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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 20', '§ 21', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 20', '§ 21']

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86 MILITIA.
§ 12. The commissioned and non-commissioned officers and musicians
of each regiment and extra battalion, shall rendezvous within their respec-,
tive beats, not less than two nor more than four days successively, in the'
month of September in each year, for the purpose of drill, discipline, and improvement in martial exercise. The time and place of rendezvous shall be
prescribed in orders by the commanding officer of the brigade.
§ 13. On the first day of such rendezvous, the brigade inspector shall attend to superintend the exercise and manoeuvres, and to introduce the system of tactics and discipline which is now or shall hereafter be prescribed by
law for the observance of the armies and militia of the United States, and on
such day he shall, under his superior officers there present, take the command
as drill officer, so far as shall be necessary to the execution of those duties.
§ 14. If the commanding officer of any brigade of cavalry or artillery
shall deem it inconvenient for all the commissioned and non-commissioned
officers and musicians of any regiment or battalion in such brigade to rendezvous at the same time and place, he may order them to rendezvous, a part at
one time and place, and a part at another, at each of which places the brigade inspector of each corps shall, if practicable, attend.
§ 15. The commanding officer of any regiment or- extra battalion, in addition to the rendezvous above prescribed, may. require the commissioned
and non-commissioned officers and musicians to meet once in each year, for
exercise arid improvement, at such time and place as he shall appoint.
§ 16. The commandant of each brigade, by and with the consent of a
majority of the field officers, may require the parade of the commissioned officers and musicians, to be held by brigades, if he shall deem it expedient,
in lieu of the regimental or battalion rendezvous.
§ 17. Such commandant shall report all absentees and deficiencies to
the proper court.
§ 18. For the purposes of notifying the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates to any parade or place of rendezvous required by law, the
commandant of each company shall issue his order to his non-commissioned
officers, or to such of them as he may deem proper, requiring them respectively to notify all persons subject to military duty, within a certain district
to be designated in such order, or all persons named in the order, as such
commander may elect, to appear at such parade or place of rendezvous,
armed and equipped as the law directs.
§ 19. Each non-commissioned officer so ordered, shall notify every person theretofore enroled or enlisted, and whom he shall therein be required to
notify,, by reading the order and stating- the substance thereof in the hearing
of such person; or in case of his absence, by leaving a notice thereof at his
usual place of abode, with some person of suitable age and discretion, above
the age of fourteen years: or fixing the same on the outer door of the house,
in case no person can be found therein; such notice shall be signed by the
non-commissioned officer making the service, and when so left or affixed,
shall have the like effect as if the person to whom the same shall be directed,
had been personally notified.
§ 20. Such non-commissioned'officer shall deliver the order to his commandant, with a return, in which he shall state the names of all persons by
. him notified, and the manner of notifying them respectively, and he shall
make oath to the truth of such return, which oath shall be administered by
the commandant or other authorized person, and certified to by him on the
back of the return.
§ 21. Such commandant shall deliver the order and return, together with
bis own return of all delinquents and delinquencies, to the president of the
proper court of assessment.
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Transcript 86 MILITIA. § 12. The commissioned and non-commissioned officers and musicians of each regiment and extra battalion, shall rendezvous within their respec-, tive beats, not less than two nor more than four days successively, in the' month of September in each year, for the purpose of drill, discipline, and improvement in martial exercise. The time and place of rendezvous shall be prescribed in orders by the commanding officer of the brigade. § 13. On the first day of such rendezvous, the brigade inspector shall attend to superintend the exercise and manoeuvres, and to introduce the system of tactics and discipline which is now or shall hereafter be prescribed by law for the observance of the armies and militia of the United States, and on such day he shall, under his superior officers there present, take the command as drill officer, so far as shall be necessary to the execution of those duties. § 14. If the commanding officer of any brigade of cavalry or artillery shall deem it inconvenient for all the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and musicians of any regiment or battalion in such brigade to rendezvous at the same time and place, he may order them to rendezvous, a part at one time and place, and a part at another, at each of which places the brigade inspector of each corps shall, if practicable, attend. § 15. The commanding officer of any regiment or- extra battalion, in addition to the rendezvous above prescribed, may. require the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and musicians to meet once in each year, for exercise arid improvement, at such time and place as he shall appoint. § 16. The commandant of each brigade, by and with the consent of a majority of the field officers, may require the parade of the commissioned officers and musicians, to be held by brigades, if he shall deem it expedient, in lieu of the regimental or battalion rendezvous. § 17. Such commandant shall report all absentees and deficiencies to the proper court. § 18. For the purposes of notifying the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates to any parade or place of rendezvous required by law, the commandant of each company shall issue his order to his non-commissioned officers, or to such of them as he may deem proper, requiring them respectively to notify all persons subject to military duty, within a certain district to be designated in such order, or all persons named in the order, as such commander may elect, to appear at such parade or place of rendezvous, armed and equipped as the law directs. § 19. Each non-commissioned officer so ordered, shall notify every person theretofore enroled or enlisted, and whom he shall therein be required to notify,, by reading the order and stating- the substance thereof in the hearing of such person; or in case of his absence, by leaving a notice thereof at his usual place of abode, with some person of suitable age and discretion, above the age of fourteen years: or fixing the same on the outer door of the house, in case no person can be found therein; such notice shall be signed by the non-commissioned officer making the service, and when so left or affixed, shall have the like effect as if the person to whom the same shall be directed, had been personally notified. § 20. Such non-commissioned'officer shall deliver the order to his commandant, with a return, in which he shall state the names of all persons by . him notified, and the manner of notifying them respectively, and he shall make oath to the truth of such return, which oath shall be administered by the commandant or other authorized person, and certified to by him on the back of the return. § 21. Such commandant shall deliver the order and return, together with bis own return of all delinquents and delinquencies, to the president of the proper court of assessment.