1st. The Commander-in-chief Desires to Call the Attention of the People of the Commonwealth to the Fact, that by Reason of the Great Reduction in the Numbers of the Volunteer Militia, the State Finds Itself at this Moment Without Any Adequate Organized Military Force Available for the Protection of the State, Or for the Maintenance of the Public Peace. And, Inasmuch as it is Believed that the Provision of the General Statutes, Chapter 13, Section 13, which Requires that the Volunteer Militia Shall First be Ordered Into Service in Case of War ... the Following Act of the General Court of Massachusetts, Passed the 29th Day of April ... and the Order in Council Adopted ... are Hereby Promulgated:--(Chap. 243.) An Act in Addition to an Act Concerning the Militia. ...