Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . period of the Revolution, was 120,, however, is an estimated aggregate, due to the imperfectmanner in which records were kept during the early years of thewar, the brief periods of service of many bodies of militia and thefact that manv men were under arms of whose service no recordwhatever was kept. Frequently during the war for independence the legislaturepassed acts for regulating the military forces of the Common-wealth, but in most cases the laws adopted were for temporarypurposes, necessitated by the exigencies of the pe
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . period of the Revolution, was 120,, however, is an estimated aggregate, due to the imperfectmanner in which records were kept during the early years of thewar, the brief periods of service of many bodies of militia and thefact that manv men were under arms of whose service no recordwhatever was kept. Frequently during the war for independence the legislaturepassed acts for regulating the military forces of the Common-wealth, but in most cases the laws adopted were for temporarypurposes, necessitated by the exigencies of the period, and all wererepealed by the more formal act of 1780. The date of passage ofthese laws were March 17, 1777, June 19, 1777, December 30,1777, and April 5. 1779. The act of March 30, 1780. entitledAn Act for the regulation of the militia of the Commonwealthof Pennsylvania, was the first approach toward the establishmentof the military system of the State upon a practical basis, and pro-vided for the maintenance of militia companies in every county, 220. Franz Sigel Mathematician; educator; soldier; editor- com-missioned major-general 1862; commanderfennsylvania Reser^e 1863; commander de-partment of the Army of West Virginia 1864 Military Afifairs the division of the State into districts containing not less than400 nor more than 1,000 men each, the enrollment of all malewhite persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty-three years,the appointment of lieutenants and sub-lientenants for each com-pany, and the formation of companies of infantry, artillery andhorse. In 1783 a supplemental act modified many of the pro-visions of the former act and made more specific regulations forthe discipline and maintenance of the troops. As then estab-lished, the military laws were continued in force until 1793, whenthey were superseded by other and more adequate legislative en-actments. The act of April 11, 1793, was authorized by the constitutionof 1790. It repealed all former laws rela
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