Word: militiaization
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Harvard men should be proud that they are accorded second place in a parade of six divisions, made up of members of the G. A. R., divisions of the State Militia, the Cadets, the School Regiments, representatives of the Cambridge trades and other representative bodies...
...country during the morning hours. They hesitated, however, from habit, from loyalty, and perhaps from wholesome fear, to put themselves in the attitude of rebels. But when the detachment at the bridge fired upon our men, Major Buttrick no longer stayed his hand, but cried to his force of militia, "Fire, fellow soldiers, for God's sake fire!" This was the beginning of the Concord fight. The day went more and more against the regulars, and about noon they began to retreat. The farmers pursued them to Lexington, where, near two in the afternoon their numbers were augmented...
...knowledge of military law is indispensable to a man who commands militia. For instance, he must know when he may, or may not, with inpunity order his company to fire upon a mob. The lectures will sometimes be illustrated by stereopticon views, some of which will be from pictures taken in the Civil...
...series of articles on "Evolution in Yacht Building" will appeal to the yachtsman and to the general reader who desires information on the subject. "The Wisconsin National Guard" is the title of a lengthy description by Captain Charles King, U. S. A., of the organization of the state militia of Wisconsin, and of its rapid advance in efficiency...
...Connor, which has the place of honor in the Atlantic for April. It is a story of old London, and its ancient life is brought vividly before us by the ready imagination of the author. Francis Parkman's second paper on "The Capture of Louisbourg by the New England Militia" is marked by the still and care which Mr. Parkman devotes to everything he writes, and Mr. Stockton's "House of Martha" continues for three more chapters in its usual vivacious fashion...