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States; the State of New Hampshire and the corresponding officers thereof being in all cases understood, where reference is made therein to the United States or the officers thereof. (R. S., sec. 5.)

SEC. 8. In case of actual or threatened invasion or insurrection, any notice, however short, to muster for military service shall be legal and binding. (R. S., sec. 6.)

SEC. 9. Signals of alarm may be appointed by the commander in chief, and if any non-commissioned officer or private shall, upon the alarm being given, unnecessarily neglect to appear armed and equipped at such time and place as the commanding officer may appoint, due notice having been given him of such signals and of the time and place appointed, he shall pay a fine of ten dollars. (R. S., sec. 7.)

SEC. 10. Whenever any volunteer or other company of militia shall be ordered into service to suppress riot or insurrection, or to aid civil officers in the execution of the laws, or on account of any other sudden emergency, the commanding officer thereof shall, as soon as may be after said company shall be discharged from said service, make out a list of the names of all the members of his company who have performed duty in said service, and specify against the name of each person the length of time he was employed on said duty, and shall certify under oath to the truth thereof, and return said list so certified to the city council of the city or the selectmen of the town where said service was rendered. (Laws of 1851, chap. 1090, sec. 2.)

SEC. 11. The city council or selectmen shall pay to each person whose name is contained in said list, whenever the same may be called for, at the rate of two dollars for each day's service so rendered and certified. (Laws of 1851, chap. 1090, sec. 2.)

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SECTION 1. The companies in Portsmouth, Newcastle, Rye,

Greenland, Newington and Stratham shall constitute the first regiment:

SEC. 2. Those in Dover and Somersworth, the second:

SEC. 3. Those in Hampton, North Hampton, Hampton Falls, Seabrook, South Hampton and Kensington, the third:

SEC. 4. Those in Exeter, Newmarket, South Newmarket, Brentwood, Poplin and Epping, the fourth: (Laws of 1849, ch. 839, sec. 8.) SEC. 5. Those in Amherst, Merrimack, Litchfield, Mont Vernon, Milford, Nashua, Nashville, Hollis, Hudson and Brookline, the fifth:

SEC. 6. Those in Richmond, Winchester, Swanzey, Chesterfield and Hinsdale, the sixth:

SEC. 7. Those in Kingston, East Kingston, Danville, Newton, Atkinson, Plaistow, Hampstead and Sandown, the seventh:

SEC. 8. Those in Derry, Londonderry, Salem, Windham and Pelham, the eighth :

SEC. 9. Those in Manchester, Goffstown, Dunbarton, Bedford, New Boston and Weare, the ninth :

SEC. 10. tenth:

Those in Gilmanton, Gilford and Barnstead, the

SEC. 11. Those in Concord, Bow, Pembroke, Allenstown and Hooksett, the eleventh :

SEC. 12. Those in Rindge, Jaffrey, Fitzwilliam, Roxbury, Dublin, Marlborough, Nelson and Troy, the twelfth :

SEC. 13. Those in Haverhill, Piermont, Orford, Warren and Benton, the thirteenth :

SEC. 14. Those in Plymouth, Holderness, Campton, Thornton, Ellsworth, Woodstock, Waterville and Lincoln on the east side of the mountain, the fourteenth :

SEC. 15. Those in Plainfield, Cornish, Claremont, and the west company in Grantham, the fifteenth:

SEC. 16. Those in Charlestown, Langdon, Acworth and Unity, the sixteenth:

SEC. 17. Those in Chester, Auburn, Candia and Raymond, the seventeenth: (Laws of 1845, chap. 253, sec. 8.)

SEC. 18. Those in Nottingham, Deerfield, Epsom, Northwood and Pittsfield, the eighteenth:

SEC. 19. Those in Moultonborough, Center Harbor, Sandwich and Tamworth, the nineteenth:

SEC. 20. Those in Walpole, Westmoreland, Keene, Surry, Gilsum and Sullivan, the twentieth :

SEC. 21. Those in Boscawen, Salisbury, Andover and Franklin, the twenty-first:

SEC. 22. Those in New Ipswich, Sharon, Mason, Peterborough, Temple, Lyndeborough and Wilton, the twenty-second:

SEC. 23. Those in Hanover, Lebanon and Lyme, the twentythird:

SEC. 24. Those in Stratford, Columbia, Colebrook, Stewartstown, Errol, Clarksville and Pittsburg, the twenty-fourth:

SEC. 25. Those in Durham, Lee, Madbury, Strafford and Barrington, the twenty-fifth:

SEC. 26. Those in Antrim, Deering, Hillsborough, Windsor, Hancock, Francestown, Greenfield and Bennington, the twentysixth :

SEC. 27. Those in Wolfborough, Tuftonborough, Ossipee, Effingham, Freedom and the north company in Wakefield, the twenty-seventh:

SEC. 28. Those in Alstead, Marlow, Lempster, Stoddard and Washington, the twenty-eighth :

SEC. 29. Those in Sanbornton, New Hampton and Meredith, the twenty-ninth:

SEC. 30. Those in New London, Newbury, Wilmot, Bradford and Sutton, the thirtieth:

SEC. 31. Those in Newport, Sunapee, Goshen, Croydon, Springfield and the east company in Grantham, the thirty-first: (Laws of 1850, chap. 988.)

