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The organization of the National Guard is substantially
the same as reported one year ago, the only changes being
that the Sixth Regiment of Infantry has been mustered as a
Light Artillery Regiment, and two of the Companies of First
Cavalry Battalion have been mustered out of service on account of their inability to provide themselves, with horses,
and the Independent Company of Cavalry from Anne Arundel county has been assigned to said battalion. The organization, therefore, consists of the Fifth Regiment Infantry,
the Sixth Regiment Light Artillery, and the First Battalion
of Cavalry in Baltimore City, and a Company of Infantry in
Elkton, Cecil county. Numerous applications to raise companies have been refused, as the present appropriation did
not permit their being properly equipped.
Arms.
In addition to the arms mentioned in last report, two twelve
pdr. Mountain Howitzers, mounted on Prairie carriages,
have been assigned to the Sixth Regement, L. A.—the Berdan breech-loaders of the “Groome Guards, ” at Elkton, have
been substituted with the Miller breech-loader, a very much
better arm—and excellant breech-loading revolvers have been 4
REPORT OF THE
procured for the cavalry. As a whole, the National Guard
is well ...
Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Maryland, Transmitted to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in Pursuance of Law, for the Year 1876
