§ VII. And be it further emacted by the authority aforesaid, That every non-commissioned officer and soldier, both in the alarm list and training band, shall be provided, and have constantly in readiness, a good musket, and a bayonet fitted thereto, with a good scabbard and belt, a worm, priming-wire and brush, a cartridge-box that will hold at least twenty-four rounds, six flints, and a pound of powder, forty leaden balls fitted to his gun, a knap sack, a blanket, and a canteen that will hold one quart. Such of the training band as are under the care of parents, masters, or guardians, are to be firnished by them with such arms and accoutrements; and such of the training band, or alarm list, as shall be unable to furnish themselves, shall make application to the selectmen of the town, who are to certify to his captain, or commanding officer, that he is unable to equip himself; and the said selectmen shall, at the expense of the town, provide for, and furnish, such person with arms and equipments; which arms and equipments shall be the property of the town at the whole expense they are provided: and if any person so furnished shall embezzle, or wilfully destroy, the same, he shall be punished by any court proper to try the same, upon complaint made by the selectmen of said town, by being publickly whipped, not exceeding twenty stripes […]