Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-15

'h, situation Of the urtns announcements and arnnr-
ton A. 'hry actosiy may rc f.e Of inspection
and every oihcr thing Which Inty. his judgement
relate 10 the government good Crtvf md In,rary de
clphne If the brigade
gh That ga addition 20 thco.ficcrs referred n ibcf
shall be- also sUc qgaricrmas,-I ,,.nctHl with the
rank Of a briso'icr general TO The militia Of each
Sute
lOh. Within ----- mnailfs lfi,r the gdnpi.oa ard
establishments Of .h system. there shall 90 taken from
the mass of thc m,lni1 IA each STATE. Territory and
D-,rc, OF the United States Nv drtusht ~ y >oluni.
arr service such number bstwecn the ayes Of twenty
one and thirt,-s'Ncu wears - that the vhu. a rmv
nay not exceed 100000 men. and m the follow ing
proportions inr each state Territory and district rsncc.
lively. 10 wit; Name { il0 mon : New Hampshire
> 400 men Vermont > 100 Massachusetts, Is 600 :
Connrcicut $500 Rhode island 500 New York :
GOO New Jersey $500 peuusv,N MIA TO- 100 Dcla.
ware 500 North Carolina iIDO; South Carolina
1900 Georgia > 500 Florida 400 Alaharna . 900
Mississippi 500; Louisiana GOO Tennessee t400
Arkansas 400; VI sour 200 : Iowa 900 kcntuck,
4loo Illinois 300 Indiana $3.50 OHIO 5000
Michigan 500 and Wisconsin 400 mon. TIN, force
10 constitute the second class auj be demon mated the
ACTIVE OR 1svEABLE force.
llh That IN" o1'irc Diareai}c force shall hc d.
yidcd into companies md blttaious and DC organ
ized rs follows company shall consist oT one cap
TAM ono FIRST and second lieutenant four sergeans
tour corporuls, drummer aud one fiCr aud niuei
pfNates battalion shall of one major an al
master with the rank OF frs, lieutenant one sergeant
major one quuttcrnastcr sergeant and four companies
Ana That the said active or cable force shall b,
held 20 serve such and DC governed bv such rule,
as may be prescribed for the period OF four years
one "urih Of The sane IN each State Territory ant
District gung cat annually the order of succession &,
be determined Ia the frs, instance by lo'
/ l2ih. That there shall Dc third elass or the mill
la OF the United Saics 70 he dcanminaich the rcserN,
Or sedcrary force. which shall be organized IN IA,
same manner as the active force. Aud that the res
crve force orgauzed shall be composed of all hos,
who shall have served the legal time Indicated for IN,
second class. and bc held tu serve for ur years IL
the same al the expiration which lime they shnl
return Ia the mas and he Subject further muar,
or militia duty, unless M OF INVASION OF lcve,
en- massc. And such portions oi the active force a.
may 90 out oi the same annually shall forthwith b,
considered as belonging The reserve Of scdeniar,
iorce and after the Termination OF the first four year,
service OF any portion of hercSarve oncn Fourth OF tina
body shall go out Of service annually IN the same man
ner ~ prescribed for the scconC clsas
18Th. That the deficit occasioned hy tho transfer
annually Of oneiouuh Olhe active the reserve force
and by the discharge annually of one fourth Of the &c
serve be yearly supplied hya drausht by Noluutar
service from Ihc mass
IAN. That. tor the greater convenience OF inSfruc
i'on md discipline Of the active and scSenttry force
the territory OF the United States shall be divided Int
ten districts. which until oth-rw sr directed by law
, shall he composed as follows