Excerpt from The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine, 1889, Vol. 1: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All Subjects Connected With Her Majesty's Land and Sea Forces The Trained Bands were so named when James I. Directed the reorganization of the military forces of the country, and their omcers were constantly chosen from among the Volunteers of the Artillery Company, many of whom joined the Company on purpose to qualify for such commissions in the force. William III. Recom mended all the otficers of the City Trained Bands to join the Artillery Company, and in the time of George III. It was made compulsory, and only those who belonged to that Society could be promoted. These Trained Bands in the City continued to exist down to 1794, when they were re-organized, and became the City of London Militia. 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.