MILITARY.    43

for life; of $100, an honorary member of the Executive Committee for life, and $500 a life patron.
A department, consisting of ladies, has in charge the interests of prisoners of theii sex. The
managers of the association receive no pay for their services. They usually report to the Legisla¬
ture annually; but no reports were made in 1856 and 1858. Office, 15 Center Street, New York.

MILITARY.

The Governor is Commander-in-
Chief of the land and naval forces
of the State. In time of peace the
supervision of the militia and mili-
i tary establishments is intrusted to
the Adjutant General, who has
an office of record at the capital,
issues, under his seal, all military i
commissions, keeps a register of
the names and residences of the
officers of militia throughout the State, issues all orders on
behalf of the Commander-in-Chief, prescribes the manner of
reporting from the several subordinate divisions, and reports the
statistics thus obtained—through the Governor—to the Legis¬
lature annually.¹ He has the rank of brigadier general; and;
his assistant has the rank of colonel. The militia of the State
is composed of 8 divisions, 26 brigades, and 62 regiments,
embracing 220 companies of infantry, 126 of artillery, 41 of
cavalry, 37 of rifles, and a total of 18,107 officers and privates.¹

All able-bodied white male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45, not exempt by

1

Kings, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Rockland, Suffolk, and

Westchester cos.