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About The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1789-1806 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1790)
three years on board of some public armed artflel or ihip of war, at a corainiflioned of ficer, warrant officer, or private mariner; for whjch service they (hall receive the cus tomary wages and emoluments. Bat (hould the ft*»c not demand the said three years service during the above period, from the age of fixteeu to thirty years, then the party to be exempted entirely therefrom. The person so serving (hall receive a certi ficate of bis service, on parchment, accord ing to the form which(hall be direded, which (hall exempt hun from any other thah volun tary service, unless in such exigencies as may require the feivices of all the membeis of the community. The (econff class (hall be responsible for a proportion of service in thoft cases to which the firft class (hall be unequal. The numbers lequiied (hall be furnilhed by fed ions, in the fame manner as preferibed for the fedions of the militia. Os the Advanced Corfu. The advanced corps are designed not only as a school in which the youth of the United States are to be intruded in the art of War, but they are in all cases of exigence to serve as an adual defence to the community. The whole of the armed corps fliall be J clothed according to the maimer hereafter di- I Teded, armed and fubfifled at the expence of the United States; and all the youth of the said corps, in each (late, (hall be encamped together, if practicable, or by legions, which I encampments (hall be denominated the annual I ramps of di/cipline. I The youth of eighteen and nineteen years fliall be difeiplined for thirty days (uccelfively in each year, and those of twenty years (hall be difeiplined only for leu days in each year, 1 which fliall be the last ten days of annual eu campmentß. The non-commiflioned officers and privates are not to receive any pay during the fame time, but the commissioned officers will re- , ceivc the pay of their relative ranks,-agree ably to the federal eflaßlifliment'fof the time being. In order that the pUm (hall effectually an swer the end proposed, the firft day of janui arv (hall he the fixed period; for ah who at tain the age of eighteen years, in any parr, or during the courle of each year, to be en neceffary C . advanceci cor K and to take the gal military service as the full and complete term of three years, to be ellimated from the time of entrance into the said corps ; and also to take ah oath of allegiance to the (late, and to the Urntcd State*. V ' | The cemmanding officer, or general of the advanced legions of the diftrid, (hall regulate thd manner of the service of the youth ic I *- fpeCtively, whether it (hall be in the infantry, artillery, or cavalry ; but after having enter. «d into tidier o f them, no change ihould be allowed. *' Each individual, at his firft joining the an nual camps of difeipliue, will receive com plete arms and accoutrements, all of which, previoully to his being difeharged from’ the said camps, he must return to the regimental quartennalter, on the penalty of dol lars, or’ months itrtprifonment. The said arms and accoutrements (hall be marked in fomc conspicuous place with the letters M. U. S. aud all Tales or purchases of any of said arms or accoutrements, thall be teverely punilhed according to law. And each individual will also, on his firft entrance into the advauced corps, receive the following articles of uniform clothing: one hat, one uniform lhort coat, one .waistcoat, and one pair of overalls, which’-he fliall re tain in his owu pojfeftion, and for which he thall be held accountable, and he compelled to replace all deficiencies during his service in the annual camps of difciplme. Thole who thall serve in the cavalry ftnll be at the expense of their own horses, hel mets and horse furniture ; but they (hall re ceive forage for their horses, (words, pistols, and clothing, equal in value to the infantrv. At the age of twenty-one years every in dividual, having lerved in the manner and for the time preferibed, flull receive an ho norary certificate theitof mi parchment, and tigut-l by me legiouaiy general and inf,»td'»r. The names of all peifuus to whom such cstunu.l* U given* dull bl furlj («• t giftered in books to be provided for that pur \ pcTe. And the said certificate, or an attested copy of the regifler aforefaid, (hall be required as ■* an ihdtfpenfable qualification for exercising any of the rights of a free citizen, until after the age of . years. The advanced legions, in all cases of in vasion or rebellion, (hall, on requisition of lawful authority, be obliged to march to any place within the United States, to remain embodied for such time as-fliall be drreded, not to exceed one year; tefffie computed from’ the regimental parades; during the period of thdr being on fucb service to be placed on the continental eftabliftiment of pay, subsist ence, clothrng, forage* 'tentl, camp equipage, and all such allowances as are made to the federal troops, at the fame tiubie, and under j the fame^ircumftanc**. I. If the military service so required Ihould’ be for fhch a (hurt period as to render an ac tual issue of clothing unnecessary, then an al lowance Ihould be made, in proportion to the aqttMl cost °* c,otilia gf°rthe federal soldiers, accordiug to estimates to befurniffied for that purpofc froth the War Office of the United I States. J In case the legions of the advanced corps (hould march to any place, in confequeace of a requisition of the general government, ail legal and proper expehees of fueh march fliall be paid by the United States; but (hould they be embodied, and march in confequen'ce of an order derived from the authority' of the (tate to which they belong, and for (late pur poses, then the expeuces will be borne by thfc (tate. The advanced corps fliall.'bVconftituted on such principles that, when completed, it will receive one third part, and difeharge one third part of its numbers annually; By this rangement, two-thirds of thfc corps will alt all times be considerably difcipiiued ; bht as it will only receive thole'of eighteen years df age, it will not be completed until the third year after its inflitution. Those who have al teady attained