may 28, 1798 - Signs “An Act authorizing the President of the United States to raise a Provisional Army.” In the event of an invasion or “imminent danger of such invasion” the President may call into service up to 10,000 “non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates.” This refers to a Federal Army not the militia forces considered in June 1797. [Link to pdf of the text of the Act.].
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may 28, 1798
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~ 227 years ago