Republican (constitutionalist) President Madison signs the Army Authorization Act of 1815, approving a standing (peacetime) army of 10,000.
NOTE: Madison had originally requested an amount twice that size.
[restored 12/4/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 12]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 77.
Current U.s. National Debt:
