Voted unanimously, That six Pounds, lawful money, per month, be for Captain’s pay in the Artillery Companies; that the First and Second Lieutenants have four Pounds; the Lieutenant of fire-works to have three Pounds five Shillings; the Sergeants to have forty-two Shillings per month; the Corporals thirty-eight Shillings per month; the common men thirty-six Shillings per month; the Drummers and Fifers thirty-eight Shillings per month; also, that four Shillings per week be allowed for their board.

Voted, That when these Committees adjourn, it be to Mr. Wetherby’s, at the Black-Horse, Menotomy, on Wednesday, ten o’clock.

Voted, That the four Six-Pounders be transported to Groton, and put under the care of Colonel Prescott.

Voted, That two seven-inch Brass Mortars be transported to Acton.

Voted, That the two Committees adjourn to Mr, Wetherby’s, at Menotomy, ten o’clock.

April 18, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committees of Safety and Supplies, at Mr. Wetherby’s, in Menotomy, on Tuesday, the 18th of April, 1775. Present:

COMMFTTEE OF SAFETY.—Colonel Orne, Colonel Palmer, Colonel Heath, Colonel Gardner, Mr. Devens, Mr. Watson, Captain White, J. Pigeon.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLIES.—David Cheever, Esq., Mr. Gerry, Colonel Lee, Colonel Lincoln.

Voted, That the two brass Two-Pounders, and two brass Three-Pounders, be under the care of the Boston Company of Artillery and Captain Robinson.

Newton, April 17, 1775.

Captain Timothy Bigelow :

SIR: The Committee desired me to write you, to desire the favour of your company next Wednesday, the nineteenth instant, at Mr. Wetherby’s, at the Black-Horse, in Menotomy, on business of great importance.

Sir, your most humble servant,

J. PIGEON, Clerk.

P. S. The Committee meets at ten o’clock.

Voted, That all the Ammunition be deposited in nine different Towns in this Province: that Worcester be one of them; that Lancaster be one, (N. B. Colonel Whitcomb is there;) that Concord be another; that Groton be another; that Stoughtonham be another; that Stow be another; that Mendon be another; that Leicester be another; that Sudbury be the other.

Voted, That part of the Provisions be removed from Concord, viz: Fifty barrels beef from thence to Sudbury, with Deacon Plympton; one hundred barrels flour to ditto, of which what is in the malt-house, in Concord, be part; twenty casks rice to ditto; fifteen hogsheads molasses to ditto; ten hogsheads rum to ditto; five hundred pounds candles ditto.

Voted, That there be by the Committee of Supplies provided, six Ammunition Carts, one to be in each Town where a Company of Matrosses is fixed.

Voted, That one Company of Matrosses be stationed at Worcester; one ditto at Concord; one ditto at Stoughtonham; one ditto at Stoughton; one ditto at Stow; one ditto at Lancaster.

Voted, That thirty-three rounds of Round-Shot, thirty-three rounds of Grape-Shot, and thirty-three Canisters of Langrage, be provided and lodged with each of the twelve field-pieces belonging to the Province, together with one hundred Cartridges of Powder, one hundred and sixteen Tubes, one hundred Wads, together with all necessary materials.

Voted, That the Towns of Worcester, Concord, Stow, and Lancaster, be furnished with two iron Three-Pound Cannon each.

Voted, That four hundred and fifty Four-Pound Cannon Ball be carried from Stoughtonham to Sudbury.

Voted, That one ton of Grape-Shot be carried from Stoughtonham to Sudbury.

Voted, That one ton of Three-Pound Cannon Balls be carried from ditto to ditto.

Voted, That one half the Two-Pound Cannon Ball, now at Stoughtonham, exclusive of what is for the use of the Matrosses, be carried to Sudbury.

Voted, That the vote of the fourteenth instant, relating to the Powder being removed from Leicester to Concord, be reconsidered, and that the Clerk be directed to write to Colonel Barrett accordingly, and to desire be would not proceed in making it up into cartridges.

Voted, That one half the Musket-Cartridges be removed from Stow to Groton.

Voted, That the Musket-Balls, under the care of Col. Barrett, be buried under ground, in some safe place; that he be desired to do it, and let the Commissary only be informed thereof.

Voted, That the Spades, Pick-Axes, Bill-Hooks, Shovels, Axes, Hatchets, Crows, and Wheelbarrows, now at Concord, be divided, and one third remain in Concord, one third at Sudbury, and one third at Stow.

Voted, That five hundred Iron Pots be deposited at Sudbury, five hundred at Concord, and one thousand at Worcester.

Voted, That the two thousand Wooden Bowls be deposited as the pots and the spoons, in same manner.

Voted, That the fifteen thousand Canteens be deposited as the above.

Voted, That the Weights and Measures be put into the Commissary’s hands.

Voted, That two Medicinal Chests still remain at Concord, at two different parts of the Town; three of said chests at Sudbury, in different parts of the Town; six ditto at Groton, Mendon, and Stow, two in each Town, and in different parts; two ditto in Worcester, one in each part of the Town; and two ditto at Lancaster; that sixteen hundred yards of Russia Linen be deposited in seven parts, with the Doctors’ chests; that the eleven hundred Tents be deposited in equal parts in Worcester, Lancaster, Groton, Stow, Mendon, Leicester, and Sudbury.

Voted, That these Committees adjourn to nine o’clock instead of ten.

Voted, That the Papers belonging to the Committees be lodged with Mr. Abraham Watson.

Newton, April 19, 1775.

Colonel Barrett:

SIR: The Committee have directed me to inform you, that the cannon-powder which last Saturday you were desired to have removed from Leicester, one load at a time, and to make up into cartridges, they would not have you send for, unless you have already; but, if sent for, take care of it; but don’t make it into cartridges.

I am, Sir, your humble servant,

J. PIGEON, Clerk.

April 21, 1775.

At a meeting of the Committee of Safety, April 21st, 1775, the following form of Enlistment was adopted:

“I, A. B., do hereby solemly engage and enlist myself as a Soldier in the Massachusetts service, from the day of my enlistment to the last day of December next, unless the service should admit of a discharge of a part or the whole sooner, which shall be at the discretion of the Committee of Safety; and I hereby promise to submit myself to all the orders and regulations of the Army, and faithfully to observe and obey all such orders as I shall receive from any superiour officer.”

Resolved, That there be immediately enlisted, out of the Massachusetts Forces, eight thousand effective men, to be formed into Companies, to consist of a Captain, one Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Sergeants, one Fifer, one Drummer, and seventy rank and file; nine Companies to form a Regiment, to be commanded by a Colonel, Lieut. Colonel, and Major; each Regiment to be composed of men suitable for the service, which shall be determined by a Muster-Master or Muster-Masters, to be appointed for that purpose. Said officers and men to continue in the service of the Province for the space of seven months from the time of enlistment, unless the safety of the Province will admit of their being discharged sooner; the Army to be under proper rules and regulations.

Voted, That the Field-Pieces be removed from Newburyport, and deposited, for the present, into the hands of Captain Dexter, of Malden.

Voted, That a Courier be immediately despatched to Stoughton, to require the immediate attendance of Colonel