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whom 6 are still represented by their descendants among the 
landlords of Dumfries, the date of the ballot wasfixed for the 13 
districts of the County, and the Deputy-Lieutenants of each 
district were directed to superintend the same. It was also 
agreed that farmers and farmers’ sons should be recommended to 
join one or other of the Yeomanry troops to be established in the 
County, and each Deputy-Lieutenant was enjoined to establish, if 
possible, at least one Volunteer Company in his district. The 
Dumfries Militia were embodied in June, 1798, and along with 
the Militia of Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Kirkcudbright, and 
Wigtown they formed what was known as the Dumfries Regiment 
of Militia, or No. 4 of the Militia of North Britain, and they 
remained embodicd till the peace of Amiens in 1802. The 
minutes of the Courts of Lieutenancy contain a complete list of 
the 247 men who were balloted to serve, with the parishes to 
which they belonged. j 
In most cases the men either provided substitutes or paid the 
penalty of £10, which was used by the commanding officer to 
provide bounties for men to supply vacancies. In 1799 a new 
Act was passed which required the Court of Lieutenancy to pre- 
pare a list of the men in every parish between the age of 19 and 
30. After much trouble and the hearing of many appeals this 
list was made up. It extends over 100 pages of the minute book 
of the Court of Lieutenancy, and contains the names of 2424 
men, all arranged according to their parishes. In 1798 subserip- 
tions were sent from the inhabitants to aid the Government in 
providing for the defence of the country. The town and parish 
of Dumfries gave £1622 19s 10d; Kirkmahoe, £119 1s 6d; 
Holywood, £185 17s ; Lochmaben, £20 17s 10d; Glencairn, 
£101 12s; and Moffat, £24 6s, The subscription lists show that 
these sums were subscribed by all ranks of the people. 
After long negotiations in March, 1802, the Peace of Amiens 
was signed. In Aprilof the same year the Dumfriesshire Militia 
were disembodied, and it may be supposed that the Volunteer 
corps also ceased to exist. The conduct of Napoleon Bonaparte 
soon made it plain that this peace could not long be maintained, 
and in May, 1803, preparations at the French naval ports 
hastened a declaration of war. During that year and the following 
year an invasion by Napoleon seemed imminent, and preparations 
for resistance were carried on with grest activity. Itis said that 
