Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-22

'he situation Of the arms ACCOMPLISHMENTS and ammuu
ton as they actually may b. The ,ime of inspection
ans every Other ding which may. IN hIS Judgement
relate In the government, good urirr ai,d ,,ry dis
cpilnc ct the brigade.
9Th Ihaiin adjluos 20 the officers referred 10 her,
shu'I hc aso one quartz unas;cI general, with the
r"nN * bngldicr general to the militia At each
state.
l'h NuhinHH---- uf7nihs after the abortion ana
establishment ni s system, there shall he taken from
ia" mass 81 the nilria, N each State Tcrrtcry and
Ttrfrl ui The United S'rtc> by drturht ur by yulun
airy service such nuluhcr bS,-ecn he scs ct tvcaIy
one AMI ihirty->cv"n wears, that the whole army
NAY not exceed 100000 men. and IA the following
proportions iur state icrrrtory AMI sir,, rspcc
lively. TO Wit; Maine / auO ncn New Hamn.hir,
2.Spo men Vermont =. 400 Massachusetts, g OOu /:
C"nnrciicut $500 Rhode island 500 New York \
ooo New Jersey 2SOO PennsylN ana 1000; Della
/ ware SOO; North Caruua l.iOO; South Carolina
400 Georgia 2.S00 Florida 100 Alabama . 600 .
Mississippi 500; Louisiana 4 900 Tennessee 400 :
! Arkansas 100; Missouri 200 Iowa 100 KcntucL ~
400; lhois POO; Indiana , 500 Ohio 5000 :
Michigan 500 and Wisconsin 500 men. Tins force.
10 c"nstItuc the second class aud bc dcnomnatcd the
ACTIVE or MOVABLE force.
llih That the aci,r, Hor'abc force shall bc di-
Nidcd Irto companies aud bittapns, and be orran-
iHc'l as follows company shall consist OF one cap
'aIu first anil Second lieutenant t,Ir scrrcan,s
four corpora- drummer anI one iifer aud ninety
prNacs. battalion shall consist uf one manor an adj.
Juian with the rank Of first lieutenant one quarter.
master with the rank o. first lieutenant one sergeant.
n MAJOR. one qHacuulser sergeant and four companies
And that the SAID active moveablo force shall bc
held 60 serve such, and he governed by such rules
as may be prescribed for the period ct tour wears
one fourth of the IA each State T,rritury and
District going Oui snnually The order OF success un Ia
y" determined IN the lirsl instance Nv hot
l2ii- That there shall bc a third class OF the mill
ta OF the United States. 10 he dcuninacd the reserve
or scdcniary iurce. Which sha, bc organized la the
slue manner a. the active force. And that the res
crve force og1ulri shall to- composed of all those
Who shall have served the legal time indicated for the
sccpnd class and lee held 20 serve Tor four years ~
The same nj the eXmratiu OF which lime they shall
return ioihc mas md be subject no further military
or militia duty. unless M or INVASION or levcc
ca ua>sr, And sch portions oi the active E,rrc a.
may go uui at the same annually shall forthwith b.,
considered rs belonging To the reserve Of solcntary
lnrcc and after the termination of the r,t four wears
service oi any portion Of Ihcres"rvc olcurth Of thai
body shall ont Of ice annually in thc same man
ncr rs prescribed fnr the sccpnC clsas.
e. 18Th That the deficit ucclsiouc, by the transfer
annually 81 unctourh oihe active the reserve force
AMI by the d-ch1rrc annually ol oc-tuurih of ;hc re-
serve, be yearly supplied by duughi, Or b. yOuular,
service from the mass.
I'm That, for the greater convenience of Instruc
ton and discipline ofthc active and sclcnarv force
the territory of thc United States shall bc divided in,
tea districts which, until oth"rNisc directed by law
! shall be composed rs ioliuNs