1785-99 Md. Laws 845
| dc.coverage.spatial | Maryland | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-05T19:33:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1798 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Required that "one complete company of infantry annexed to each regiment within this state, to be furnished with arms and accoutrements at the expense of the state … composed of men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty years." | |
| dc.description.lawtext | XXIII. And be it enacted, That there shall be one complete company of infantry annexed to each regiment within this state, to be furnished with arms and accoutrements at the expence of the state, so far as the state may now be in possession of them; that the said companies shall consist of one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, four serjeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer and sixty-four privates, and shall be composed of men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty years, (except the commissioned officers,) taken from the regiment to which said company shall be attached, and shall always be complete, either by volunteers, or draughts from the regiment; and the privates and non-commissioned officers of the said company, as they shall respectively arrive at the age of thirty years, shall be dismissed from the company, and their vacancies filled by volunteers, or draughts from the regiment, in the same manner as the company is originally formed; and the persons so dismissed from the company shall deliver their arms and accoutrements in good order to the commanding officers of the company, and shall be subject to militia duty in the same manner as other citizens above the age of thirty years. | |
| dc.description.summary | This provision creates a state-organized infantry company within each regiment, staffed by men aged 21–30 and equipped with arms and gear provided by the state when available. Members serve temporarily in this company and are rotated out at age 30, at which point they must return their equipment and continue ordinary militia duty like other citizens. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5941 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=SZxaAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PR115-IA67&hl=en | |
| dc.subject | MILITIAS | |
| dc.title | 1785-99 Md. Laws 845 |