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j ii*e a* 111* standard of discipline which would ^fr* c lit ill* lit* militia of ihe State to rank with aitj.indi?caH-liat I wenin*l.accuracy tn Iheir movements, order in duty om and subordination to military law ami usage. SAMUEL FESSENDE^. Major Genera!. .1 irxtf Copy— I Vest, —JOHN VV. MELLKN, Aid lt;U-Camplei)outllitA11SCKL. LAN V.J to regular army.nn. J But ilia M^jor General, with no small decree of pride, espre'ae* his conviction, fram the appearance of ihe troop* he has lia*J the honor to renew, that imperfect a* he deems our militia ee- laws, it it not impiaclicsble to make nor Milled itia eijual to the regular armies of Lurope. While he would not depreciate the neritof1 * any corp*. he feels it an indisprnsiMe duty U j point the alien*ion of the Division to the ccm-‘^'I jpanr commanded * by Captain Bradbury, of □n-, the second Regiment, second Brigade, as *1*3ti-1 ciaive proof that with dTffcers devoted to the of j j object, eur common rodnis tfompinic* tn*y M j soon be brought to riial those companies rai« ie* ed at large, winch ha** hitherto been consider-f°r *d a§ tha elite of eur troops, and even to *ie fcjr wWi regular tramps of the line, ich* ^*j°r Dantral was happy to sc* tn any. other companies of common militia in } the different Regiments approximating the y I high state of dictphue which designated im,i the light troops and ihe company ol Captain or-! Bradbury.The Me jor General regrets tint*ircum^tan* ces made it impracticable for him to review | Colonel riiomis' Regiment in the F irst Brigade, as lie leads great confidence from what lieilnessed, in reviewing that ctrp« two year* ol|P. since, that it would not have be$n behind the lt;h „l bast Regiment in all the duties of the soldier
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The Portland Gazette
Portland, Maine, US
Tue, Nov 28, 1820
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