[CopperTop]

Seem like I read somewhere that the term "regulated" in those days was used to reference practice, or familiarity with what is needed for the task.
But latin for "rule" is "regula". I'm a bit cornfused by this.

But either way, Swalwell and his cohorts can kiss my grits. d;^)

[BDParrish]

Latin teacher here and I can explain. Rule here means the standard expected by regular troops. The problem with militia is that they show up poorly equipped with antique and sub standard weapons. See the use of standard there? Like the “regulars” the militia needs modern weapons. So “we’ll regulated” means we’ll equipped.

[FreedomPoster]

Here’s a quote from my profile page that I scarfed from some FReeper long ago:

The term “regulated” applied to clocks means “accurate in keeping time”. It made sense, particularly in 18th Century armies, to pay a lot of attention to how well soldiers could operate in massed formations. Soldiers had to be drilled to load, aim, and fire as one unit. You do NOT want the rifle next to you to be firing (and emitting a shower of sparks) while you are pouring gunpowder into your musket. Everybody had to do every step together with no screw ups.