Be forewarned; due to the extreme importance of the subject matter to the future restoration of constitutional operations in America, I will continue to call out any and all constitutional morons or provocateurs, pretending to have a clue inside or outside of government, that falsely claim that Militia exist. -- Daniel Vincent McGonigle III : proven expert on the Security-Militia Clauses in the Constitution & Bill of Rights Answer the question: Who are your local and county commanding officers? Read excerpt, and start to get a clue: I. WHEREAS the defence and safety of the commonwealth depend upon having its citizens properly armed and taught the knowledge of military duty, and the different laws heretofore enacted being found inadequate to such purposes, and in order that the same may be formed into one plain and regular system; * * * III. And be it further enacted. That all free male persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, except * * * * shall be inrolled or formed into companies, of three serjeants, three corporals, a drummer and fifer, and not less than forty, nor more than sixty-five, rank and file; and these companies shall again be formed into regiments of not more than one thousand, nor less than five hundred men, if there be so many in the county. Each company shall be commanded by a captain, lieutenant, and an ensign; each regiment by a colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and major; and the whole by a county-lieutenant. These officers shall be resident within their county; and before they enter on the execution of their respective offices, shall take the following oath: I * * * do swear that I will be faithful and true to the commonwealth of Virginia, of which I profess myself to be a citizen; and that I will faithfully and justly execute the office of a * * * , in the militia of the county of *** , according to the best of my skill and judgment. So help me God. There shall be a private muster of every company once in two months, except December and January, at such convenient time and place as the captain or next commanding officer shall appoint; a muster of each regiment on some day in the month of March or April, in every year, to be appointed by the commanding officer thereof, at a convenient place near the centre of the regiment; and a general muster of the whole on some day in the month of October or November, in every year, to be appointed by the county-lieutenant, or commanding officer, at a convenient place near the centre of the county: . . . – Virginia Militia Act of 1785 virginia1774.org/MilitiaActof1785.html
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