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Federalist No. 29 Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 29 Author Alexander Hamilton Original title Concerning the Militia Language English Series The Federalist Publisher The Independent Journal Publication date January 9, 1788 Publication place United States Media type Newspaper Preceded by Federalist No. 28 Followed by Federalist No. 30 Text Federalist No. 29 at Wikisource Federalist ...
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The term "militia" derives from Old English milite meaning soldiers (plural), militisc meaning military and also classical Latin milit-, miles meaning soldier.. The Modern English term militia dates to the year 1590, with the original meaning now obsolete: "the body of soldiers in the service of a sovereign or a state".
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The Militia Act of 1862, enacted during the American Civil War, amended the conscription provision of the 1792 and 1795 acts, which originally applied to every "free able-bodied white male citizen" between the ages of 18 and 45, to allow African-Americans to serve in the militias. The new conscription provision applied to all males, regardless ...
Charles Dick, for whom the Militia Act of 1903 was named.. The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), [1] also known as the Efficiency in Militia Act of 1903 or the Dick Act, was legislation enacted by the United States Congress to create what would become the modern National Guard from a subset of the militia, and codify the circumstances under which the Guard could be federalized.
Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States was a drill manual written by Inspector General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the American Revolutionary War.