Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . of militia regulations, and sent to that body the frameof an act for establishing and regulating a militia, but his meas-ure was not received with favor and no action on it was defeat also overtook subsequent bills proposed by the gov-ernor, although the assembly did occasionally vote appropriationsfor the kings use, for the purchase of bread, beef, pork, flour,wheat and other grain for the maintenance of those who volun-tarily offered to bear arms in the defense of the province. Theother grain referred to, according to Fra
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . of militia regulations, and sent to that body the frameof an act for establishing and regulating a militia, but his meas-ure was not received with favor and no action on it was defeat also overtook subsequent bills proposed by the gov-ernor, although the assembly did occasionally vote appropriationsfor the kings use, for the purchase of bread, beef, pork, flour,wheat and other grain for the maintenance of those who volun-tarily offered to bear arms in the defense of the province. Theother grain referred to, according to Franklin, meant blackgrains, otherwise gunpowder, and while the assembly would notdirectly sanction the purchase of munitions of war with its ap-propriations, there is nothing to show that the governor ever wascharged with misapplication of public moneys in making use ofthem for that purpose. But, so far as the assembly was con- 208 m r;! > R DO X M li A l> li I^tclieil for tliis work liy Allien Ro-iculhalFrorn llu- ii!;r;i|ili by Ctiitckiiiist. fi/j/tyu^^ :itAtrSi>m>y4vaMUi- yi^O/uw/ .^e^ii^w^.K^Morew^/xt; ^^<- ?? Military Affairs cerned, there was no provision made for raising and maintainingan armed force, that power having been vested in the governorunder the terms of the charter. In 1747, largely through the efforts of Benjamin Franklin, aplan was eftected for a military association, which was signed bytwelve hundred men of means and prominence in the province, andunder this inspiring influence the number was increased to tenthousand. In 1748 the aggregate membership of the associatedcompanies, by which name the organization soon became known,was twehe thousand, horse, foot and artillery. This notablebody was a purely volunteer organization, and was armed andequipped at its own expense, while its officers were selected bythe members. Franklin himself was chosen colonel of the Phila-delphia regiment, but being unable to serve, another was electedin his st
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