nearly seven hundred and fifty men each, including Officers, and each Battalion to consist of eight Companies; each Company of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporal, one Drum, and one Fife, and as near as may be of seventy-nine Privates. And that the men to be raised and destined for New-York be formed into three Battalions, each to consist, as near as may be, of six hundred and sixty-six men, including Officers; and also each Battalion to consist of eight Companies, and each Company of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, one Fifer, and as near as may be of sixty-nine Privates. And the several Militia Officers in the several Counties are hereby required to afford their utmost aid to the said Committees in raising the men aforesaid, by calling together the men under their command, and in any other way the said Committees shall request.

And it is further Resolved, That the four Battalions destined to Canada shall be constituted in the manner following, that is to say: The first of said Battalions of all the men to be raised in the County of Suffolk, and of all the men to be raised in the following Towns in the County of Middlesex, viz.: Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Medford, Maiden, Waltham, Sherburne, Hopkington, Holliston, and Naticlc; and the second of said Battalions shall be constituted of all the men to be raised in the Counties of Essex, York, and Cumberland; and the third of said Battalions shall be constituted of all the men to be raised in the County of Middlesex, except the Towns in the same County joined with the County of Suffolk, as above expressed; and that the fourth of the said Battalions shall be constituted of all the men to be raised in the County of Hampshire.

And it is further Resolved, That the three Battalions destined to New-York shall be constituted in the manner following, that is to say: The first of the said Battalions of all the men to be raised in the Counties of Plymouth and Bristol; and the second of the said Battalions shall be constituted of all the men to be raised in the several Towns in the County of Worcester, excepting the Towns hereinafter named; and the third of the said Battalions shall be constituted of all the men to be raised in the County of Berkshire, and the following Towns in the County of Worcester, viz: Lancaster, Bolton, Harvard, Mendon, Upton, Southborough, Grafton, Northborough, Westborough, Shrewsbury, Lunen-burgh, and Leominster.

And it is further Resolved, That the several Battalions which shall be raised agreeably to, or in consequence of the foregoing Resolves, shall march to their respective places of destination by such routes as may be ordered by the General Assembly of this Colony; and in case no order is made for that purpose by the General Assembly, then by such routes as the Council of this Colony, or the major part of them, shall order and direct.

Also Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony, to the Committee appointed to procure Camp-Kettles, fee, the sum of £400, to enable them to purchase those articles, to pay for their transportation, and any other charges that may attend their doing said business; and that said Committee duly account with this Court for the expenditure of the sum or sums which they may receive for the purpose before mentioned.