the age of nineteen and twenty years will, m the fifff mftance, be enrolled in the mam corps. But one halt of the legionary officers to be appointed the firft, and the other the feco'nd year of the eftabfirtiment; The officers of each in the dates refpedrvely thall be divided into thru dalles. n*tfp ihiU by numbered one , e WOt and to their numbers, flnnr-tiW-iu- _ - - - third year. In the firft period of nine'years, one third part Will have to serve three, one third part fix, and one thud part nine years; but after the (aid (ifft period, the feverai classes will serve nine years, which' (hall be the limi tation of service by virtue of the (anise ap pointment; and in fucheafes where there may not be three officers of the fame grade, the limitation of nine years (hall be observed. All vacancies occaficned by the aforefaid de rangement, or any cafualties,’ (hall be imme* diately filled by new appointments. The captains and (übaltefhs of the advanced corps fliall not be’ less tbaft twenty-one, or more than'thirty-five, and the field officer's fliall not exceed forty-five years of age. Each company, • battalion and regiment, (hall have a fixed parade, or place at which to alVemble. The companies (hall assemble at their own parade, and march to the parade of the battalion, and the battalions to the te-* gitneutal parade ; and, when thus embodied, the regiment will march to ihe rendezvous*of the legion. Every commanding officer of a company, battalion and regiment, will be ac countable to his superior officer that hia com mand is in the molt pet fed order. The officers to receive fubfiftenct in lieu of provtlions, in proportion to their refpedive grades; and those whole duties require them to be ou korfeback; will receive forage in the fame proportion. Every legion must have a chaplain, -of re fpettabie talents aud charade?; who, beiides his religious functions, ihould impress upon the minds of the youth, at dated periods, in conttfe difeourfes, the eminent' advantage of free government* to the happiuefs of society, and that such government cau only be (upport ed by the knowledge, spirit, and virtuous conduit of the youth, to be illustrated by the must confpicuuiii examples of hiitory. No Aimilamentt fliould be admitted in camp but (bolts which wnb **(—iw swimming of men and borjts y runnings wrefiling % and such other exercises as (hould render the body flexible and vigorous. The camps (hould, if possible, be formed near a river, and remote from large cities; the fird is neceffiary for the practice of the manceuvres, the second to avoid the vice! of populous places. The time *f the annual encampments (half be divided into fix parts, or periods of five days each; the fird of which iliall be occu pied in acquiring the air, attitudes, and firft principles of a soldier; the second in learn ing the manual exercise, and to march indi vidually in small squads; the third and fourth in exercising and manoeuvring in < detail, • and by' battalions and regiments s in the fifth, the youth of twenty, having been difeiplined during the preceding annual en campments; are to -be included; this period is to be employed in the exercise and taftic of the legion, or, if more thah one, in exe cuting the grand manceuvres of the whole ■i body, marching, attacking, and defending, in various forms, different grounds amTpofi tions;* in .fine, sin .representing all the iewl images of war, ekeeptipg the effiufiou' of blood: The guardsand every other-ciccum'ffance of the camp to be perfedly regulated! Each date will determine' on the season in which its refpe&ive annual encampments (hair beformed, so as best to fuic the.health of the men, and the*general iaterefts fociety. The United States to make provision to. Supply the arms, clothing, ra tions, artillery, ammunition, forage, draw tebti, camp equipage, including every requi * site for the annual camps of difeipline, and also for the pay and subsistence of the legion ary officers, and for the following general ; ftaif; One infpeHor-general, one adjutant-gene ral, one quartcrm’after-general, with a depu ty for each. These officers will be - effiential to the uni formity, economy, and efficacy of the sys tem, to be appointed in the manner preferib fd by'the Conftitutiou of the tinned States. The be reipon fihle to the United States for the public pro perty of every fpecics requilite for the annu al camps of difeipline ; and his deputy in each * ftite (hall be responsible to him. At the commencement of the ahnual camps me cale may be, of all the articles of every fpccies provided by the United States. The returns for the said articles to be ex amined and certified by tbe highest legionary - or rcgimeutal officer, as the case may" be, who (hall be responsible for the accuracy I thereof. - At the expiration of the annual damps of difeipline every species ot publie property, - clothing excepted, lhall be returned to the de- I puty quarter mailer of the (late, who .(half hold the legionary quarternuftcr accountable l for all deficiencies. All the apparatus and ] property so returned fit-all be carefully exa mined, repaired, and deposited in a magazine, I to be provided in each date for that purpose, under tbe charge of tbe said deputy quarter matter, until the en’fumg annual eucainpmert, I or any occasion which may render a new if -1 sue nCceffary. U Corporal puniftimenta (hall never be intiiH cd in the annual camps of difeipline, but a fyftera of fines and imprifoomenv ihall be* J formed for the regular government of said camps. Os tbe Main Corps . As the, main and reserved corps are to be I repleniihcd by the principle of rotation from. I the advanced corps, and ultimately to cuniift of men who h-ve received their military edu cation therein, it js proper thac one uniform I arrangement ihould pervade the feverai ciaffies^ It is-for this reafou the legion is eftabl.ihed as the’common form ot all the corps of ou- I' litia. 1 The main legion, confiiVug of the great majority of the men of military age, will form the principal defence of the couuiry. 1 They are to be refpoufiule for their propor tion of men to form an arm/ whenever n«* I ccttity dull dilUte the mealuie; and, on eve ry f'udtleii tec. lion to which the advanced corps (hall be incompetent, an adequate num* tc; of uou-commiiiioutd edited ami puvatff