SEC. 32. Those in Bath, Lyman, Landaff, Lisbon, Littleton, Bethlehem, Franconia and Lincoln on the west side of the mountain, the thirty-second:

SEC. 33. Those in New Durham, Alton, Middleton, Brookfield, and the southerly company in Wakefield and the north company in Milton, the thirty-third:

SEC. 34. Those in Hill, Bridgewater, Bristol, Alexandria, Hebron and Danbury, the thirty-fourth:

SEC. 35. Those in Wentworth, Rumney, Dorchester and Groton, the thirty-fifth:

SEC. 36. Those in Eaton, Albany, Conway, Bartlett, Jackson and Chatham, the thirty-sixth:

SEC. 37. Those in Canaan, Dame's Gore, Orange, Enfield and Grafton, the thirty-seventh :

SEC. 38. Those in Chichester, Canterbury, Loudon and Northfield, the thirty-eighth :

SEC. 39. Those in Rochester, Farmington and Milton, except the north company, the thirty-ninth :

SEC. 40. Those in Hopkinton, Henniker and Warner, the fortieth :

SEC. 41. Those in Shelburne, Gorham, Berlin, Milan, Randolph and Pinkham's Grant, the forty-first:

SEC. 42. And the companies in Lancaster, Northumberland, Dalton, Whitefield, Stark, Jefferson, Carroll and Nash and Saw. yer's Location shall constitute the forty-second regiment:

SEC. 43. The first, third, fourth and seventh regiments shall compose the first brigade:

SEC. 44. The second, tenth, twenty-fifth, twenty-ninth and thirty-ninth regiments shall compose the second brigade:

SEC. 45. The eighth, eleventh, seventeenth, eighteenth and thirty-eighth regiments shall compose the third brigade:

SEC. 46. The fifth, ninth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty

sixth, thirtieth and fortieth regiments shall compose the fourth brigade:

SEC. 47. The sixth, twelfth, fifteenth, sixteenth, twentieth, twenty-eighth and thirty-first regiments shall compose the fifth brigade:

SEC. 48. The fourteenth, twenty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-seventh regiments shall compose the sixth brigade: SEC. 49. The nineteenth, twenty-seventh, thirty-third and thirty-sixth regiments shall compose the seventh brigade:

SEC. 50. The thirteenth, twenty-fourth, thirty-second, forty-first and forty-second regiments shall compose the eighth brigade:

SEC. 51. The first and third brigade shall form the first division: SEC. 52. The second and seventh brigades shall form the second division:

SEC. 53. The fourth and fifth brigades shall form the third division:

SEC. 54. The sixth and eighth brigades shall form the fourth division.

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SECTION 1. The captain general may appoint so many aids de camp as he shall think proper, with the rank of colonel.

SEC. 2. Each division shall be commanded by a major general. A division inspector and a division quartermaster, each with the rank of colonel, and two aids de camp with the rank of major shall be appointed by him and hold their offices during his pleasure. SEC. 3. Each brigade shall be commanded by a brigadier genOne brigade major who shall be inspector, and a brigade quartermaster, each with the rank of major, and one aid de camp

eral.

with the rank of captain, shall be appointed by the brigadier general and hold their offices during his pleasure.

SEC. 4. One judge advocate with the rank of major shall be appointed to each brigade by the governor and council, and shall hold his office during good behavior.

SEC. 5. To each regiment there shall be a colonel, lieutenant colonel and major. The regimental staff shall be an adjutant with the rank of captain, a quartermaster and paymaster with the rank of lieutenants, a surgeon, surgeon's mate, and chaplain appointed by the colonel and commissioned by the governor; one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one drum major and one fife major appointed by the colonel; all of whom shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the colonel.

SEC. 6. Each quartermaster shall distribute all camp equipage, colors, musical instruments, military books and other public property which may be received by him from the adjutant general or any other officer, and take receipts therefor to be kept by him on file.

SEC. 7. There shall be a captain, lieutenant and ensign to every company, except those of the cavalry and artillery, which shall have a captain and first and second lieutenants. They shall be appointed by the field officers and commissioned by the governor; and if any company have sixty-four rank and file enrolled and equipped, there shall be appointed to such company an additional lieutenant, except in the cavalry companies.

SEC. 8. Every company shall have four sergeants appointed by the commissioned officers of said company, who shall have warrants under the hand of the captain, countersigned by the clerk and recorded in the orderly book of said company, of whom the first or orderly sergeant shall be clerk; and four corporals who shall be appointed by the captain and subalterns, and shall hold their offices at their pleasure.

SEC. 9. General and field officers shall reside within the limits of their respective commands, and company officers within the limits assigned to their companies; but where there are several companies in any town, the officers may reside in any part of the

town.

SEC. 10. If any officer shall remove without such limits to reside without resigning his commission, it shall be sufficient cause for an address for his removal.

SEC. 11. If any officer shall be convicted of any infamous crime, he shall be put in arrest, and application shall be made to the legislature for his removal.

SEC. 12. No officer shall be permitted to resign while under arrest, nor unless the field officers shall certify that the books and other public property for which he is responsible, are delivered to the colonel or other officer appointed to receive them, that they may be delivered to his successor.

SEC. 13. No company officer shall resign between the first day

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