Opis: Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina - Dept North Carolina; Adjutant General'

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina: For the Year 1880

The State Guard was organized four years ago. It was seen that the fundamental laws, both Federal and State, require "a well-regulated militia"; and that the act of Congress, in obedience to the Constitution, declares that every able bodied citizen of the respective States, &c., shall be enrolled in the militia; and that the militia of each State shall be arranged into companies, battalions, brigades, &c., as the Legislature of the State may direct. - (Rev. Statutes U. S., sections 1625 and 1630.)

And, further, that the Constitution of North Carolina, recognizing the time-honored principle that "a well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free State," in clear, distinct, unequivocal terms imposes upon all able-bodied citizens of the State, between certain ages, the obligation of duty in the militia; and declares that "the General Assembly shall provide for the organizing, arming, equipping and disciplining the militia." at the same time investing the Governor with power to call them out to execute the laws, suppress riots, &c., and granting the Legislature power "to enact laws that may be expedient for the government of the militia." - (Article XII State Constitution.)

In obedience to this mandate of the Constitution, the General Assembly sought to give North Carolina "a well-regulated militia," such as the organic law requires; and the act for the establishment of the State Guard was the consequence. - (Laws of 1876-'77, chapter 272.)

The object of this law is to substitute a volunteer militia for the old compulsory system which applies to the whole body of the people, and which has become so inapplicable to existing conditions as to be utterly disregarded. The act contemplates that this armed body of men shall be restricted, in time of peace, to moderate size; and that it shall be thoroughly armed, equipped, and disciplined, so as to be ready at all times to respond promptly to the call of the constituted authorities when their services shall be required.

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Szczegóły: Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina - Dept North Carolina; Adjutant General'

Nazwa: Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina For the Year 1880 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Dept North Carolina; Adjutant General'
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781332250011
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 40
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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