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nearly four hundred men have already inlisted, and marched from the said County of Berkshire into Canada, to serve the United Colonies there, until the 15th of April next, many of whom, it is hoped and expected, will be willing to continue in the said service until the 1st day of January next; Therefore, Resolved, That the Field-Officers of said Regiment be directed to inlist, as soon as possible, out of those already marched, as aforesaid, two whole companies, to join said Regiment, whose advance wages and bounty, including what they have already received from General Schuyler, shall be made equal, in every respect, to those who now inlist according to the terms proposed by the honourable Continental Congress, and that six companies only be now raised for the said Regiment, until this Court shall be, informed of the success of raising the two said companies, out of those now in Canada, as aforesaid. Monday, February 12, 1776. Present in Council: Honourables William Sever, Walter Spooner, Caleb Cushing, Thomas Cushing, Jedediah Foster, James Prescott, Eldad Taylor, Benjamin Lincoln, Joseph Palmer, Samuel Holten, Jabez Fisher, Moses Gill, John Taylor, Benjamin White, Esquires In the House of Representatives: Ordered, That .... . ... be a Committee, with such as the honourable Board shall join, to take into consideration a Letter from his Excellency General Washington, on the great want of Fire-Arms in the Army.In Council: Read, and concurred, and Benjamin Lincoln, Esq., is joined. In the. House of Representatives: Whereas, it appears to be of great importance to the safety and welfare of this Colony, that the Harbour of Marblehead be effectually secured against the attacks of our enemies; and, whereas, the inhabitants of that town, have, at very great expense, erected Batteries, wherein twenty pieces of cannon are mounted, and it being absolutely necessary for a successful defence, that there should be a number of men, well acquainted with the management of cannon, appointed to said Batteries; therefore, Resolved, That a number of Matrosses, consisting of thirty-eight men, exclusive of officers, be immediately raised for the purpose aforesaid, and that a Captain and two Lieutenants be chosen for said Company, their pay to be the same with officers of the like rank on the Sea-Coast establishment; and, the Commanding Officer of the two Companies of Sea-Coast Men, stationed at Marblehead, is hereby directed and empowered to draft twenty-five men from each of said Companies, to be joined to said Company of Matrosses, which will then consist of one hundred men, officers included. In Council: Read, and concurred. In Council: Ordered, That John Winthrop, Esq., with such as the honourable House shall join, be a Committee to prepare a Proclamation for a General Fast throughout this Colony. In the House of Representatives: Read, and concurred, and Major Hawley and Mr. Hopkins are joined. In the House of Representatives: The House made choice, by ballot, of Andrew Reed, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of the Third Regiment of Militia in the County of Lincoln, in the room of Edward Emmerson, who was nonconcurred by the Council. In Council: Read, and concurred. In the House of Representatives: The House made choice, by ballot, of Nicholas Holt, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Fifth Regiment of Militia in the County of Lincoln, in the room of Matthew Patten, who was nonconcurred by the Council. In Council: Read, and concurred. In the House of Representatives: The House made choice, by ballot, of Samuel Harnden, Esq., to be a Brigadier for the County of Lincoln, in the room of Authur Noble, Esq., who was non-concurred by the Council. In the House of Representatives: Whereas, by a Resolve of the General Court, passed the 19th of December last, all Officers and Soldiers who were, on the 19th of April and 17th of June last past, engaged in battle with the Ministerial troops, and suffered loss of Clothing, Arms, and Accoutrements, should, on application made to the General Court, with sufficient evidence of their having sustained such loss, be compensated; and, whereas, the delaying to exhibit said Accounts may give occasion for frauds and impositions, Resolved, That all Officers and Soldiers, who sustained any loss of Clothing, Fire-Arms, Ammunition, &c, by being engaged in battle with the Ministerial troops on the 19th April and 17th of June last, are hereby noticed, that unless they shall exhibit a particular account of their losses to this Court, on or before the second Tuesday of the next sitting of the same, they will be deprived of the benefit of compensation; and, that this Resolve be printed in the Watertown and Cambridge Newspapers three weeks, successively. In Council: Read, and concurred. In, the House of Representatives: The House made choice of the following gentlemen as Field-Officers for the Second Regiment of Militia in the County of Essex, viz: Jonathan Titcomb, Colonel; Henry Morril, Lieutenant-Colonel; Ralph Cross, Jun., First Major; Winthrop Merril, Second Major. In Council: Read, and concurred.
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