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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows: --Section 1. Whenever the volunteer militia shall be engaged in camp duty, each company roll-call, during the term of encampment, shall be made under the supervision and in presence of a staff officer, to be designated by the commanding officer of any regiment or battalion to which said company shall be duplicate returns of duty in camp, now by law required to be made by commanders of companies, that such company did on the several days of encampment, well and faithfully perform all the duties required by law, on such days, and that the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, reported as present and doing duty each day, in such duplicate returns, is correct. And no compensation shall be allowed to any person who shall not remain in camp, and perform all required duties during the period of said encampment; excepting that any person who shall once appear, and be excused from further duty by reason of sickness, shall be entitled to compensation for the time he is actually engaged in service. Sect. 2. The amount to be allowed to the several cities and towns, for defraying the expense of armories furnished to an act concerning the militia. officer shall certify upon the companies of the volunteer militia, shall be adjudicated and determined by the adjutant-general, within the limit of existing law; and the said adjutant-general shall be the sole commissioner for the purposes specified in the third section of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Sect. 3. When any company of the volunteer militia shall be reduced to a less number than..

Excerpt from The Volunteer's Hand Book: Containing Ab Abridgment of Hardee's Infantry Tactics, Adapted to the Use of the Percussion Musket in Squad and Company Exercises, Manual of Arms for Riflemen, and United States Army Regulations as to Parades, Reviews, Inspections, Guard Mounting, Etc First principles having the greatest influence upon individual instruction, upon which that of the company and regiment depend, recruits should be watched with the greatest care. Instructors should explain, in a few clear and precise words, the movement to be executed; and not to overburden the memory of the men, they should always use the same words to explain the same principles. They should often join example to precept, should keep up the attention of the men by an animated tone, and pass rapidly from one movement to another, as soon as that which they command has been executed in a satisfactory manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.