History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . Riding on a pony,Stuck a feather in his cap, And called it Macaroni. Soon after the war of the Revolution, in 1783, thefirst constitution of the state was formed, in whichwas affirmed in the bill of rights that a well-regu-lated militia is the proper, natural, and sure defenceof a state ; and the people, believing in the maximof Washington, that in time of peace prepare forwar — a lesson that had been learned by experiencein their late conflict — incorporated the first militia actinto the body
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . Riding on a pony,Stuck a feather in his cap, And called it Macaroni. Soon after the war of the Revolution, in 1783, thefirst constitution of the state was formed, in whichwas affirmed in the bill of rights that a well-regu-lated militia is the proper, natural, and sure defenceof a state ; and the people, believing in the maximof Washington, that in time of peace prepare forwar — a lesson that had been learned by experiencein their late conflict — incorporated the first militia actinto the body of the laws enacted at this time. Theprovisions of this were such that every male inhabitantbetween the ages of eighteen and forty-five should beenrolled, and, with few exceptions, should performmilitary duty, which consisted of an annual trainingon the third Tuesday of May, and one other trainingand a muster in the autumn of each year. Com-panies thus formed of all liable to do military dutypresented usually a unique and ofttimes an amusingspectacle to the beholder. All except the officers. \^ TOWN OF RICHMOND. I45 were ununiformed, each being attired in such cos-tume as his convenience or fancy might suggest,without any special regard to uniformity in equip-ment; hence, it may be easily imagined what agrotesque appearance such a motly crowd wouldpresent on training days. The officers usually stoodoil their dignity, and with fuss and feathers, aftwr themusic of a fife and drum, manoeuvred them as bestthey could for two or three hours according to themilitar}- tactics of the times. The militia of the townwas divided into two companies previous to theorganization of the Grenadiers, the county roadbeing the dividing line between them. These werecalled the old Militia, but more often by the boysdenominated the old Floodwood, by reason of themixed-up and irregular movements exhibited in theirevolutions. These trainings, before the opening ofthe turnpike, were usually at the mi
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