Show THE MILITIA From tho the few ew York Sun The need of reorganizing the militia is apparent from rom th tho fact that the existing militia laws date from date from 1792 That those these laws are ignored does not affect the need of legislation to make the militia system of the country modern The present militia law requires an officer officer om- om to b be pro provided with a hanger and and a man to have a a. gun of a bore to take balls of which eighteen shall wele-h wele one two spare flints and powder horns of or a certain size By simply sim sim- ply ny providing tha thai the tho organized militia of the United States shall be equipped and drilled as the regular army Is and Slid re- re proof that each State militia is so equipped before permitting it to s share arc In Inthe Inthe Inthe the appropriation the State troops are brou brought ht into and kept in touch with the there re regular lar army in the way to maKe mane them most valuable to their own States as well as to the country 1 t f |