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 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2:5, x787. JOURNAL Thursday August 23rd 787. It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the second clause of the report of the Committee of eleven in order to take up the following "To establish an uniform and general system of discipline "for the militia of these States, and to make laws for organ- "izing, arming, disciplining and governing such part of them "as may be employed in the service of the United States, re- "serving to the States respectively the appointment of the "Officers and all authority over the militia not herein given "to the general Government" On the question to postpone it passed in the negative [Ayes--$; noes- 8.] It was moved and seconded to postpone the consideration of the second clause of the report of the Committee of eleven in order to take up the following "To establish an uniformity of arms, exercise, and organ- "ization for the militia- and to provide for the government "of them when called into the service of the United States" On the question to postpone it passed in the affirmative [Ayes  I; noes -- Io.] ' It was moved and seconded to recommit the znd clause of the report of the Committee of eleven which passed in the negative.  Vote 344, Detail of Ayes and Noes, which notes that the motion to postpone was in order "to take up Mr Elsworths amendt". The Journal states that the quee tion "passed in the affirmative", but the Detail of Ayes and Noes records a negative vote, which is confirmed by Madison and the subsequent action of the Convention makes an affirmative vote impossible. 380

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