An Essay for Regulating and Making More Useful the Militia of This Kingdom: To Which Is Added a Scheme for the Distributing Musters and Exercise; The Second Edition Corrected (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Take it for a thing granted by uninterefied Perfons, that a well regulated Militia, to us Iflanders, would be far more ufeful as well as lefs chargeable than a Standing Army; that the are capable of performing as great Services, our ntefiine ars, and the late Performances in Ireland, as in the Feild by the in Garifon at london-jerry, and in Attacks at S/z'go, are undeniable Arguments. But its con elfed to be as true, that their want of Difcipline and Experience makes them at prefent the jefi of the Soldiery in England: The latter is only to be gained in an actual War; and the Heroes on Ham/low Heath, had as little as thefe. That the former defect is not incurable,and that even upon the bottom themi/ifid now fiand, with fome fmall Alterations and Additions, only to enforce the Execution of the Laws already made, is what I defign to pro pofe. Icannot but obferve, that compounding with the Muller maher for an Annual Salary, as in fome places praaifed, infiead of drawing out tho' it may make ibew of eafing the Country is the main occafion of this Ufelefnefs, and does, indeed, draw on a far greater Inconvenience and Charge, viz. The Neceflity of maintaining a Standing Force (but the true Redo would be 100 true a fe/i There are two Statutes, the Bafis on which the Militm are fupported, and 'tis an Ignorance in thefe, or Remif nefs in putting them in Execution, that caufe them to be inef: retinal, Iiball leave the Statutes at large to thore who have Soul enough to confult with their own) and the Publick Secu rity and abfiraét only fome Paragraphs, which feem to require fome alteration or new life to enforce their Execution. 1. The lfl. Part of the Act. I; and 14 Car. II. Cap. 3.

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