Voted, That the General Officers be forthwith desired to make a return of such Officers and Soldiers as are already under sufficient engagements to serve in the Massachusetts Army.

Voted, That the General Officers be desired, with all possible speed, to give in a list of such Officers as they shall judge duly qualified to serve as Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors, for such a number of Regiments as shall, with the officers and soldiers already engaged, make up an army of eight thousand men.

Voted, That Major Bigelow be applied to, to furnish a Man and Horse to attend the Surgeons, and convey Medicines agreeable to their direction.

April 22, 1775.

Voted, That the Commissary-General be directed to have the Stores belonging to the Colony removed from all the sea-port Towns with all possible speed.

Voted, That Captain Foster be ordered to take the care of the Cannon and Intrenching Tools at Mr. Richardson’s Tavern.

Voted, That the Commissary-General be directed to inspect the Intrenching Tools, and if any are out of order, to see them, with all possible speed, repaired.

April 24, 1775.

Resolved, That General Ward be desired immediately to direct all the Field-Officers of the Regiments of Minute-Men, now in Cambridge, to attend the Committee of Safety at their chamber, at Mr. Steward Hastings’s house.

Resolved, That the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be, and hereby are absolutely forbidden to fire upon, or otherwise injure any Seamen belonging to the Navy, under the command of Admiral Graves, unless fired upon by them, until the said inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden receive orders from this Committee, or the General of the Provincial Forces, to do so.

April 25, 1775.

Resolved, That the three Cannon now at Marlborough, be brought to the Town of Waltham, and mounted on the carriages prepared for them, till further orders.

Resolved, That Colonel Freeman, of Sandwich, be directed to take such a number of Men as may be sufficient for the purpose, and secure the Whale and such other Boats at Cape Cod, as may be of use to this Colony.

Resolved, That Colonel Paul Dudley Sergeant, of New-Hampshire, be desired forthwith to recommend ten persons belonging to the Colony of New-Hampshire, to receive beating orders for the enlistment of persons belonging to said Colony, until they are discharged by this Committee, or taken into the service of the Colony of New-Hampshire.

Resolved, That it be recommended to the Provincial Congress to reduce the Regiments so far as that the Companies consist of fifty-nine men, including officers, and also that they allow only two Lieutenants to a Company.

Resolved, That . . . . . . . . be ordered, with the Troop of Horse under his command, to proceed forward as an escort to the honourable Members of the Continental Congress, on their way to Philadelphia, until they are met by an escort from the Colony of Connecticut.

April 26, 1775.

Voted, That an Express be sent off to General Preble, at Falmouth, desiring his attendance at Cambridge, as a general officer, or in his private capacity.

Ordered, That fifteen of the Prisoners at Concord be removed from thence to Worcester Jail immediately.

Upon a motion made, Voted, That the Secretary of this Committee be directed and empowered to sign any Papers or writings in behalf of this Committee.

Voted, That Mr. Ephraim Jones, Jail-keeper of Worcester, be directed to receive fifteen Prisoners from the Jail in Concord.

Voted, That this Committee recommend it to the Provincial Congress, that they make an establishment for such a number of Armourers as they may judge necessary for the Forces belonging to this Colony.

Resolved, That as many men as are not already enlisted, and incline to remain in the Army, immediately enlist, in order that it may be ascertained what number may be still necessary to be raised in each Town to complete the complement of Troops for this Colony, and to forward to each Town their remaining quota; and the men that may now enlist may be assured, that they shall have liberty to be under the command of such officer as may be appointed by the Committee of Safety, until the particular Regiment and Companies are completed; and the utmost care will be taken to make every soldier happy in being under good officers.

On the twenty-fourth of April it was resolved that the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be, and hereby are absolutely forbidden to fire upon or otherwise injure any Sea-men belonging to the Navy, under the command of Admiral. Graves, unless fired upon by them, until the said inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden receive orders from this Committee, or the General of the Provincial Force, so to do:

Resolved, That the Resolve of the twenty-fourth instant, respecting the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden, be reconsidered, and ordered that it be immediately remanded; also,

Resolved, That the inhabitants of Chelsea and Malden be hereby desired to put themselves in the best state of defence, and exert the same in such manner, as, under their circumstances, their judgments may direct.

The following Warrant, for supplying an Express on the Colony service, was issued:

“To all Innkeepers, Taverners, and other persons whom it may concern:

“You are desired to furnish the bearer, Mr. John Gill, with all necessaries upon his journey to, and return from Rhode-Island, as also with horses, if necessary, and to exhibit your accounts to the Committee of Safety for this Colony, he being an Express in the Colony service.”

The following Certificate was given to Doctor Bond:

“Doctor Nathaniel Bond, of Marblehead, having been charged before this Committee with having acted an unfriendly part to this Colony, the said Committee appointed Joseph Warren, Esq., Colonel Thos. Gardner, and Lieut. Colonel Joseph Palmer, as a Court of Inquiry, to examine witnesses in the case, and hear and determine the same; and upon full inquiry into the case, they are clearly of opinion that said Bond’s general behaviour has been friendly to American liberty; and though he may have discovered an imprudent degree of warmth in some instances, yet we do not find any proof of an inimical temper or disposition to this Country, and therefore recommend him to the esteem and friendship of his Country, that (as the errour which occasioned his being brought before this Committee appears to have been altogether involuntary, and was such as several of our most firm friends were led into, by false rumours spread, of the transactions of the nineteenth instant) no impressions to the Doctor’s disadvantage may remain on the minds of any person whatsoever.

“JOSEPH WARREN, Chairman.”