Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1847-07-01
THE NEW MILITIA LAW.

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THE NEW MILITIA LAW.
The provisions of the new law for organic
ing the military force Of the State, are briefly
these:
The system Of compulsory duty is abandon
ed, and hereafter military service will be per,
formed entirely by volunteers, TO be clothed
in one common State uniform, varying with
the different corps, in which the respective
companies may perform duty.
The collector of State taxes is required to
enrol and notify all persons between the ages
Of eighteen and thirty FIVE within their respec-
tive towns liable to perform military duty.
and each person thus enrolled, except men,
the performance of military duty by the pay
ment. to the collector, of one dollar annually
In case any person thus enrolled fails to per-
form military duty, or to pay his communication
money, he is liable to fine of four dollars, to
be collected by warrant under the hand of the
Colonel o: the Regiment within whose bounds
he resides The money thus collected consti
tutes a fund from which payment is to be made
to volunteers. In addition to the names thus
enrolled, the Collector is also required to
make an additional list of all other persons
between the ages of eighteen and forty Eve
| years, whether liable or not to the performance
of military duty, and furnish the same for the
use of the Adjutant General, in order to enable
that officer to make the necessary returns to
the General Government. For his services,
the Colleet tor is authorized t. retain seven per
cent. on all moneys collected, and the sum of
two cents for each name he may enroll under
the last named proviso.
The volunteer companies of each county
constitute Regiment and the Regiments or
New London and Tolland compose the First
Brigace, and those Regiments embraced by the
counties Of New Haven, Lite hfeld, Fairfield
and Mddlesex, the Second Brigade, each of
which is commanded by a Brigadier General
The State constitutes one Military Division,
and is commanded by Major General,
The commissioned officers 1t the several
volunteer companies now existing, are requir>
ed to meet at such time and place within the
limits of their respective counties, as the Ad.
jutant General may direct, and when thus as
sembled to elect the Field Officers for their
respective Regiments.
The Field Officers thus elected, are required
10 meet at such place within the limits of their
respective Brigade districts as the Adjutant
General may direct. and elect, for their several
Brigades, one Brigadier General
The several Regiments are required 10 as-
semble, in the fall of each year, and perform
military duty for three successive days, and for
this service are to receive the sum of one dol.
lar and half per day for each man thus per-
forming military duty, and the sum Of twenty>
five dollars per annum is allowed each CONS
pany as rent for an armory;
The commanding officers Of the several en-
listed companies in the State will very shortly
be required 10 forward return of the number
of men under their command to the Office of
the Adju:ant General as the first step of organs.
ization. We sincerely hope that the several
several companies of our own county will take
hold Of the work in earnest, and show that al-
though under the old system we were reduced
70 pretty low point, yet that the salutary pro-
visions ofthe present law have given an impe-
tus to the military ardor Of our young men
that will leave them second 10 no county IL
the State iHrespsct to military pride and dis
cipline.