Compend of Instructions in Military Tactics, and the Manual of Percussion Arms, with Extracts from the U.S. Army Regulations (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1857. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: --Section 1. Whenever the volunteer militia shall be engaged in camp duty, each company roll-call, during the term of encampment, shall be made under the supervision and in presence of a staff officer, to be designated by the commanding officer of any regiment or battalion to which said company shall be duplicate returns of duty in camp, now by law required to be made by commanders of companies, that such company did on the several days of encampment, well and faithfully perform all the duties required by law, on such days, and that the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, reported as present and doing duty each day, in such duplicate returns, is correct. And no compensation shall be allowed to any person who shall not remain in camp, and perform all required duties during the period of said encampment; excepting that any person who shall once appear, and be excused from further duty by reason of sickness, shall be entitled to compensation for the time he is actually engaged in service. Sect. 2. The amount to be allowed to the several cities and towns, for defraying the expense of armories furnished to an act concerning the militia. officer shall certify upon the companies of the volunteer militia, shall be adjudicated and determined by the adjutant-general, within the limit of existing law; and the said adjutant-general shall be the sole commissioner for the purposes specified in the third section of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Sect. 3. When any company of the volunteer militia shall be reduced to a less number than thirty-two privates, and sh..