The president, with the advice and consent of the privy council, may embody the militia, and act as captain-general and commander-in-chief of them, and the other military force of this State, under the laws of the same.
Militia Regulations
1782
1782 Del. Acts 3, An Act for Establishing a Militia Within this State, § 6.
Delaware
[Imposed a 20 shilling fine for failing to “keep the [arms] by him at all Times, ready and fit for Service.”]