Excerpt from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maryland, 1887 It affords me great satisfaction to state that at the session of the last Legislature these facts and views were urged upon the Committees on Ways and Means and on Militia, by officers representing the various commands, resulting in a recommendation of a liberal and generous appropriation, which met with the hearty approval of both houses and the Executive. At the same time it was earnestly urged that, in place of the old militia law which did not meet the requirements of the service, other important amendments, as suggested, should be enacted. In this view, also, the Legisla ture concurred, and the law, consequently, as it now stands is all that is desired. It is therein provided, amongst other things, that officers and men shall be sworn into the service of the State for a term of three years, and that there shall be held a biennial encamp ment for instruction and discipline. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.