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[happyslug]

200. You are ignoring the main book of Regulation, Von Stuben's "Blue Book".

Von Sturben, after arriving in Valley Forge and getting the US Army up to Prussian training level, wrote his "Blue Book" on the regulations on how the Army should be organized and formed. He covered things like if a man is sick and dies, the bed sheet he slept on was to be boiled and the straw in the bed was to be burned NOT reused. It also covered what flag went where in formation and the firing procedure of each company. These were all important in that time period.

George Washington thought so highly of the Blue Book that he ordered it Published so everyone could buy one and form their militia units along its lines. In my opinion, that book is the type of regulations Congress was looking at when they used the term "Well Regulated" i.e. something the complied with standard military doctrine. If the First Congress wanted "Well Trained" that term was known and would have been used, that the Congress used the term "Well Regulated" implies all Congress wanted was that the Militia be formed up the same way as regular Army units and use the same fighting doctrine as the regular army units.