An Act Authorizing a Detachment from the Militia of the United States
Document 1797This is an Act of Congress that authorizes the President to require the executives of the several States to organize, arm, equip, and hold in readiness eighty thousand effective militia to be apportioned among the States in the numbers specified in this Act. It states also that the militia shall not be compelled to serve longer than three months during any single tour of duty. Officers of the militia are entitled to the same pay as those of the same rank in the regular army.
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This is an Act of Congress that authorizes the President to require the executives of the several States to organize, arm, equip, and hold in readiness eighty thousand effective militia to be apportioned among the States in the numbers specified in this Act. It states also that the militia shall not be compelled to serve longer than three months during any single tour of duty. Officers of the militia are entitled to the same pay as those of the same rank in the regular army.
Date
06/24/1797
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797062490101
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Notable persons
United States Congress
House of Representatives
the Senate
John Adams
Jonathon Dayton
Thomas Jefferson
executives
President United States
militia
detachment
speaker house of representatives
Vice President United States
President United States
officer
non commissioned officers
privates
artillery
infantry
cavalry
musicians
Notable locations
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolin
South Carolin
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Notable items
act of congress
pay
organize
arm
equip