JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1834

fore the first day of November next, who shall record such
of said reports in his office, as may be received by him on
or before that day, and every commissioned officer of the
militia of tins btate, who shall not report himself on or
before said day, shall be deemed, and by the adjutant ge-

CHAP 251.

neral be recorded as having vacated his office and forfeited
his commission, and the Governor and Council shall then,
or soon afterwards, appoint and commission suitable per
sons, being citizens of the United States and of this State,
to fill the vacancies hereby occasioned, or which shall oth-
erwise exist or happen, and there shall be appointed and

Office vacated it
neglected
Governor and

commissioned one adjutant gnneral and one quarter master
general in the militia of this State, to each division of said
militia, one major general, and two aids de camp, with the
rank of major, one inspector of, and one quarter master of
division, to each brigade, one brigadier general, with in-

General staff

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spectoi, to serve also as a brigade major, and one quarter
master of brigade, to rank as majors, to each regiment, one
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, and one major, and a regi-
mental staff, to consrst of one adjutant and one quarter
master, to rank as lieutenants, one paymaster, one surgeon,

Regimental officers

and one surgeon's mate, one chaplain, one sergeant major,
one drum major, and one fife major, to each extra battalion,
or squadron, one major, and the same staff officers as a re-
giment hath, to each company of infantry or riflemen, one
captain, one first lieutenant, and one second lieutenant, to
each company of artillery, one captain, and two lieutenants,
and to each company of cavalry, one captain, and two lieu-

Company officers

tenants and, whenever the office of major general, briga-
dier general colonel, lieutenant colonrl, major, captain, or
lieutenant shall be vacant, the officer next in rank shall ex
ercise the command, and perform the duties thereof, until
the vacancy shall be supplied

Case of vacancy

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formed by the

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Sec 5 And be it enacted, That out of the militia of
this State, enrolled as in this act directed, there shall be

Proportion of rifle

men

formed for each battalion, at least one company of rifle
men, or light rnfantry, and that to each brigade there shall
be at least one company of artillery, and four troop of
horse

Of artillery

AND WHEREAS, sundry corps of military, riflemen, and
cavalry, and light infantry, have been organized, uniformed
and equipped in this State, and attached to the general
militia, or formed into separate and independent brigades,
regiments, and battalions, and squadrons, — Therefore

Preamble