Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-11

The situation Of the arms sccourcmsUi. az auu!uu
ton a. they actually may b. che Time of inspection,
and every other b'as Nh,h may. IA hrs Judgement
relate 10 the government good urJtt Un military -
cPlne 1.-THE brigade,
9Th Thatn additioa "a the officers referred to thcr,
shall be- also sne Vuartcrmastti r,rcrai. with th.
rank OF b-gadicr general the militia OF each
s'ote
lOh. "uhin------- months after tho adoption and
establishment OF tins system there shall taken from
TIE inass oi the mrlriih. m each State Tcrrory aud
District ci TIE United States ~ driught or hy Vulun
airy service. such nmlhcr between The ages OF veaty
one anu tnriy-seNen years. - that the whole army
rnay not exceed 100000 men, AMI in the following
proportions for each territory and district rc.pec
lively. To wit; Name 4.{8G mcu New fi,mpshir,
2.foO men Vermont 400 Massachusetts 5000 /:
Cpnnccticut $500 Rhode Island 500 New, York 8
OoO New Jersey $500 Pennsylv wanna lO.400 Della
Ware oOO North Carolina i.i00; South Carolina
l.'OO Georgia $500 Florida 400 Alabama y 900
Mississippi 500; Louisiana 600 Tennessee 4 400 +:
Arkaasas 400 Missouri 200 Iowa 400: Kentucky
400 Illinois 200 Indiana $3.50 Ohio 5000 :
Michigan 500 and Wisconsin 400 men This force
20 constitute the second class and be Ienonnat,j In.
ACTIVE MOVABLE force.
llth That ti, aciirc ar llor5aJc force shall he di
r'ded INTO comp1uie, and hiijaons. and b. organ
ilrd n Blows Company shall consist OF one cap
tam one first and second lieutenant four sergeanis
Tour cofnrals, on" druismer and ficr and ninety
p-tNaicS battalion shall consist of one major m AL
luiant with the rank Of first lieutenant one ,t,,r,r
master with the rank ct first lieutenant one sergeant.
mI'r' one quaiicunIscr sergeant anil four companies
Ana hat the said active movable force shall Toe
held 10 serve such. and be governed by such rules
. a. may he prescribed i"r the period of four years
one fourth Of The same IA each State Terrilory and
District gnng out annually the order of succession Ia
. Toe determined IA the first instance Nv lo
l-i1. That There stall be thirl class Of the mill
ia OF tho United states, 10 be dcnpminaicd the reserve
or scdeniary force. which shall be organized in the
same manner a. the active ior,e. And that the res
"rNe force orgnnzd shall be composed of all those
who shall have served the legal time indicated for the
second class. and be held to serve for four wears IN
the same At the eNprratinn OF which time they shall
return oihe mass. and be subject to no further military
or militia duty, unless IN of INVASION or evec
en- maSsc. And such portions at the active force a,
may 60 out of the same annually shall forthwith be
considered n belonging 10 the reserve of scdentary
force and after the termination oi the first four wears
service OF any portion of oneurth of tina
body shall go out Of service annually in the same man
ner rs prescribed for the scconC csas
! 18th. That the deficit occasioned by the transfer
annually fone.Ourh ofihc active To the reserve force
and 10y the discharge annually of fourth of the re-
serve be yearly supplied by draugh by youular,
service from the mass
llIh. That for the greater convenience of instruc
ton and discipline of the active and sedenary force
the territory OF the United States shall Ice divided int
ten districts, which. until Otherwise directed by law
shall DC COMPOSED - fellows.