The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-11-30 00:00:00, page 2

That the following be the proportion of wag
gons and bat horses to the dffrent ranks of of
ficers, unless otherwise directed, in special cases,
by the commander in chief or comanding officer
ot the southern army :
The commander in chief and commanding
officer of the southern army, for their own ac
commodation, and for their families, as many
baggage waggons and bat horses as tney may
think necessary.
Major general and family, one covered four
horse waggon, and one two horse waggon.
Brigadier general and family, one covered
four horse waggon.
Colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major, one
covered four horse waggon.
Caprains and fubaherns of a regiment, for
their baggage, one covered four horse waggon,
Surgeon, paymaster adjutant, and quarter
matter, regimental Haff, one covered four horse
waggon.
Brigade quartermatter, one bat horse.
For the tents of a regiment, for every feventy
five men, but this to be varied, according to the
weight of the tents, and date of the roads, one
open four hoi fe waggon.
Qiartermarter general, for his baggage, ac
cording to his rank ; for his books, papers, &c. as
niany as he shall find necessary.
Deputy quartermaster with the main army or
ivrha separate army, for his baggage, and for
his backs, papers, &c. one covered four horse
waggon.
Coramiflary of forage, with the main army,
bis clerks aad affillants, one covered four horse
waggofi^ ^h
Deputy commitfar,of forage, witha separate
armv, one two hotle waggon.
Waggonmader and clerks, one covered four
horse waggon
Depot, waggon matter with the southern ar.
my, his clerks and assistants, one two horse wag
gon or two bat horses.
Infpe&or general, for his baggage, according
to bis rank ; and for his papers, as the comman
der in chief may direct.
REGULATIONS of th< QiartertonOri's Depart
nieiH,eftiblifhal by the United States in Con
gress affembicu, October 2sd, J 732
Reiolved,
HA I" he eflnblifhmenr of the quarter mas
ter's department, by the refulutions of
congress of the 15th July, 1 780, be, from and as
ter the tirll daj or January next, repealed, and
the following regulations then adopted in its
dead.
Refoived, That there beone quartet matter ge
neral, the present quarrermafler general to be
continued in office ; and hereafter, as vacancies
grife, to be appointed by Congress.
That tire qnartermader general, with the ap
probation of the commander' in chief, appoint
the following officers for the armiesof tire Unit
cd States, v;z.
Far the main army.
One deputy quartetmailer.
One waggon.mailer
Oue coinmillary of forage.
One ditefior, and one fubdiredtor, of a
company of artificers.
For the southern army.
One deputy quartermaster.
One deputy cummiflary of forage.
One deputy waggon-mafler.
One director, and one fubdirector, of a
company of artificers:
And as many affitants as the service may require
in the main and f;uthern army, to perform the
duties of quartermaders of brigades, Gorekte.
pers, clerks, and such other duties in the qoar.
t#mafter's departments as the service may re
quire, and aifo as many waggon conductors:
, That the pay per month of the officers, in the
quartermatter general's department, including
their pay in the line of the army, shall be as fol
lows:
Dollars.
Qnarrermafter general, . it 6 60 90
Deputy quartermfitter with the7
southern army, '5
Deputy quartermaster with the 7
main army, C 75
Waggon-matter, — 60
Commiff^y of forage for the 7 ,
main army,s
CommifTary of forage for the ) ,
southern army,|
Deputy wagg>n mailer for the ,
southern army, ) '°
Affiilants ip the quartermaftef's )
department, each, ,
Waggon conductors, each, 20
Directors of artificers, each, 40
Subdiredors of ditto, each, 26 60-90
That there be issued to the commander in
chief, and to the commanding officer of a sepa
rate army, and to thole of their suite, as many
rations as the service may require.
