Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-23

sioucd Officer or private, for failure 10 s,iuhd ony
Recimental. Battalion, or Company muetor, shall
be fined not less than 80 cents, nor moro than
S5-,o be assessed at tho discretion of the Court
Martial.
D. Resoleed, That for the more cffoc,uai train.
ing of the Militia, the number of Company Officers
be hereafter made to conform to tho late system of
instruction. for the Militia, Infantry, aud Rihemen,
adopted by the Congress OF tho United Stotcs that
is to say--a Captain, three I.cutenants, one En-.
sign, five Sergcan,s, and five Corporals.
A. Rcsotrcd, That the trainiDy OF Officers should
be increased to four days next preceding tic Regi-
mental mustcrs and that the Sergoants DO required
in future TO attend the trainings.
3. Resoiued, That moderate compensation for
expenses should be allowed In. Officers while at.
tending the trainings.
E. Resoired That Officers who have held com.
missions and faithfully discharged the duties Of
their offices for 10 years, should he exempt from
ordinary militia duty, provided they can procure
an honorabh discharge from the Rcg,mental Court
of Inquiry, but To be kept enrolled and subject to
duty in actual service.
l. Resoirrd, That the Comma ndants of Regi.
mens should be authorised to employ expresses, in
cases Of emergency, TO convey Rcgimen,al Or.
dcrs, to- he paid tho sum OF SO per day, for such
services.
g. Resoiued, Thst the Brigades Generals should
he required to attend the several Regmcntal mus
tiers, in their respective Brigades once in three
years.
9. Resolrcd, That tlcre should he at beast two
Volunteer Companies in each Regiment, and that
some more favorable measures should he adopted
for urmnm portion of the Militia East of tho AL
loghany Mountains.
10. Reso!red, That the Brigade Inspector be au-
thoriscd TO employ Musicians to attend the tran-
ing of Officers and the Regimental Musters, TO be
allowed tie sum of 50 per day, and that the Nusi-
clans attending the Company Mustcrs be entitled
- So per day.
III. Resoired, That a moro efficient mode for
the collection OF militia fines is expedicnt and
onght to be provided ad trot the Courts of Inqni-
ry be empowered to dispose of tick cts FOR militia
limos returned insovent, by sale otherwise, to
them may seem best.
H. Res0lred, That we regard the passol law pass
ed at the last session of the Legislature as nefii.
cieat and inconvenient in practcc--and that here.
alter it should be the duty of commandants of Bat
talions, on the day of each Rcgmental parade, to
issue oEdors TO the several commissioned ofiioers
and the orderly scrgeants of Infantry Companies
within their respective BLttauns, requiring each
officer to detail patrol from their respective COM
panics, To perform patrol duty within the bounds of
their particular company district for the space Of
tw months. The first tour of duly to be perform
cd by the captain; the second tour of duty bv the
ii-st lieutenant; and on, successfully, till each of
said officers shall have performed the like tour of
duty. And IT should further be the duty of each
and oveay officer commanding such detachm, Is,
10 make return to the Battalion Ceurtoe Inquiry
next thereafter to be hold. of the manner in which
they may have discharged their duty and a fur
w o'i anu uiSOFuerly CON-
duct that may have occurred in their respective
detachments while upon duty, upon which re-
turu The next Rcginental Court of Inquiry there
alter to be held, may assess faes for such delin-
qnincies or disorderly conduct, not less than rs
cents nor more than SIS, and every officer o. such
dctachment should be entitled to receive tho sum
OF 80 tor every "a hours service that he may have
rendered, and every private of such detachment
should be entitled TO receive 81 So cts. for every
u hours service thus RENDERED, which said several
sums shall be lsvicd upon the county, city. or
borough out of which the said Battalion may be
compassionate that the Light Artillery and Ca
vilry companies should be divided into as many d.
visions "a there are companies within tho Regiment
TO which they belong, to- patrol within their rcspec.
tive neighborhoods, whenever required by the
commandments of Battalions the sid divisions to be
laid Off and officers detailed to command them by
the commandments of the said companies of Artil.
lcry and Cavalry; and any officer may procure any
other officer OF the Baslion, to be approved of by
the commandment thereof, 30 perform his tour of
duty, and any private may be permitted to furnish
substitute TO perform his tour of DIZZY, to be ap-
proved of by the captain OF patioE
10 Resotced, That the Representatives in the
Senate and House of Delegates from the counties
composing this Brigade, BIZ requested to present
these proceedings to the consideration of their re-
spectivc bodies
IL RESOLVED, That these proceedings be signed
by the Chairmansand Secretary, and copies thereof
forwarded 10 the Governor of this State; md also
to the Editors of the Enquirer and Wing for pub.
lication.
WIN. WILSON, Chairnan
r. F. GRAVES, Secretary