Assertion: militia's right | /r/CapableOf | appoint majorgeneral
Facets:
value: to prevent injury
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Even the loyal governor of New York claimed the right to appoint majorgenerals so as to prevent injury to "the distinctive character of the militia of the states," and a committee of the Senate opposed the incorporation into the same force of volunteers and regulars on the ground that the Constitution had established a distinction between the troops of the states and those of the Union.