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Months instead of 12 or 14 days. Instead of compiling<lb/> | <p>Months instead of 12 or 14 days. Instead of compiling<lb/> | ||
everybody to appear under a fixed penalty, which the poor<lb/> | everybody to appear under a fixed penalty, which the poor<lb/> | ||
cannot pay, and the rich will not (or do | cannot pay, and the rich will not (or do not in the United States)<lb/> | ||
there should be a regular and <hi rend="underline">proportionate tax</hi> levied<lb/> | there should be a regular and <hi rend="underline">proportionate tax</hi> levied<lb/> | ||
on all property (along with other taxes) for the very purpose<lb/> | on all property (along with other taxes) for the very purpose<lb/> | ||
of paying the militia. Instead of keeping the whole body<lb/> | of paying the militia. Instead of keeping the whole body<lb/> | ||
of men who are capable of bearing arms in a country <gap/> <lb/> | of men who are capable of bearing arms in a country <gap/> <lb/> | ||
to the call of the publick. before they are fitted or prepared<lb/> | to the call of the <sic>publick</sic>. before they are fitted or prepared<lb/> | ||
for service, it would be better to keep a tenth part or<lb/> | for service, it would be better to keep a tenth part or<lb/> | ||
a twentieth part of their number in a state of | a twentieth part of their number in a state of efficiency <lb/> | ||
taking care not to keep them so, for such a length of time<lb/> | taking care not to keep them so, for such a length of time<lb/> | ||
as to give them a <gap/> for the duties of a citizen. Every<lb/> | as to give them a <gap/> for the duties of a citizen. Every<lb/> | ||
year a <unclear>fourth</unclear> part, for example, might withdraw, and their<lb/> | year a <unclear>fourth</unclear> part, for example, might withdraw, and their<lb/> | ||
place might be supplied by a new draft. In this way, after<lb/> | |||
a few years the whole power of a country might be prepared<lb/> | a few years the whole power of a country might be prepared<lb/> | ||
to take the field with an effect altogether superior 1. What could<lb/> | to take the field with an effect altogether superior 1. What could<lb/> | ||
be hoped for <add | be hoped for <add><del>if they</del></add> from the present militia systems of the world.</p> | ||
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Copied and Copy corrected
Months instead of 12 or 14 days. Instead of compiling
everybody to appear under a fixed penalty, which the poor
cannot pay, and the rich will not (or do not in the United States)
there should be a regular and proportionate tax levied
on all property (along with other taxes) for the very purpose
of paying the militia. Instead of keeping the whole body
of men who are capable of bearing arms in a country
to the call of the publick. before they are fitted or prepared
for service, it would be better to keep a tenth part or
a twentieth part of their number in a state of efficiency
taking care not to keep them so, for such a length of time
as to give them a for the duties of a citizen. Every
year a fourth part, for example, might withdraw, and their
place might be supplied by a new draft. In this way, after
a few years the whole power of a country might be prepared
to take the field with an effect altogether superior 1. What could
be hoped for if they from the present militia systems of the world.
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