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    U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 15
    (1789)
    Gave Congress power "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions."
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    Articles of Confederation of 1781, art. IX
    (1781)
    Under a federal requisition, the state legislature had the duty to "raise the men and cloath, arm and equip them in a soldier like manner," with the Confederation Congress paying the expense.
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    U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 16
    (1789)
    Gave Congress the power 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 the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
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    Articles of Confederation of 1781, art. VI
    (1781)
    Every state was obliged to "always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered."