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5195. MILITIA, Distant service.—[further continued] .

The law of a former
session of Congress, for keeping a body of
100,000 militia in readiness for service at a
moment's warning, is still in force. * * * When called into action, it will not be for a
lounging, but for an active, and perhaps
distant, service. [322]
To the Governor of Ohio. Washington ed. v, 51. Ford ed., ix, 34.
(W. March. 1807)

 
[322]

The Governors of Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi
Territory were also urged to furnish volunteers.—Editor.