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ct of the Legislature, of February 6, authorizing additional companies of volunteer militia to be raised, and, upon the requisition of the President of the United States, to be marched out of the limits of the State. How well and how promptly Governor Andrew had executed his task was apparent, when the companies of designated militia, amidst the cheers of the multitude, disembarking at the various railroad stations, marched to their rendezvous on Boston Common, on the morning of the sixteenth of April. But how inadequate the militia of any State would have proved for the War of the Rebellion I need not discuss; nor need I enlarge upon their unfitness as material for the creation of a military organization for an indefinite term, and in distant States; nor to their absurd usage of the election of officers. Experience brought in time condemnation. I felt it in the beginning when the multitude, with emotions and heart-swellings and frantic cheers, heard Governor Andrew, in inspire