plete the proportion assigned to such Town or Plantation, in order that the men so inlisted or draughted out may-march without delay to the places of their destination. And in case any person, either on the Training or the Alarm List, shall neglect to attend at such time as he shall be notified, not having sufficient reason therefor, in the judgment of the Officer, Committee, or Selectmen, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of £10. And in case any person draughted as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to go upon the service required, either in person or by procuring some able-bodied effective man in his stead, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of £10; said forfeiture to be paid within twenty-four hours to the Officers, Committees, or Selectmen, aforesaid; and on failure hereof, he shall forfeit and pay the further sum of £3, both of said forfeitures to be recovered in the same manner as is prescribed in an act lately passed for regulating the Militia of this Colony, for the recovery of fines and forfeitures that may be incurred by a failure of attendance on regimental musters therein required. And the Officers, Committees, or Selectmen, shall proceed in draughting, in manner as is before directed, till the moneys collected shall be sufficient to hire men to complete the number required of such Town or Plantation; which money the said Officers, Committees, or Selectmen, are hereby required to expend for this purpose; and if there shall be any overplus remaining, it shall be employed for the benefit of the Company to which such delinquent or delinquents belong, in such manner as said Company shall agree.

Resolve for lending the Selectmen of SALEM two Field-Carriages; passed JULY 10, 1776.

Resolved, That the Commissary-General of this Colony be, and he is hereby, directed to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Selectmen of the Town of Salem, two of the Field-Carriages belonging to the Colony, now at that Town, viz: one for an eighteen-pounder, one for a twelve-pounder, or one for a nine-pounder, to be used in said Town for their defence till the further order of this Court, or of the Council, or such Committee of this Court as they may appoint to direct in the military concerns of this Colony in the recess or recesses of this Court.

Resolve for furnishing the Colonial Regiments with necessary articles for the Sick; passed JULY 10, 1776.

Whereas the Commissary-General of this Colony is directed, by a Resolve of this Court, to serve out the Rations to the Regiments of Colonels Whitney, Marshall, and Crafts, conformable to the proportions stated in the establishment for said Regiments; and whereas numbers of the men are now sick and daily falling sick: Therefore,

Resolved, That the Commissary-General be, and he hereby is, authorized and permitted to furnish said Regiments with such articles as may be more suitable for the sick than Fresh or Salt Provisions, provided that said Supplies do not exceed the value of the Salt Provisions allowed in said establishment. And the Commissaries of the several Companies upon the sea-coast are hereby directed to furnish the sick of the said Companies in like manner, provided that the said Supplies do not exceed the value of the Salt Provisions allowed in said establishment.

Resolve for raising every twenty-fifth Man to reinforce the Northern Army; passed JULY 10, 1776.

Whereas the honourable the American Congress have lately made upon the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay a most urgent requisition for a further reinforcement by two Regiments of its Militia, to support our Army in the Northern or Canada department: And whereas the reinforcements lately received by the enemy in that quarter render it of the last consequence to the safety of the United Colonies, and of this in particular, that the readiest compliance be made herewith:

Resolved, That there be immediately raised two Regiments, in the following manner, viz: That the Commanding Officer in every Town and Plantation where there is a Field-Officer, or where there is no Field-Officer, that the Commanding Officers of the Companies, or where the Militia is not settled, that the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, or where there is no such Committee, the Selectmen, cause the whole Militia of such Town or Plantation, consisting of the Training Band and Alarm Lists, to be immediately mustered, and one man out of every twenty-five, exclusive of those already raised or ordered to be raised, of all the persons borne on both the aforesaid Lists, to be inlisted into the service of the United Colonies, to serve until the first day of December next, unless sooner duly discharged. And in case of a fraction in the number on the said Lists, if it amounts to more than half of twenty-five, an additional man shall in that case be inlisted; but if less, no such additional inlistment shall be made. Each man to be furnished with a good Firearm and Bayonet fitted thereto, a Cartouch-box, Knapsack, and Blanket; or instead of a Bayonet, a Hatchet or Tomahawk. And for their encouragement readily to enter into this important service, there shall be paid to each Non-Commissioned Officer and Private Soldier, equipped as aforesaid, on his passing muster, 12s. to purchase a blanket, 6s. for the use of his arms, and one month's advance pay. Their further pay and establishment shall be the same as is for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers in the Continental Army. Their monthly pay to commence three days next preceding the day of their marching from home. They shall be allowed one penny, lawful money, per mile, in lieu of rations, to support them on their march going and returning, and one day's pay for every twenty miles between their home and the general rendezvous, and also from the place of their discharge back again to their homes.

It is further Resolved, That there be appointed a Committee for each County in the Colony, whose business it shall be to see the aforementioned inlistments completed without delay, to form the men into Companies, to muster and pay them for their blankets, and for the use of their arms; also to pay all the Commissioned, Non-Commissioned, and Staff Officers, and Privates, one month's advance pay; and to appoint meet persons for Captains and Subalterns of the Companies to be raised in their respective Counties; to fill up and deliver to said Captains and Subalterns their Commissions accordingly, for which purpose they shall receive blanks from the honourable Council.

It is further Resolved, That to each Regiment there shall be appointed and commissioned by the honourable Council, one Colonel, one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Major, and such Staff and other Officers, as are ordered for the other Regiments destined for Canada; that each of said Regiments consist of eight Companies; each of said Companies, of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drum, one Fife, and as near as may be, of seventy-seven Privates—the Non-Commissioned Officers in each Company to be appointed by the Commission Officers of the same.

It is further Resolved, That the Regiments be formed in the following manner, viz: Beginning at the westerly part of the County of Berkshire, and proceeding from west to east, the eight first Companies shall make one Regiment; then proceeding in the same course, the eight next Companies shall make another Regiment; each of said Regiments to march for the Northern or Canada Department at such time, in such manner, and by such routes, as the Council shall order; and each Non-Commissioned Officer and Private belonging to the said Regiments to be paid a bounty of £7 on receiving said orders, by the Committees aforesaid. And in case there shall be any supernumerary men, they shall be forthwith marched into the Works or Forts in or near Boston, and shall be subject to the regulation and orders of Council. And notwithstanding this Court entertain a high confidence in the readiness of the good people of this Colony to comply with a request so important, yet in case there should be any individual who should be so far divested of regard for his own and country's salvation, as to refuse to bear his part in its defence, this Court consider themselves under the hard necessity, in duty to the whole, to Resolve, and it is accordingly

Resolved, That in case the number required by the aforementioned Rule of any Town or Plantation is not inlisted without delay, and every other attempt for this purpose prove ineffectual, the Commanding Officer in such Town or Plantation, if there is a Field Officer, or if there is no Field Officer, the Commanding Officer of each Company, or where the Regiment is not settled, the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, or where there is no such Committee, the Selectmen, shall, within forty-eight hours after