4 Laws of New Hampshire, Revolutionary Period 273 (Henry Harrison Metcalf ed., 1916)
| dc.coverage.spatial | New Hampshire | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-05T19:33:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1780 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act for Forming & Regulating The Militia within this State, and for Repealing All the Laws heretofore made for that Purpose: Militiamen had to attend musters and drills, and sometimes had to march off to fight in distant locations. Further, all males under 70 who were capable of bearing arms were put on the "alarm list." This meant that they had to have all the same arms and gear as militiamen | |
| dc.description.lawtext | And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all male persons under Seventy years of age & Capable of Bearing Arms who are Exempted by the first Section of this Act from Common and ordinary Trainings and are not Included in that part of the Militia called the Training Band, Shall Constitute an alarm List (Excepting only members of the General Congress, of the Councill & House of Representatives Secretarys Ministers of the Gospel, people Called Quakers having a Certificate from the Clerk of their Society, Ferry Men, Millers, Indians Negroes & Molattoes:) and Shall be in all respects Equipped with Arms & Accoutrements as by this Act is Directed for those of the Training Band: And Those of the Alarm List Shall by the Respective Brigadiers be Devided as Soon as Convenient into Companies as near as may be to Seventy two rank & File or Sixty Eight privates; not Less in any Case than forty Eight privates, or Exceeding Ninety Six; which Companies So Devided & formed shall be Commanded by a Captain holding the Rank of Colonel, a Lieut holding the Rank of Lieut Colo, & an Ensign holding the Rank of Major; and are to be Commissioned by the President of the Council upon the nomination and Recommendation of the Major part of their respective Companies, the Brigadier in whose District they are or Such field officers as he shall order being present & Presiding at Said Choice or Nomination: and are to proceed to the Choice of non Commissioned officers in the Same manner as Companies in the Training Band: Each Company is to be provided with one Drummer & one Fifer. | |
| dc.description.summary | This act creates an “alarm list” militia category of able-bodied men exempt from regular training, requiring them to maintain arms and equipment and organizing them into companies for emergency military service. It establishes company size, command structure, officer selection, and required musicians for these units. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5950 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://dspace.njstatelib.org/bitstreams/1acdd80d-6ba6-45ef-b2c6-d21818d1040a/download | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=P71GAQAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PA40&hl=en | |
| dc.subject | MILITIAS | |
| dc.subject | REQUIRED POSSESSION | |
| dc.title | 4 Laws of New Hampshire, Revolutionary Period 273 (Henry Harrison Metcalf ed., 1916) |