Eaton, J. H.; Macomb, Alex. Arming and Organizing the Militia of the U. S. Washington: U. S. Congress, 1830. First Edition. [12285]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 17 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
21st Congress, 1st Session, Ho. of Reps. War Dept. Doc. no. 72.
Charts of officers, enlisted men, surgeons, paymasters, drum majors, &c., &c. with divisions by infantry, artillery, and cavalry.
Next are charts estimating the "Expense of Encamping the Officers and Sergeants of the Junior and Senior Classes; of furnishing Muskets and Accoutrements to the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Infantry of the Junior Class...&c.
Includes a list of arms and equipment, ( 93,271 muskets; 11,041 rifles; 521 repeating rifles; 17,529 pistols; &c.), with costs of equipping the militia, sorted by companies of infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
"To arm 4,150 men, will cost $66,700..."
Interesting, exact information regarding the militia of the United States in 1829.
