respective
gimeuial stalls The brigsfera shall appoint heir als
lie camp, and each captain shall appoint his sergeaf one
of whom shall be clerk ut the company Tha all officers
appointed under this act shall be commiss ned FIR seven
ears their respective grades to be decided by the dates
OF their commissions aud when two Of the same grade
shall bear equal date then their rank shall be eimned
by To- be drawn by them before thu commanding flee
Of The brigade regiment bat on, company detach
men; and il they neg ct fuse to draw, the command
ng officer shall draw for hem which lot sba be marked
on commission by the commanding officer. in who's
shall be drawn and forever exclude the contro
versv Of HE parties: And whenever the governor shal
commission any officer he han upon The new con-
mission the dae Of the former commission, If both be Of
the rank and in all matters relating to grade, tbs
commission shall be considered bearing the date OF the
former commission, provided oe as aforesaid for new
office Of the same rank with the old.
Sec Z. 4nd b. Il enacted hat on the first Tuesday il
April next he captain commanding officer OF each com
ppny shall call tie persons belonging s"the same geer
giving due notice thereof by setting at least 'hre'
advertisements in The ST public PAGES in his dsr Ct, e'
days before such day Of e,ng and shall divide the
INTO egh, classes nearly equal in number to each ohe
convener y may be, alatg sergeant or co'poral T
each c'as; aid eight SLIPS Of paper. numbered respective
f from q eight, being prepared ever, private sla
determine, BY drawing balo, what Class he to serve
&: And in any OF he persos belonging to any com
pany shall neglect attend The time and place arpon
led for classg he SAID company, ar # preset shall
fuse 10 draw aforesaid, then the sad captain or comnan
ding officer sIaii appoint disi tres'ed freehoier
draw for he Sbsentees, pc resing: aud WI
the classes shall BE lied the captain or commandin
officer Of each company shall consist ing OF e'g
classes and the aud surnames II the men ~ &c
class, numbered according TO the order OF hslong Nc
y he shall keep fer his own use, transmitting terhwth
copy hereof with list II his commissioned oiccfs, an
y ne dates their respective commissions and nonc1mn
$ soned Ulcers, prexed, TO this colonel or Commands
e f!cer Of lis regiment who shall enrr the same ~ no
t. be by him provided for that pnT and he caPtar
Is or commanding officer t ach mpa " Of ariery troo
y Of hre, grenaders, ntanry or riff men shall p k
q manner copy Of his roll to he ergaile' and IN
"a CAPTAIN or commanding officer OF every company shall
~ he first Tuesday in April IN every succeeding year, al
u to the roll the aud surname Of all such male @
II citizens betwee the ages aforesaid ~he on the Teced
," twelve months have removed to- and then residing
~ hat subdivision, therein have attained tine age ot eg
o. teen years. except hereinbeore excepted; And eve
y militia migrating Or removing out {" NE BOUNDS o OF
or battalion company to ann'her shall apply 10 me cor
10 handing officer which he did belong, who shall g'
ne lin discharge, certifying tie class u which he belong
and whether he has served his tour of duty or not and
lime ana date Of said service; which certificate the
m ia man shall produce the captain or the commandlt
officer of the company within whose bounds he next settle
's, within ten days al his settlement. ard the said capa
e or commanding officer hereby required TO enrol HIM
nd the class specified the said certificate Any captain
ire commanding officer of company who shall neglect or
Us fuse 10 perform all the duties enjoned upon him BY q
all provisions Of this section, shall be liable to fine OF tit
Sc, dollars and to- forfeiture of his commission.
,v d, Sec. s. .qnd be it enacted, That when the
Of shall be two or more full troops of horse IN al
all brigade, they shall be formed into a squadron
ga battalion and shall be entitled to major, ADJ
rm tant and quartermaster and every such batta'
al shall meet in squadron at least once in every yea
ID, nj such time and place as shall be ordered by Il
m brigadcr; aud when the artillery ~ any btisa
~ shall form two or more full companies, they shi
ore compose battalion, and be entitled to mal'
SIS, adintant and quarter master; and any company
,ch artillery most convenient to the place OF regime
the fail review appointed by this act, may be order
es TO attend the same, at the direction Of the bigadi
lest " ee.et' 80 ~ :.
or Sec. 9. Ind be il enacted, That when it may
ny, necessary to use any portion Of the militia Tor pu
his lie defence, il shall be in the power OF the COZ