According the third ammendment to the constitioution, no government in the us can force you to house and feed soldiers during times of war or peace
so no
they can, but it would be illegal
        
             
        
        
        
War elephants<span> played a critical role in several key battles in antiquity, but their use declined in the Middle Ages. With the spread of firearms in the early </span>modern period<span>, military </span>elephants<span> were restricted to non-combat engineering and labour roles, and some ceremonial uses.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
It was the anti-westward movment forbidding all settlers to cross the appalachian mountains.