The Federalist ; a Commentary On the Constitution of the United States
The Federalist ; a Commentary On the Constitution of the United States
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924
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XXIX.* (HAMILTON.) To the People of the State of New York : The power of regulating the militia, and of commanding its services in times of insurrection and invasion are natural incidents to the duties of superintending the common de- fence, and of watching over the internal peace of the Confederacy. It requires no skill in the science of war to discern that uniformity in the organization and discipline of the militia would be attended with the most beneficial effects, when- ever they were call...ed into service for the public defence. It would enable them to discharge the duties of the camp and of the field with mutual intelligence and concert — an advan- tage of peculiar moment in the operations of an army ; and it would fit them much sooner to acquire the degree of proficiency in military functions which would be essential to their usefulness. This desirable uniformity can only be accomplished by confiding the regulation of the militia to the direction of the national authority. It is, therefore, with the most evident propriety, that the plan of the con- vention proposes to empower the Union " to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be emplo/ed in the service of the United States, reserving to iJte States re- spectively the appointment of the officers^ and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress'' Of the different grounds which have been taken in opposition to the plan of the convention, there is none that was so little to have been expected, or is so untenable in itself, as the one from which this particular provision has * This essay appeared as No.
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