Page:Session Laws of North Carolina, April, 1777.pdf/1





 

HEREAS a well regulated Militia is abolutely neceary for the defending and ecuring the Liberties of a free State:

II. BE it therefore Enacted, by the General Aembly of the State of North-Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the ame, That the Militia of the State be divided into ix Brigades, viz. One in each of the Ditricts of Edenton, Newbern, Wilmington, Halifax, Salibury, and Hillborough, and each Brigade to be commanded by a Brigadier General, And the Militia of every County hall conit of all the effective Men from ixteen to fifty Years of Age incluive, to be formed into one or more Regiments, each under the Command of a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and two Majors; every Regiment hall be divided into Companies, coniting of fifty Rank and File at leat, two Serjeants, two Corporals, one Drummer, and one Fifer; and each Company to be under the Command of a Captain, Lieutenant, and Enign. That every Company hall be divided into four Diviions, who hall draw Lots for the firt, econd, third, and fourth Turns to go on Service, and hall be numbered according to uch Lots.  Rh