Word: militiaization
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...timely consideration of a question which has been much before the public of late. Mr. Lowell continues his articles on travel in Japan. Perhaps the most valuable contribution to the number is Francis Parkman's first paper on the "Capture of Louisbourg by the New England Militia," an historical study of much importance,-with an incidental sketch of the Wentworth House, at New Castle, Maine, which is very charming. Miss Agnes Repplier, in an amusing and thoughtful paper, called "Pleasure: A Heresy," appeals not for more cultivation in life, but for a recognized habit of enjoyment. The article is full...
...serious row occurred at Ann Arbor recently between the students and a company of militia who were treating one of their comrades in honor of his marriage. The students formed in behind the regiment and were in turn attacked by the militia with their muskets. Several were injured and one death has already occurred...
...corps was organized as a militia company with a captain, a lieutenant, and ensign, four sergeants, and a corporal to each section. There were regular drills, parades and reviews, the two gala occasions of the year being an annual visit to Medford to visit Governor Brooks of revolutionary fame, whom the corps made its hero and a visit to Boston where the father of a member of the corps entertained it at dinner. Two other events of great importance were the annual election of officers and the ceremonious installment which took place in the old Parker Hotel on Brighton street...
...numerous type-setters on THE CRIMSON printing staff has been ordered out with militia Company B of Col. Bancroft's regiment. He is now in camp bravely awaiting further developments of the strike...
...regular battalion, attached to the volunteer militia of England, is composed entirely of Oxford under-graduates...