History of the Illinois National Guard

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Excerpt from History of the Illinois National Guard: From the Organization of the First Regiment, in September, 1874, To the Enactment of the Military Code, in May, 1879In 1874, by the aid of individual subscriptions, six companies of volunteers were enlisted, uniformed, armed and commissioned as the First Regiment. This was the nucleus of the large force organized into a Brigade in 1875 and 1876, that gave the State, almost at a bound, a Military Service which compared favorably with the Militia of the Sister States.An attempt has been made in the following pages to give an account of this movement, and the legislation growing out of it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.