Based on text of 'Defence Not Defiance: A History of the BVRC', by Jennifer Ingham, ISBN 0-9696517-1-6.
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| MILITIA ACT, 1687. | |||||||
| In 1687, Royal Naval officer, Sir Robert Robinson, arrived to take over the Governorship. Finding the state of defences less than satisfactory, he raised a Militia of 780 men, with provisions made to arm those men with no weapons of their own. He also pushed an Act of Paliament through the reluctant Colonial Assembly, raising two Troops of Horse. A standing Watch was raised to patrol through the parishes, with three 'well armed' footmen and a horseman in each Parish ( then known as 'Tribes',) on each night. Based on text of 'Defence Not Defiance: A History of the BVRC', by Jennifer Ingham, ISBN 0-9696517-1-6. |
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