That there shall be allowed for saddle horses :
Rations
To a mnj— general and family Seven
Brigadier genera Land family Five
Colonel of infantry or artillery Two
Lieutenant colonel — '— Two
Major —-— Two
Chaplain —— One
Surgeon —— 4 — One
Adjutant •—— One
Qiartermatter —— — One
Bigade qvartermaOer — One
Qjartermafter general, as the service may re
quire.
Deputy quartermaster with the army Two
Captain of engineers —— One
Commissary of forage — Two
Deputy with southern army — Two
Waggon master and clerks - — Three
Depuy waggon-mafter, separate army Two
Infpettor general agreeable to his rank.
Infpedtor in addition to what he draws 2 q
in the line)
Adjutant general — —* Four
Deputy with a separate army — Three
Each assistant —— Two
Commiflary of prisoners — —' Two
Deputy with a separate army Two
Judge advocate ——- Two
Deputy with a separate army — Two
Provost marital —— Oue
Field commissary of military Hores Two
Deputy with a separate aimy — Two
Deputy paymaster — Ore
Officers of cavalry to be allowed to draw
forage for the following number of horses, pro
vided they a&ually keep the fame :
Colonel —— Three
Lieutenant colonel —— Two
Major —— Two
Captain — - — — Two
Lieutenant — — Oe
Cornet —•— One
Paymaster pExclufive of allow )
Quartermaster > ance as officers in One
Adjutant J the line, each,j
Surgeon ——• One
Deputy paymaller with the main and southern
army, eaco. one two horse waggon.
Fiel postmaster, one bat horse.
Provided, Fhat if the number of waggons Hat
ed above, should prove infuflicient, the quarter
mailer general may occasionally furnifh such ad
ditional carriages as the commnader in chief,
or commanding officer of a separate army, or
the secretary at war, may dire rft.
That a ration of forage per day shall confix of
fourteen pounds of hay and ten quarts of oats
for each horse :
InTpedorS, one two horse waggon.
Adjutant general, two covered four horse wag
gons.—For the baggage of his assistant, clerks
and official papers, one two horse waggon.
Judge advocate, one two horse waggon.
Deputy judge advocate for southern army,
one two horse waggon.
Commiflhry of prisoners, one two horse wag
g°m
Deputy commiflary of prisoners, southern ar
my, one two horse waggon.
Provost marlhal, with the prisoners and guards,
one open four horse waggon.
Field commifTar of militar, stores, and his de
piny with the main and fouihern army, each, one
ba r horse.
That the quarterrhafter general make a re
turn of the names and station of each person
to be appointed in his department.
That in fettling the accounts of officers in the
said department, no pay or allowance whate
ver be granted to any person employed therein,
whose name and employment, together with
a certificate of his having taken the aforefaid
oaths, shall not have been returned within two
months after his acceptance of such office.
That any of the officers entitled to forage,
who shall keep their horses at their own ex
pence, shall be paid therefor by the quarter,
master general, at the average price given by
him for the forage of the army.
Refelved, That the quartermaster general, with
the approbation of the secretary at war, shall
appoint so many assistants to reside in the se
veral dates as the public service may require.
That all officers in the quartermaster general's
department, of whatever denomination, shall
take the <aths of allegiance and the oath of
office precribed by Congress, before they enter
on business.
From a late London Paper.
The Musical Interlude of the
T O BA C C 0.8 O X,
OR
The SOLDIERY PLEDGE oF L 0 VE.
As performed at the Hay. Market Theatre.
Thomas, - . . Mr. Brett.
Kate, - - - Miss. Morris,
T HOM A S.
TH O' the fate of battle on to-morrow wait,
Let's not lose our prattle now my charming Kate-
Till toe hour of glory love should now take place,'
Nor damp the joys before you with a future case.
K A T E.
Oh, my Thomas, Hill be constant, flill be true.
Be but to your Kate as Kate, is fti!| to you ;
Glory will attend you, fli I will make us bleft,'
With my fi r mtft love, my dear, you're flill poffeft.
THOM A S.
