Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth centuryAshton, John
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Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century
Ashton, John
Great Britain -- Social life and customs
"Fifthly, Bodies of Cavalry are, besides, to be raised within
particular districts, or counties, to consist of the Gentlemen
and Yeomanry, or such persons as they shall recommend, according
to a plan to be approved of by the King, or by the Lords
Lieutenant, under authority from His Majesty; the Officers are to
receive Commissions from His Majesty, and the Muster Rolls are
also to be approved of by His Majesty, or by the Lords
Lieutenant, at particular periods to be hereafter fixed; no levy
money is to be given, and the horses are to be provided by the
Gentry or Yeomanry who compose the particular corps; the arms and
accoutrements, are, however, to be supplied at the public
expense. Such corps are to be exercised only at particular times,
fixed by warrant from His Majesty, or by the approbation of the
Lords Lieutenant. They are to be liable to be embodied, or called
out of their respective counties, only by special direction from
His Majesty, in case of actual appearance of invasion; and to be
liable to be called upon by order from His Majesty, or by the
Lords Lieutenant, or Sheriff of the county, to act within the
county, or in the adjacent counties, for the suppression of riots
and tumults. In either case, they are to receive pay as cavalry,
and are to be liable to the provisions of the Mutiny
Bill."--(_Times, Mar. 13, 1794._)
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_Qualifications._--"The officers of the London Militia, according
to the Bill now in the House of Lords, are to be qualified
according to the Act of the 26th George III. Cap. 107, Sec. 8.
Real or Personal.
Field Officers £300 £5,000
Captains 150 2,500
Lieutenants 30 750
Ensign 20 400
One Moiety in the City, the other in any part of the Kingdom
seised of an estate, either in law, or equity, the claim or grant
whereof was originally made for 20 years, of the same annual
amount, to be a qualification."--(_Times, June 26, 1794._)
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