Lieutenant; Ezekiel Burr, Second Lieutenant; Simeon Thayer Ensign; John Spurr, Adjutant.

Which being duly considered by the Council,

It is Voted and Resolved, That the said Officers be, and hereby are, approved.

Both Houses being joined in a Grand Committee, chose the following Officers, to wit:

Officers to command the six additional Companies to the Army of Observation.

Ebenezer Flagg, Captain, Joseph Perry, Lieutenant, Noel Allen, Ensign, of the Eighth Company, to be raised in the Counties of Newport and Bristol.

Thomas Gray, Captain, Lemuel Bailey, Lieutenant, William Southworth, Ensign, of the Ninth Company, to be raised in the Counties of Newport and Bristol.

Levi Tower, Captain, Silas Talbut, Lieutenant, Reuben Sprague, Ensign, of the Ninth Company, to be raised in the County of Providence.

Israel Gorton, Captain, James Williams, Lieutenant, Joseph Harris, Ensign, of the Tenth Company, to be raised in the County of Providence.

Ethan Clarke, Captain, Thomas Cole, Lieutenant, John Woodmansie, Ensign, of the Ninth Company, to be raised in the Counties of King’s County and Kent.

Christopher Smith, Captain, Thomas Sweet, Lieutenant, Oliver Tefft, Ensign, of the Tenth Company, to be raised in the Counties of King’s County and Kent.

Officers in the Trained Bands, or Companies of Militia.

Reuben Ballou, Ensign of the Second Company, in the Town of Cumberland, in room of Levi Ballou, who refused.

Comfort Wheaton, Captain, Nehemiah Sweet, Lieutenant, John Demont, Ensign, of the First Company, in the Town of Providence.

Elijah Bacon, Captain, Nathaniel Frothingham, Lieutenant, James Burrill, Ensign, of the Second Company, in. the Town of Providence.

Robert Potter, Captain, (in the room of Thomas Bissell, Jun., who declined,) Timothy Deane, Lieutenant, Samuel Thomas, Jun., Ensign, (in the room of Robert Potter, advanced,) of the Third Company, in the Town of North-Kingstown.

Joseph Jenckes Captain, Sylvanus Bucklin, Lieutenant, Samuel Hills, Ensign, of the First Company, in the Town of Smithfield.

Thomas Aldrich, Captain, Elijah Arnold, Lieutenant, Peleg Arnold, Ensign, of the Second Company, in the Town of Smithfield.

Nehemiah Smith, Captain, Job Mowry, Lieutenant, James Smith, Ensign, of the Third Company, in the Town of Smithfield.

Mr. Solomon Southwick, Postmaster for Newport, in the room of Mr. Nathaniel Otis, who is removed out of the Colony.

It is Voted and Resolved, That Mr. Job Watson be, and he is hereby, appointed a Post at Tower-Hill, to give intelligence to the Northern Counties, in case any squadron of Ships shall be seen off; that in case of an alarm, the Northern Counties be, and they are hereby, ordered to march to the Town of Providence; that a Proclamation be immediately issued by his Honour the Deputy-Governour, commanding every man in the Colony, able to bear arms, to equip himself completely with Arms and Ammunition, according to law; and that the Town of Providence fix a beacon on the hill to the eastward of the said Town, to alarm the country, in case of an invasion.

An Act for Enlisting one fourth part of the Militia of the: Colony as Minute-Men.

Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That one quarter part of the Militia of this Colony be enlisted as Minute-men, to meet together, and exercise themselves in military discipline, half a day, once in every fortnight; and that the following persons be, and hereby are, appointed in the several Towns to enlist them, to wit:

NEWPORT.—The Captains of the several Companies of Militia.

PROVIDENCE.—Messrs. John Demont, and Nathaniel Frothingham.

PORTSMOUTH.—Mr. Burrington Anthony.

WARWICK.—Messrs. Malachi Hammet, Reuben Wightman, and Thomas Rice, (son of Thomas.)

WESTERLY.—Messrs. George Sheffield, Benjamin Hull, and Joseph Stillman.

NEW-SHOREHAM.—The Captain of the Company of Militia.

NORTH-KINGSTOWN.—Messrs. Charles Tillinghast, Jonathan Vaughan, and Ezekiel Gardner, Junior.

SOUTH-KINGSTOWN.—Messrs. Peleg Babcock, and John Wait.

EAST-GREENWICH.—Messrs. Allen Johnston, and William Arnold.

JAMESTOWN.—The Captain of the Company of Militia.

SMITHFIELD.—Messrs. Andrew Waterman, Luke Arnold, and Peleg Arnold.

GLOUCESTER.—Messrs. John Wells, Gideon Burgess, Aaron Winsor, and Samuel Mayes.

CHARLESTOWN.—Messrs, Augustus Stanton, and Beriah Lewis.

WEST-GREENWICH.—Messrs. Eleazer Carr, Jeremiah Austin, and John Mathewson, Junior.

COVENTRY.—Messrs. Archibald Kasson, Yelverton Wait, Stutely Hudson, and Benjamite Greene.

EXETER.—Mr. George Peirce.

MIDDLETOWN.—The Captain of the Company of Militia.

BRISTOL.—Mr. Benjamin Bosworth.

TIVERTON.—Messrs. Joseph Almy, and Pardon Cooke.

LITTLE-COMPTON.—Mr. Peres Richmond.

WARREN.—Mr. William Barton.

CUMBERLAND.—Messrs. Elisha Waterman, and Elias Philbrook.

RICHMOND.—Mr. Simeon Clarke, Junior.

CRANSTON.—Messrs. Andrew Harris, William Potter, and the Captain of the Third Company.

HOPKINTON.—Messrs, Thomas Wells, (the Third,) and Oliver Davis.

JOHNSTON.—Messrs. William Hawkins, and Joseph Waterman.

NORTH-PROVIDENCE.—Mr. Job Olney.

BARRINGTON.—Mr. Luther Martin.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any of the persons hereby appointed shall refuse, to serve, the Deputies of the several Towns to which they belong be, and they hereby are, empowered to appoint others in their stead.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following be the form of the Enlistment for the said Minute-men, to wit:

“Colony of RHODE-ISLAND, &c:

“We, the subscribers, voluntarily enlist ourselves to serve as Minute-men, in the service of this Colony, to be under the immediate command of our superiour Officers, and subject to the law of this Colony for regulating the Minute-men.”

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons who are hereby appointed to enlist the said Minute-men, return the names of the persons they shall so enlist unto the Deputies who live within their respective Regiments; that the said Deputies, or the major part of them, be, and hereby are, empowered to form them into Companies, each to consist of as many men as they shall think proper and direct, and also to appoint Officers over them; and that they return the names of the Officers they shall appoint to his Honour the Deputy-Governour, to be commissioned by the Secretary, in the same manner that the other Officers have been commissioned.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Minute-men march for the defence of the Colony, when and as often as they shall be called upon by the Colonel of the Regiment to which they respectively belong; and that the Lieutenant-General and Major-General of the Colony be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to march them out of the Colony, whenever they, or either of them, shall think it necessary.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following wages be allowed and paid out of the General Treasury to the said officers and men, to wit: for every time they shall meet and exercise, each Captain shall receive two Shillings and six Pence lawful money;