2025-03-201837Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240 § 1 (1837)https://dspace.d106.bravog.com/handle/123456789/1327--Enrolled every able bodied white male citizen resident between eighteen to forty-five into the miltiia except idiots, lunatics, common drunkards, vagabonds, paupers, persons convicted of any infamous crime.enARMED FORCESBook chapter