Plan of a Standing Army of 200,000 [i.e. Two Hundred Thousand] Men1840 - United States - 16 pages |
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... manner twenty - five thousand men will be discharged from militia duty every year , and twenty - five thousand fresh reeruits be received into the service . It will be sufficient for all useful purposes 3 that the remainder of the ...
... manner twenty - five thousand men will be discharged from militia duty every year , and twenty - five thousand fresh reeruits be received into the service . It will be sufficient for all useful purposes 3 that the remainder of the ...
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... manner of enrolment , the number of days of service , and the rate of compensation , ought to be fixed by law ; but the details had better be left subject to regulation - a plan of which I am prepared to submit to you . ' 99 ་ OFFICE ...
... manner of enrolment , the number of days of service , and the rate of compensation , ought to be fixed by law ; but the details had better be left subject to regulation - a plan of which I am prepared to submit to you . ' 99 ་ OFFICE ...
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... manner as the ACTIVE force . And that the RESERVE force , so organized , shall be composed of all those who shall have served the legal time indicated for the second class , and be held to serve for four years in the same ; at the ...
... manner as the ACTIVE force . And that the RESERVE force , so organized , shall be composed of all those who shall have served the legal time indicated for the second class , and be held to serve for four years in the same ; at the ...
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... manner as the Legislatures of the respective States shall direct , □ d in the Territories of the United States , in such manner as is prescribed by ex- ing laws . 17th . That the President of the United States be authorized to call ...
... manner as the Legislatures of the respective States shall direct , □ d in the Territories of the United States , in such manner as is prescribed by ex- ing laws . 17th . That the President of the United States be authorized to call ...
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... manner and under the circumstances referred to , shall be entitled to and re- ceive the same monthly pay , rations , clothing , or money in lieu thereof , and for- age , and be furnished with the same camp equipage , as are or may be ...
... manner and under the circumstances referred to , shall be entitled to and re- ceive the same monthly pay , rations , clothing , or money in lieu thereof , and for- age , and be furnished with the same camp equipage , as are or may be ...
Common terms and phrases
17th head accoutrements ACTIVE force ACTIVE or MOVEABLE adjutant ammunition annually of one-fourth arms army artificers battalions brigade buglers cents per day certificate child or children citizen so enrolled Clerk commander-in-chief commanding officer commissioned officers Committee court martial court-martial deem necessary defence delinquent discipline District duly dying of wounds fifer four corporals four sergeants furnished H. A. GARLAND harbor horses killed HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES infantry J. R. POINSETT laws Legislatures lieutenant colonel Louisiana manner MARCH 20 MASS military militia according militia duty money in lieu month's pay MOVEABLE force musicians mustered non-commissioned officer OFFICE HOUSE organize the militia prescribed proposed quartermaster rank of major regiments RESERVE Or SEDENTARY respective returns Rhode Island second class second lieutenant Secretary Secretary of War SEDENTARY force Stanford Stanford University take rank according territory training the militia U. S. Doc United vates voluntary service volunteer corps WAR DEPARTMENT wounds received
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Page 10 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 10 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 14 - To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states, respectively, the appointment of officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress...
Page 10 - ... obstructed in any state by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by...
Page 10 - That the militia, when called into the actual service of the United States, shall be subject to the same Rules and Articles of War as the regular troops of the United States.
Page 8 - That it shall be the duty of the brigade inspector, to attend the regimental and battalion meetings of the militia, composing their several brigades, during the time of their being under arms, to inspect their arms, ammunition and accoutrements, superintend their exercise and...
Page 6 - The Vice President of the United States; the officers, judicial and executive, of the Government of the United States...
Page 10 - Provided always, that whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the president to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the president shall forthwith, and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 7 - ... breastplate and crupper, a pair of boots and spurs, a pair of pistols, a sabre and a cartouche box to contain twelve cartridges for pistols...
Page 7 - That all commissioned officers shall take rank according to the date of their commissions; and when two of the same grade bear an equal date, then their rank to be determined by lot. to be drawn by them before the commanding officer of the brigade, regiment, battalion, company, or detachment.