OF THE MILITARY FORCE AND MILITARY COUNCIL.
ARTICLE 93.--The military force consists of all the men of this
Republic capable of bearing arms, and if necessary of all those of the
natives within its boundaries whose chiefs are subject to it.
ARTICLE 94.--Besides the armed force of burghers to be called
up in times of disturbance or war, there exists a general police and
corps of artillery, for which each year a fixed sum is drawn upon the
estimates.
ARTICLE 95.--The men of the white people capable of bearing
arms are all men between the ages of sixteen and sixty years; and of the
natives, only those which are capable of being made serviceable in the
war.
ARTICLE 96.--For the sub-division of the military force the
territory of this Republic is divided into field-cornetcies and
districts. The dividing lines of the field-cornetcies and districts are
fixed by and in a common council of the President, Commandant-General,
and the adjoining Commandants and Field-Cornets; and each inhabitant
shall be bound to obey the authorities of the field-cornetcy or district
in which he lives.
ARTICLE 97.--The men are under the orders of the following
officers, ascending in rank: Assistant Field-Cornets, Field-Cornets,
Commandants, and a Commandant-General.
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