Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-07-02


Ionei, whose duty il shall be ,odistribute all or
Iders fromthe commander in chief of the State
to The several corps;to attendall public reviews,
when the commander in chiefoflhe State shall
review the militia, or any part thoreof;to obey
all orders from him reativesto carrying into
execution and perfecting the system Of discip7
line which may be established; to furnish
blank forms Of different returns that may be
required, and to explain the principles on which
they should be made;sto receive from the
several officers ofthe different corps throughout
the State, returns of the militia under their
commands, reporting the actual situation of
their arms, Announcements, and ammunition;l
their delinquencies, and every other thing
which relates to the general advancement Of
lgocd order and discipline; all Of which the
several commanding officers of the divisions,
brlgades, regiments, and companies should be
required TO make in the upward order ofgrod
alton, and in suchM0rm and at such times as
the Legislatures Of the respective States may
direct, so that the said adintant general may
be duly furnished herewith; and the said adlu-
tant general, from the returns thus furnished,
should annually make an abstract or consolida.
ted report of the same to the commander I'M
chief Of the State; and he should also make a
return OF the militia ofihe Stateto which he
belongs, with their arms, Requirements, and
ammunition, to the adutant general ofthe mis-
lltia of the United States, on or before the first
Monday of January, in each year. And il
should be made the duty Of the Secretary of
War, from time TO time, 10 give such dlrcc.
tons to the adjutant general of the militia as
might, in his opinion be necessary to produce
uniformity in the said returns; and he Should
| lay an abstract Of the same before Cons
Igress, before the last Monday Of February an
nually.
9th. That it shall be the duty Of the brigade
inspectors to attend 10 regimental and brigade
meetings of the militia composing the several
brigades during the time ofther being under
arms; to inspect their arms, ammunition and
Iaccoutrements; to superintenl their exercise
and manDuvres, and introduce the prescribed
system of military discipline throughout the
brigade, and such orders as they shall from
time to time, receive from the commander in
general Of the State, at least once in every
year, the condition Of the brigade TO which he
belongs; the situation Of the arms, accoutre-
ments, and ammunition, as they actually may
be at the time Of inspection and every other
thing which may in his judgment, relate to
the government, good order, and military dis
ciplne at the brigade.
9th. That, in addition to the officers referred
to, there shall be also one quartermaster general
with the rank ola brigadier general, to the mis-
i litia Of each State.
10th. That within - months after the
adoption and establishment of this system,
there shall be taken from the MASS of the MILF
| tia, in each State, Territory, and District Of
the United States, by draught, or byvoluntary
service, such number between the ages OF
twenty.one and thirty seven years, so that the
whole may not exceed 100000 men, and in the
following proportions for each State, Terrific
ry and District, respectively, to-wit: Maine
4, 400 men; New Hampshire 2,400 men; YER
mont 2, 400; Massachusetts 5000; Connecticut
$500; Rhode Island 800; New York 10000;
New Jersey $500; Pennsylvania 10000; Dele
ware 800; Maryland 5000; Virginia 5000;
District Of Columbia 400; North Carolina
400; South Carolina 2,4OO; Georgia 1900;
Florida 400; Alabama 1000; Mississippi 800;
Louisiana 500; Tennessee 400; Arkansas,
400; Missouri 1900; Iowa 400; Kentucky.
4400; Illinois 1900; Indiana $500; Ohio.
5000; Michigan 800; and Wisconsin 200 men.
luiS iOICS W COtiStitutD tiU cVCOttu SlooS3 oAHu
to be denominated the ACTIVE or MoyEABLE1
force
lth. That the ACTIVE or MOVABLE force
shall be divided into companies and battalions,
and be organized as follows: A company shall
consist Of one captain, one first and one second
four sergean,s, four corporals. one
drummer and one tifer, and ninety privates.-
A battalion shall consist Of one MAJOR, an adju-
liant, with the rank Of first lieutenant, one
withihe rank Of first lieutenant,
one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant
and four companies. And that the said ACTIVE
81 MOVABLE force shall behcld 70 serve as such
and be governed by such rules as may be pre-
lsctibed for the period OF four years-oneI
Iourthoffhe same in each State, Territory, and
District going out annually; the order Of suc-
Icession 10 be determined in the first instance
Iby lot.
18th, That there shall be third class Of the
militia Of the United States, to be denominated
the REsRRvE or sEDENrARY force, which shall
be organized in the same manner as the Ac-
TIVE force. And that the reserve force 50 or
Iganized shall BE- composed rof all those who
| shall have served the legal time indicated torI
1.-The second class, and be held TO serve for four
years ia the same; atthe expiration Of which,
time they hallreturnto the MASS, and be sub
Iiect 10 no further military or militia duty, unless
liz cases of evasion or levee en- maSse. And
Isuch portions Of the ACTIVE force as may 60
out ofthe same annually shall forthwith be
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