The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-26


 eels officers to command the squadrons so united. A similar rule would be applied to . tpmporary or accidental union Of two or more companies of artillery tn the same bat tery. OF line of batteries and tO two or more companies of light infantry or riflemen.
 g. It is proposed that the said Militia be oficered by the respective States, as follows |: TO each dirisiOn, one Major General, with two Aids-de-Camp, (tO be appointed by the Ma for Generally each with the rank of Major; one Division Adjutant General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel one Division Guar tcrmaster, with the rank of Major; and one Chaplan-the three latter to be permanently attached to the divisions. To edch 6rlgGde, one Brigadicr General, with one Aid-de- Camp, (to be appointed ny the Brigadler Generally with the rank of Captain; one Brigade Major, with the rank of Major; and one Brigade Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain-the two latter to be attached per mancntIy to the Brigade. IO each regiment one Colonel, one RegimentaI Adlutant, and one Regimental Quartermaster-bOth to be selected by the Colonel from the Lleutenants of the regiment: one Surgeon, and one As sistant SurgeOn-bOth to be appointed by the Colonel and by him attached to the re- spective battalions of hIs regiment; and one Regimental Sergeant Major, and one Regi- mental Quartermaster Sergeant-both to be appointed by the Colonel from enrolled men of his regiment. To each battalion, one Lieu tenant Colonel, or one Major; but there shall
 be only one Lieutenant Colonel in the same regiment, whose battalion. when united with that of the Major, will be entitled to the right
 and when, also, both battalions will take the denomination of wings. To eUery battalion,
 A Aiufnn Raft al in Ouartermaster, both to be selected by the commander of the battalion from its Lieuten- ants one Battalion Sergeant Major, one Bat
 talion Quartermaster Sergeant, and one Prin- cipal Musician-,he three latter to be appoin- ted by the commander of the battalion, from the enrolled men of the battalion: provi- ded, nevertheless, that, as often as the two battalions of regiment unite, and as long as they shall remain united, for parade, instruc- ton, or service, the Battalion Adjutants,
 Qnartermasters, Sergeant majors, and Guar termaster Sergeants, shall return to, and do
 duty in, the line of their respective battalions.
 7'o each troop aud company, one Captain, one
 First Lieutenant and one Second Lieutenant
 70 which add one Second Lieutenant to
 each troop of cavalry, and one First Lieuten-
 ant and one Second Lieutenant to each com
 pany of artillery.
 10. In battalions of infantry, when serving
 separately, or not united into regiments, the
 State color will belong to the Lieutenant Co., lonel's battalion, and the regimental color to the majors battalion, each color to be borne by sergeant-color bearer, posted in the front rank, between two corporals, on the left of the right centre company, and the color bearer with the two corporals on his right & left will be covered by three other corporals in the rear rank but when the two battalions of regiment unite into one, the two colors shall be borne and posted as is prescribed for the colours of the infantry of the United States Army"
 Annexed to this is table presenting the num- Der of companies, battalions, regiments, brig ades, and divisions, which the proposed plan will give to each State in the union. 1t is un- necessary to publish this table entire the av- craze is the same in all the states, and by com- pairing the number of militia in this state, as enrolled in Nov. 1925, which was 24, JAY, with the number that the above plan will enroll, viz. 1O,944, it will readily be perceived how large our military force throughout the union will be, and how large portion of our citi- zens will be excused from the disagreeable & useless task heretofore imposed upon them by the militia laws.-For the purpose of render ing this proposed national force as effective as possible the following is also recommended by the Board.
 "For the instruction of officers. it is recon1- mended that each State appoint as many camps ofinstruction as there may be divis- ions of militia organized in the State, or if there be no divisions in the State, then camp for its brigade.
 Atsuch periods as the respective States may appoint, it is recommended that all the officers of each division, or in State that has no division, all the officers of the brigade, sur geons and assistant surgeons in both cases ex- cepted, he assembled at the camp appointed as above, & there he held assembled g. encamped ten successive daysin each year, under the inn mediate command of the senior officer actually present, of the dvisiOnor brigade. The mil itary instruction both theoretical and practi- cal, to be conducted, at each camp, by com petent instructor, under the superintendance and direction of the commanding officer of the camp-the practical part at rate of not less than six hours a day, for the ten days encampment; and, in order the better to in troduce uniformity of practice under the sys- tems of instruction which may have been es-