Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-01

tlenuatloil oI the colonel or SAID regiment.
Ehe officers of the cavalry shall furnish
themselves with good horses, at least
fourteen hands and half high. and shall
De armed with a sword. and pair of pis-
tolls, the holsters of which shall be COW
cred with bear-skin caps. Each horse
man shall furnish himself with service
able horse, of at least fourteen hands and I
a halt high, good saddle bride, mail
plllion and valise, holsters, breast-plate |
and erupper, pair of boots and spurs. |
pair OF pistols and sabre, and cartridge |
box, to contain twelve cartridges for pis- (
tolls. No man shall be enlisted into anv
troop OF cavalry, unless he shall own and
constantly keep suitable horse and fur |
nnure tor that service And if any per-
son, who shall belong to any troop of
cavalry, shall be destitute of suitable
! horse and furniture for more than three
months at any one time, he shall be dis
charged from such corps, by the captain
thereof and be enrolled in the standino
| company IN which he resides. And when
any draft or detachment shall be made
from troop of cavalry for actual service,
the men thus drafted or detached shall
march with their own horses: and before
their march, their horses shall be ap-
praised by three Indifferent men, TO Be
appointed by the commanding officer Of
the brigade from which such detachment
; shall be made. The commissioned, non
commissioned officers and musicians Of
Cavalry companies, shall not be required
to attend the regimental drills provided
Tor IN this act. And the members of such
companies shall be exempt from taxes as
they we've previous to the passage of the
act to which this is an addition.
CHATTER .-C0mpensatious
| |. So much of the first section of the
eighth chapter CT the act to which this is
in addition as provides for the payment to
the adJutaat and inspector general of three
dollars per day for drilling and also SO
much of the proviso as provides that the
officers attending the regimenta courts
martial shall not receive any compensa-
ton, be, and the same hereby is, repealed
2. The drilling officer at any reoi.
mental drill shall receive for each davis
attendance the sum Of three dollars. and.
if he be the major general Of the dvis-
ion, or the commanding officer of the
regiment, the further sum of six cents for
each miles travel.
/ 3. The officers attending the regimen
tai courts martial ordered by the Militia
Act of 1887. shall receive the sum of
one dollar for each days attendance and
six cents for each miles travel.
} 4. The adjutant and inspector general
shall receive an annual salary of two
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out
Of the treasury of the State.
5. Each commissioned, non commits
, stoned officer and musician shall be paid
, for each days attendance, at any regi-
) mental drill In their respective regiments,
the sum of one dollar
CHAPTER vI-Ru'es and Articles.
l. The twenty-fourth article of the
ninth chapter Of the act to which this is
in addition, be and the same hereby is
7 repealed
2. All delinquents, to be tried before
brigade court martial, shall be served
with copy of the charges aid specifca.
tons preferred against them, at least ten
days previous to the time of the trial.
8. Every, non-commissioned officer,
! musician and private who, being duly
ordered, shall unnecessarily neglect to
: appear at any election Of company Off
GERS, at the time and place appointed
I shall forfeit and pay the sum Of one dol
i lar, to he collected ia the same manner as
: other tines for non-appearance at any
i company training now are.
4. Every commissioned officer who
being dul y ordered, shall unnecessarily
neglect to appear at any election of field
:, officers, at the time and place appointed
shall forfeit and pay the sum of Two dol
e lars.
5, 5. The third and fourth sections O
the ninth chapter of the act TO which this
d is In addition, shall Be construed to extend
Il to all cases in which compensation is pro
II vided for officers and soldiers by this act
J, CHAPTER VII Trainings, Muste4s ana
h Drills.
o |. The commissioned, non commission
r ed officers and musicians Of each regim
t, ent, in the uniform prescribed by virtue 0
n the Militia Act of 1887, shall, biennially
rendezvous, between the Goth day of AUG
ust and the 25th dav of September, with
in their respective limits. two DAYS, sue
b cessivel ", for the purpose of drilling ant
n improvement in military discipline; TIL
N days of rendezvous TO be designated il
% orders by the commandant of brigade.
,e 2. The third and fifth sections of th
tenth chapter ofthe act to which this is il
" addition be. and the same are, hereby re
i. pealed
Ia 8. The militia of this state shall be as
u sembled in the year 1910, and every sec
If ond year thereafter, in the month Of Sep