ZATION OF THE MILITIA, DESCRIPTION OF UNIFORM, MILITIA LAWS OF VIRGINIA, FORMS, &c. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Richmond, Virginia, June, 1820; BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE, C. W. GOOCH, Adjutant General. RICHMOND: PRINTED BY SHEPHERD & POLLARD. .......... 1820. EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ARTICLE I. Section 8. The Congress shall have power calling To provide for calling forth the Militia to exe- To provide cute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, forth the miand repel invasions: litis. organiz To provide for organizing, arming, and disci- To provide plining the Militia, and for governing such part of ing the mili them as may be employed in the service of the tia, &c. United States; reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. AMENDMENTS. ARTICLE 2. A well regulated Militia being necessary to the Right of the security of a free state, the right of the people keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. ARTICLE 3. to people to keep and bear arms, &c. be quartered No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered No soldier to in any house without the consent of the owner; in any house nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed during peace by law. sent, &c. |