An Act to Organize and Discipline the Militia, § 29, 1836 Ohio Laws 18, 30–31 (S. R. Dolbee 1837) (Law Passed 1837).

"AN ACT

To organize and discipline the Militia...

    ...Sec. 29. That in each regiment, squadron or battalion, the field officers shall each arm himself with a good and sufficient sword and pair of pistols, and furnish himself with a good and sufficient horse, with saddle, bridle, martingale, and holsters; and in each company of cavalry or troop of horse, the commissioned officers shall each be armed with a good and sufficient sword and pair of pistols, and shall each furnish himself with an active horse, not less than fifteen hands high, with saddle, bridle, martingale, holster and valise;^[1] and each non-commissioned officer, musician and private, shall, in like manner, furnish himself with a good horse, not less than fifteen hands high, with a good and sufficient saddle, bridle, martingale, valise^[2] and holsters; and, in like manner, shall arm himself with a good and sufficient sword and pair of pistols, and a cartridge box to contain twelve cartridges, suitable to the bore of his pistols; and all persons belonging to a company of cavalry or troop of horse as aforesaid, shall wear, as a part of their uniform and equipage,^[3] a pair of short boots and plated spurs; and in each company of infantry, artillery, riflemen or light infantry, the commissioned officers shall arm themselves with a good and sufficient sword; and in the artillery each private or matross shall be armed with a good and sufficient musket, bayonet and belt, or fusee, with a cartridge box to contain twenty-four cartridges, suitable to the bore of his gun; in all rifle companies, the non-commissioned officers and privates shall arm themselves with good and sufficient rifles, powder horns and bullet pouches; in all light infantry companies, the non-commissioned officers and privates shall be armed with muskets, bayonets and belts, with a cartridge box, sufficient to contain twenty-four cartridges, suitable to the bore of his gun; and all infantry companies, each non-commissioned officer and private shall arm himself with a good and sufficient rifle or fusee."