Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — Antiquated Militia Laws. [ARTICLE]

Antiquated Militia Laws.

The militia laws of the United States were passed between 1792 and 1862, and many of the provisions now in force are a bit antiquated. For instance, it is still the law of the land that each militiaman “shall be constantly provided with a gooi musket or tirelock, of a bore sufficient for balls of the eighteenth part of a pound, a sufficient bayonet, two spare flints, a box and not less than 24 cartridges,” “or else with a good rifle shot pouch and powder horn.”