The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-07-17
From The Extra Globe.
THE MILITIA REPORT CNCE
MARE
MORE.


Our readers will recollect how much
Mr. Preston complained Of Mr. PoinseII
for proposing among other things, that
the militia should be required TO arm
themselves, except the "active class"
who were to. be.atmed at the expense
orthe General Government. Will they
not>be astonished 10 learn that General
Harrison reported bill in Jan. 1917,
which required every man subject TO
militia duty, without the exception OF
any'class, to do the same thing? In the
debate which recently took place tn the
Senate, Mr.. Clay of Alabama showed
ronciusiVely and unanswerably, that the
existing law Of Mays, 1892. which EN-.
anatet from the report Of Gen. Knox,
with the approval Of General Washing-
ston, required all that Mr. Poinsett propo-
sed; and that the latter only incorpora-
ted in his pla0 go much of that law as
required the mass of tho militia, and the
-''ressrvecorps,' mot the 'active class,
to arm themselves. Read the following
section OF Gen. Harrison's bill of 1917 :
"a bill fer org rganizing, CHASING, and 'ar~
ming the militia, and for calling them
forth 10 execute The laws of the Union
suppress insGrrection; and repel inva>
sion, and repeal the laws heretofore
passed for those purposes.
rBe'it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the u
nited States of America IN Congress as
sembled, That each and every free able
bodied white citizen Of the respective
States'aRd Territories, resident lbereiu,
who is or shall be Of the age Of eighteen
years, and under The age of forty-6ve
years, exept,as hereinafter excepted,
shall severaily and respectively be en- .
rolled in the militia by the captain or
commanding officer of the company,
within whose bounds such citizen shall
reside, and that within twelve months
afier the passing Of this act; and it shall
be the duty Of every such captain or com
manding officer of a company, to enrol
every such citizen as aforesaid, and also
those who shall from time 10 time, ar
rive a, the age Of eighteen years, or be-
ing Of the age Of eighieenyears, and un-
der the age of fot:y-ive years, (except
as before excepted shall come TO reside
within his bounds, and shall, without
delay, notify such citizen ofthe said en-.
roImeut, by proper non commissioned
"ificer ofthe company, by whom such
notice may be proved: That every Cit
lzen 90 enrolled and notified, shall, wilh-
In elk months thereafter, provide himself
with good musket,a sufficient bayonet,
and belt, two spare Gints, and KNAPP
sack, pouch with box therein, 10 con
Tain not less than twen,y-four cartridges
suited to the bore Of his misket, each
cartridge to contain proper quantity Of
powder and bali; or, with good rifle,
knapsack, shot pouch aud powder horn,
twenty balls suited TO the bore of his RI
lie, and quarter ofa pound of powder;
and shall appear so armed, accoutred,
and provided, when called osI TO exer-
else, orinto service, except that when
called out TO exercise, or into service,
except ithat when called cut on company
days 10 exercise only he may appear
without knapsack' That the commits
STONED officers, nom commissioned Of
fcers, musicians, and privatos, shall be
srmed, equipped, and uniformed, like
the army OF the U. States; aud every
citizen so enrolled, and providing him
self with the arms, ammunition, and ac-
coutrements, required as aforesaid, shall
mold tbe same exempted from all suits,
distresses, executions, or sales for debt,
OF for the payment Of taxes"
What will the minority of the COM
snittee on the Militia Of the House of
Representatives cay 10 this? In their
report, those four Wing gentlemen Sc,
forth the clause of Mr.. Poinselt's which
i required the militia TO provide them
'eelves with arms, and went ieto q for
mal.estimaie sad calculation of the ex-
penss 10 each individual, and the aggre-
gate amount of expense 10 the whole Of
the militia ofthe Union, expressing the
fact that the present law requires pres
c,sely the same individual and aggre-
gate expense, if it we're enforced. What
will they now say, when they find that
their own "millary chIeflain" proposed
a re>ens ctment of the same law by his
bill Of 1877 Does not magnanimity
tequire them 10 admit that they have
done MIR Poinselt injustice, or hold up
Gen. Harrison 10 equal censure and con
demnaton2
But Gem Harrison did not stop at
this. In the seventh section of his bill,
he distinctly proposed to subject the mi-
hlia tothe rules and articles of war in
time oc Deece Did anv man avar mn