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... instruction and discipline in quarters would be inferior to that of large garrisons , and the capacity of the troops suddenly emerging from quarters to begin the forced marches of pursuit would be less than that of men inured by a long ...
... instruction and discipline in quarters would be inferior to that of large garrisons , and the capacity of the troops suddenly emerging from quarters to begin the forced marches of pursuit would be less than that of men inured by a long ...
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... instruction in time of peace ; and , to this end , I renew the recommendation hereto- fore made for an appropriation which will enable the government to alter the small arms heretofore issued to the States for the use of the militia ...
... instruction in time of peace ; and , to this end , I renew the recommendation hereto- fore made for an appropriation which will enable the government to alter the small arms heretofore issued to the States for the use of the militia ...
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... instruction of the militia force of the United States . This subject has claimed the atten- tion of many of your illustrious predecessors , and has been in the most urgent terms presented to the consideration of Congress at vari- ous ...
... instruction of the militia force of the United States . This subject has claimed the atten- tion of many of your illustrious predecessors , and has been in the most urgent terms presented to the consideration of Congress at vari- ous ...
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... instructions , and your course is approved . The zeal manifested by you to preserve order and prevent civil strife between our fellow citizens in Kansas receives full com- mendation ; but you have properly refused to interpose the ...
... instructions , and your course is approved . The zeal manifested by you to preserve order and prevent civil strife between our fellow citizens in Kansas receives full com- mendation ; but you have properly refused to interpose the ...
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... instructions heretofore com- municated . To meet this exigency the President has directed the governor of the Territory to complete the enrolment and organization of the militia , as you will find fully set forth in the enclosed copy of ...
... instructions heretofore com- municated . To meet this exigency the President has directed the governor of the Territory to complete the enrolment and organization of the militia , as you will find fully set forth in the enclosed copy of ...
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Page 47 - ... shall be composed of ten companies, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, one wagoner, and from sixty-four to eighty-two privates.
Page 95 - 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 95 - 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 95 - ... to employ for the same purposes such part of the land or naval force of the United States as shall be judged necessary, having first observed all the prerequisites of the law iu that respect.
Page 95 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions,' it is enacted, ' that whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the power vested in the marshals...
Page 95 - ... 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 95 - ... it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State, or of any other State or States, as may be necessary to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed...
Page 169 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Page 58 - States, do issue this my proclamation to command all persons engaged in unlawful combinations .against the constituted authority of the Territory of Kansas or of the United States to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes...
Page 375 - SIR : The following report of the principal operations of the Ordnance Department during the last fiscal year, with such remarks, suggestions, and recommendations as are deemed appropriate to the respective subjects mentioned in it, is respectfully submitted: FUNDS.