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DECEMBEIt 30, 1904
The Commoner.
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The Dick Bill
The $50,000,000 World's Fafr
A number of Commonor rcadera
have askled for information concerning
the "DI6k Militia Law." So many have
requestefrihformatlon on this point
that while- considerable spaco la nec
essary to print the law, it is believed
that the best way to comply with the
many requests is to print it in full.
This bill was introduced in the 57th
congress by Charles Dick, then a con
gressman from Ohio, and United States
senator. It was approved by the presi
dent January 21, 1903. The bill was
entitled "An Act to Promote the effi
ciency of the Militia and Other Pur
poses," and wa3 as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem
bled, That the militia shall consist of
every able-bodied male citizen of the
respective states, territories and the
District of Columbia, and every able
bodied male of foreign birth who has
declared his intention to become a cit
izen, who is more than eighteen and
loss than forty-five years of age,. and
shall be divided into two classes the
organized militia, to be known as the
national guard of the state, territory,
or District of Columbia, or by such
other designation as may be given
them by the laws of the respective
states or territories, and the remainder
to be known as the reserve militia.
Section 2. That the vice-president
of the United States, the officers, judi
cial and execute, of the government
of the United States, the members and
officers of each house of congress, per
sons in the military or naval service
of the United States, all custom-house
officers, with their clerks, postmasters
and persons employed by the United
States in the transmission of mail,
ferrymen employed at any ferry on a
post road, artificers and workmen em
ployed in the armories and arsenals of
the United States, pilots, mariners ac
tually employed in the sea service of
any citizen or merchant within the
United States, and all persons who 'are
exempt from militia duty, without re
gard to age; Provided, that nothing
in this act shall be construed to re
quire or compel any member of any
well-recognized religious sect or or
ganization at present organized and
existing whose creed forbids its mem
bers to participate in war in any form,
and whose religious convictions are
against war or participation therein,
in accordance with the creed of said
religious organization, to serve in tho
militia or anv other armed or vol
unteer force under the jurisdiction and
authority ,pf the United States;
Section .-That the regularly enr
listed, .organized; and uniformed active
milUiain the several states and terri
tories and the District of Columbia
who have heretofore participated or
shall hereafter participate in the ap
portionment of the annual appropri
ation provided by section sixteen hun
dred and sixtv-one of the revised stat
utes of the United States as amended,
whether known and designated as na
tional guard, militia, or otherwise,
shall constitute the organized militia.
The organization, armament, and dis
cipline of the organized militia in the
several states and territories and in
the District of Columbia shall be the
same as that which is now or may
hereafter be prescribed for the regular
and volunteer armies of the United
States, within five years from the date
of the approval of this act: Provided,
that the president of the United States
in time of peace, may by order fix
the minimum number of enlisted men
in each company, troop battery, signal
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corps, engineer corps, and hospital
corps; And Provided Further, that
any corps of artillery, cavalry and in
fantry existing in any of the states at
the passage of the act of May eighth,
seventeen hundred and ninety-two,
which by the laws, customs, or usages
of the said states have been In con
tinuous existence since the passage
of said act under its provisions and
under the provisions of section two
hundred and thirty-two and sections
sixteen hundred and twenty-five, to
sixteen hundred and sixty, both in
clusive, of title sixteen of the revised
statutes of the United States relating
to the "militia, shall be allowed to re
tain their accustomed privileges, sub
ject nevertheless, to all other duties re
quired by law in like manner as the
other militia.
Section 4. That whenever the United
States Is invaded, or in danger of
invasion from any foreign nation, or of
rebellion against the authority of the
government of the United Slates or
the nresident is unable, with the other
forces at his command, to execute the
laws of the union in any part thereof,
it shall be lawful for the president to
call forth, for a period not exceeding
nine months, such number of the mil
itia of the state or of the states or ter
ritories or of the District of Columbia
as he may deem necessary to epel
such invasion, suppress such rebellion,
or to enable him to execute such laws
and to issue his orders for that pur
pose to such officers of the militia
as he may think proper.
Section 5. That whenever the presi
dent calls forth the militia of any state
or territory or the District of Colum
bia, to be employed in the service of
the United States, he may specify in
his call the period for which such
service Is required, not exceeding nine
months, and the militia so called shall
continue to serve during the term so
specified, unless sooner discharged by
order of the president.
Section C. That when the militia
of more than one state is called nto
the actual service of the, United States
by the president he may, in his dis
cretion, apportion them among such
states or territories or to tho District
of Columbia according to representa
tive population.
Section 7. That every officer and
enlisted man of tho militia who shall
be called forth in the manner here
inbefore prescribed and shall be found
fit for military service shall bo mus
tered or accepted into tho United
States servlco by a duly authorized
mustering officer of tho United States;
Provided, however, that an officer or
enlisted man of the militia who shall
refuse to neglect to present himself to
such mustering officer upon being
called forth as herein prescribed shall
bo subject to trial by court-martial,
and shall be punished as such court
martial may direct.
Section 8. That courts-martial for
the trial of officers or men of the mili
tia, when in the service of the United
States, shall bo composed of militia
officers only.
Section 9. That the militia when
called Into the actual service of the
United States shall bo subject to tho
samo rules and articles of war as tha
regular troops of the United States.
Section 10. That the, militia, when
called Into tho actual service of the
United States shall, during their time
of service be entitled to the same pay
and allowances as are or may he pro
vided by law for tho regular army.
Section 11. That when the militia
is called into the actual service of the
United States, or any portion of the
militia is accepted under the provis
ions of this act. their pay shall com
mence from tho day of their appear
ing at the place of company rendez
vous. But this provision shall not he
construed to authorize any species of
expenditure previous to arriving at
such places of rendezvous which 13 not
provided by exis,4fgTaw8 to be paid
after their arrival at such places of
rendezvous.
Section 12. That there shall be ap
pointed in each state, territory and
District of Columbia, an adjutant gen
eral who shall perform such duties 33
may be prescribed by the lawa of such
state, territory and district, respec
tively, and malto returns to the secre
tary of war, at such times and In
such form as ho shall from tiino to
time prescribe, of tho strength of tho
organized militia and also make such
reports as may from time to timo ho
Ill'ljUliUU Uy UJU HUCiUUMjr UJ. WUl. lUUb K
I ihn nonrfflnrv nf wnr tth'ill with !
annual report of each year, transmit
to concress an abstract of tho return.!
and reports of the adjutants-general of
tho states, territories, and tho District
of Columbia, with such ohservatlona
thereon as ho may deem necessary for
tho information of congress.
Section 13. That tho secretary of
war is hereby authorized to issue, on
tho requisitions of tho governors of
tho several states and territories, or of
tho commanding general of the mil
itia of the District of Columbia, such
number of tho United States standard
service magazine arms, with bayonets,
bayonet scabbards, gun slings, belts,
and such other necessary accoutor
ments and equipments as are required
for tho army 6f tho United States for
arming all of tho organized militia
In said states and territories and Dist
rict of Columbia, without charging tho
cost or value thereof, or any of whlcn
havo been issued slnco December first,
nineteen hundred and one, or any dx
penso connected therewith, against tho
allotment of said state, territory or
District of Columbia, out of tho annual
appropriation provided by section six
teen hundred and sixty-one of tho re
vised statutes, as amended, or re
quiring payment therefor, and to ex
change, without receiving any money
credit therefor, ammunition, or parts
thereof, suitable to the new arms,
round for round, for corresponding am
(Continued on page 13.)
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