Excerpt from The Militia, Its Importance as a Constitutional Force: A Lecture Delivered in the Camp at Colchester, May 1856, and Subsequently at the United Service Institution, Whitehall, and Printed at the Request of the Council of That Society The writer has only to add, that he thinks it very probable both his conclusions drawn from history may be questioned, and his opinions as to the formation and organisation of the Militia may be considered erroneous. He can only say, that the first induced him, in his own person, as an English freeholder, to carry out the senti ments he holds; and the latter are the result of the experience he thus acquired as a militia officer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.