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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

DEC SESS.
1814.

Passed Jan.
31, 1815.

Object — num-
ber of regi-
ments, &c.

CHAPTER 114.

An act to provide for the better defence of the state and to
prevent the necessity of frequent call of the Militia.
SEC. 1 BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly
of Maryland That for the defence of this state, and the
assistance of any adjoining state, and of the District of
Columbia, in case of actual or threatened invasion, there
be forthwith raised and kept up by voluntary enlistment
for the term of five years, (but should the war terminate
sooner, they shall thereupon be discharged,) five regi-
ments of infantry, formed of able bodied white men be-
tween the apes of eighteen and fifty years; Provided no

Proviso.

apprentice or minor be enlisted without the consent of
his master, parent or guardian expressed in writing under
his order hand first had and obtained; each regiment to con-
sist of two battalions, each battalion of four companies of
the line, and one of light infantry or riflemen; and each
company, whether of light infantry, riflemen or the line,
of ninety privates, six sergeants, six corporals, one
drummer and one fifer, with four sappers and miners to
each company of the line; also five companies of artille-
ry, one to be attached to each regiment of infantry, and
each to consist of fifty six privates, eight artificers, four
sergeants, four corporals and two musicians; provided
always, That the said troops shall not in any case be re-
quired to serve in any part of Pennsylvania, west of the
Susquehanna, nor north of the counties of Lancaster,
Berks and North Hampton, not in any part of Virginia
west of the Blue Ridge, or sooth of James River; and
provided also, That the government of the United States
shall have declared that the whole or any portion of said
troops which may be raised, shall from the period of their
being raised, be paid, clothed and subsisted at the ex-
pense of the United States, and shall agree to pay, or to
reimburse to this state all the expense which may be in-
curred in raising, equipping and putting the whole or
any portion of the said troops into service, or to assume
the debt which this state may have incurred for those pur-
poses, and shall likewise make provision by law, authori-
sing the time of service agreeably to the provision of this
act.

Officers.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said troops
shall be formed into one division and two brigades, and
that for the command of them the following officers
shall be appointed, viz: For the division one major

general, with two aids and a secretary to be taken from
the captains or subalterns of the division, and shall have
the rank of majors; for each brigade, one brigadier gen-
eral with one aid, one brigade major to be taken from
the captains or subalterns of the brigade and to have the
rank of captain; for each regiment, one colonel with