Military Policy of the United States, by Emory Upton: 4th Impression1917 - 495 pages |
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... companies and regiments of militia were organized throughout the colony and a third part of the militia , called " minute men , " agreed to hold themselves in readiness to march at a minute's warning . Such were the crude preparations ...
... companies and regiments of militia were organized throughout the colony and a third part of the militia , called " minute men , " agreed to hold themselves in readiness to march at a minute's warning . Such were the crude preparations ...
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... companies of riflemen in Pennsyl- vania , Virgina , and Maryland , whose term of enlistment was fixed at one year . So great was the popular enthusiasm , that 12 companies of riflemen reported at the camp at Boston within sixty days ...
... companies of riflemen in Pennsyl- vania , Virgina , and Maryland , whose term of enlistment was fixed at one year . So great was the popular enthusiasm , that 12 companies of riflemen reported at the camp at Boston within sixty days ...
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... companies of militia to consist of 1 captain , 2 lieutenants , 1 ensign , 4 sergeants , 4 corporals , 1 clerk , 1 drummer , 1 fifer , and 58 privates . That the officers of each company be chosen by the respective companies . " These ...
... companies of militia to consist of 1 captain , 2 lieutenants , 1 ensign , 4 sergeants , 4 corporals , 1 clerk , 1 drummer , 1 fifer , and 58 privates . That the officers of each company be chosen by the respective companies . " These ...
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... companies to be enlisted for three years . The slow increase of the Continental Army shows that Congress was committed to a dual military establishment , one class of troops being Continental or regular , the other militia . In the ...
... companies to be enlisted for three years . The slow increase of the Continental Army shows that Congress was committed to a dual military establishment , one class of troops being Continental or regular , the other militia . In the ...
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... companies of artillery , their terms of service end- ing in 1777 . e Part State troops . The conjectural estimate of militia employed in addition to the above troops in 1777 was : New Hampshire and Vermont , for two months ...
... companies of artillery , their terms of service end- ing in 1777 . e Part State troops . The conjectural estimate of militia employed in addition to the above troops in 1777 was : New Hampshire and Vermont , for two months ...
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