No new beauties tailed, I'm their arts abpve,
Three campaigns are wafted but not so my love-
Anxious tti.l about thee thou art all I prize,
Never Kate without thee will I bung these eyes.
K A T E.
Conflant to my Thomas I will flill remain,
Nor t ink I will leave thy file the whole campaign.
But I'll cherish thee, and strive to make thee bold,
May 'A thou (hare the vi&ory, may ft thou share the gold
T H OM A S.
If by some bold aflion I the halbert bear,'
Think what fatisfa&ion when my rank you share ;
Dreft Ike any lady, fair from top to toe, '.
Fine lac'd caps and ruffles then will be your due.
K A T E.
If a ferjeant'^ la 'y I should chance to prove,
Clean linen shall he ready always for my love;
Never more will Kate the captain's laundress be,
I'm too pretty I homas, love, for all but thee.
T HOM A S.
Here Kate, take my 'bacco box, a soldiers all,
If by Frenchmen,s blows your Tom is doomed to fall ;
When my life is end'd, thou may'ft boast and prove;
Thou'd'ftmy firft my last, my only pledge of love.
K A T E.
Here take b^ck thy 'bacco box, thou'rt all to me,
Nor think but I will be near thee, love, to fee,
In the hour of dang r let me always share;
, I'll be kept no stranger to my soldiers fare.
T HOM A S.
Check that rising sigh, Kate, flop that falling fear,
Come my pretty comrade, entertain no fear ;
But may Heav'n befriend us—hark ! the drums com
mand,
Honour I obey you. Love, I kiss your band.
K A T E.
* I can't flop these tears, tho' crying I disdain,
But mult own, 'tis trying hard the point to gain:
May good Heav'us defend thee, ronqueft on thee wait.
One kiss more, and then I'll give thee up to fate.
BOSTON, November 14.
There has been a report for some days pad in town,
founded on a letter from New York, dated the gift
of Odober, that the French and Spanish force, un
fitting of 40,000 men, had been repulsed in an attack
on Gibraltar, with the loss of 6ft en tcufand men,
and that two of the floating batteries h^d been (et on
fire by hot shot from tie place, and blown up, and
this account is said to have come by two veffeis arrived
there from Lifyon : that such a report should come
from such a quarter, is not extraordinary, but it
may not be improper to shew the improbability, to
fay no more of it; now, by the ships arrived from
Bilboa, we have an authentic detail of the operations
against the place to the 13th of September, which re
cites thar tie English batteries opened on the 7th,
with great violence against the,Boating batteries, to
prevent th/rir being moored without other effect than
killing three, and wounding thirty-seven men, and
that the mod tremendous fire was begun by the com
bined pow< rs ag inf lthe place, on the Bth, which an
swered the moftfanguie expectations of the besiegers,
and was continued with equal good effect for the suc
ceeding days, insomuch that they had little doubt re
maining, that without having recourse to so desperate
a megfure as a general affauit, the place must surren
der in a few days. This is in all probability the latest
account ;for as both the Lisbon ships said to be arrived
at New-York, must have reached that place before
the 31st tilt, the date of the letter, and the news of
such an event would probably be five days at least in
reaching Lifb>n, both thole veffeis, a mod extraordi
nary thing, mus shave been ready to fail, and have
reached New York in five and thirty days; besides
that, the numbers said to have been lulled are rather
Rivingtonian, for every man of the besieged, Bobadil
like, must in proportion to the numbers of the gar
riffon, have killed three men to his breakfaft.
Some accounts of the siege of Gibraltar, received
by the Bilboa arrivals, contain a kind of journal of
the operations for five days after i s commencement ;
these advices fay, that the besiegers bad com pleated i@
* Both repeat this verse, only Thomas fays,—
“ conquest on me wait ;''and " yield mylelf to fare."
The above petit p ece has been universally admired
for its melody, and the simplicity o' the dialogue.
The original music is French, and the accompany
menta are Dr. Arnold's.