The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-06-10 00:00:00, page 4

tw CONGRESS, % 27, 177^
ESTABLISHMENT of the AMERI
CAN ARMY.
I. I NFANTRY.
I) ESOLVED, That each battalion of infan
\ try (h all carUi ft of nine companies, one of which
(halt be of light infantry ; the light infantry to be
kept compleat by drafts from the battalion, and or
ganized during the campaign into corps of light in
fantry:
That the battalion of Infantry consist of
Pay per month.
fi Colonel and Captain, 75 Dollars.
°f i LieatenaotColonel and Captain, 60
0 1 Major and Captain, 5°
^< 6 Captain, each 40
I I Captain Lieutenant, 26 2-3^.
g 8 Lieutenants, each 26 2-gds.
9 Ensigns, each 20
Paymaster, to be ta (~20d01.^ in addition to
Adjutant, < ken from <l3 > their pay as of-
Q^artermaftcr,) the line. (13 ) fleers intheline.
1 Surgeon, 60
I Surgeon's Mate, 4 0
I Serjeant Mkjor, 10
I Quartermaster Serjeant, 10
27 Serjeants, each 10
1 Drum Major, 9
I Fife Major, 9
1$ Drums and Fifes, each 7 r^d.
27 Corporals, each 7 1-31.
477 Privates, each 6 2-gis.
Each of the Field Officers to command a company.
The Lieutenant of the Colonel's company to have
the rank of Captain Lieutenant.
11. ARTILLER Y.
That a battalion of Artillery consist of
Pay per month.
I Colonel, 100 Dollars.
°g i Lieutenant Colonel, 75
0 I Major, 62 rhalf.
^ < 12 Captains, each 50
I 12 Captain Lieutenants, each 33 i-gd.
12 First Lieutenants, each 33 i-gd.
° Q 6 Second Lieutenants, each 33 i-gd.
Paymaster, )te be ta- <2§dol. ^in addition to
Adjutant, ^ ken fiem <i6 ( their pay as of
(^rtermafter, ) the line. (16 ) ficers intheline.
J Surgeon, 75
1 Surgeon's Mate, 50
I Serjeant Major, 11 zg-yoths.
I Quartermaster Serjeant, 11 zg-goths.
I Fife Major, 10 38-90ths.
I Drum M>jor, 10 38-901 I&
72 Serjeants, each 10
72 Bombardiers, each 9
72 Corporals, each 9
72 Gunners, each 8 2-gds.
24 Drums and Fifes, each $ i-gds.
336 Matreffes, each 8 1-3 L
111. CAVALR Y.'
That a battalion of Cavalry consist of
Pay per mentb.
Dollars.
j ft Colonel, 93 3 4ths.
n I I Lieutenant Colonel, 75
O jI Major, 60
°E 1 6 Captains, each 50
6 I 12 Lieutenants, each 33 i-gd.
& 16 Cornets, each 26 2-3 ls.
I Riding Master, 33 1-3 I.
Paymaster, ^to be ta- < 2§dol. ^in addition to
Adjutant, } ken from ”15 their payas of
Quartermaster,) the line. (15 ) ficers intheline^
I Surgeon 60
I Surgeon's mate, 40
1 Sadler, 10
I Trumpet Major, Ii
6 Farriers, each 10
6 Quartermaster Serjeants, each 15
6 Trumpeters, each 10
12 Serjeants, each 13
30 Corporals, each 10
324 Dragoons, each 8 13d.
lIIL P R O VO S T.
Replied, That a Provost be established, to consist of
Pay per month.
1 Captain of Provosts, 50 Dollars.
4 Lieutenants, each 33 i-gd.
I Clerk, 33^d
1 Quartermaster Serjeant, 15
2 Trumpeters, each 10
2 Serjeants, each 13
5 Corporals, each 10
43 Provosts or Privates, each 8 1 3d.
4. Executioners, each 10
This corps to be mounted on horieback, and armed
and accoutred as light dragoons.
LANCASTER, Printed by JOHN DUN L A P.
Replied, That in the ENGINEERING Depart
ment three companies be established, each to consist of
Pay per month.
I Captain, 5° Do lars.
' 3 Lieutenants, each 33 i-gd.
4. Serjeants, each 10
, 4. Corporals, each 9
60 Privates, each 8 r-gd.^
These companies to be intruded in die fabrication
of field woiks as far as relates to the manual and me
chanical parti Their business shall be to inftruft the
fatigue parties to do their du y with celerity and ex
a^nef# ; to repair injuries done to the works by the
enemies fire, and to prafecute works in the face of it.
The commissioned officers to be (killed in the necessa
ry branches of the mathematics : The non-commissi
oned officers to write a good hand.
Replied, That the Adjutant and Qnartermafter of
a regiment be nominated by the field officers out of the
subalterns, and presented to the Commander in Chief
or the Commander in a separate department lor appro
bation ; and that being approved of, they shall receive
from him a warrant agreeable to such nomination:
That the Paymaster of a regiment be chosen by the
officers of the regiment out of the Captains or Subal
terns, and appointed by warrant as above: the officers
are to rifque their pay in his hands : the Paymasters to
have the charge of the cloithing, and to distribute
the fame.
Replied, That the Brigade Major be appointed as
heretofore by the Commander in Chief, or Command
er in a separate department, out of the Captains in the
brigade to which he Shall be appointed :
That the Brigade Q^artermafter be appointed by the
Quartermaster General, out of the Captains or Subal
terns in the brigade to which he mail be appointed.
Refolded, That two Aide-de-camp be allowed to
each M^jor General, who Shall for the future appoint
thee out of the Captains or Subalterns.
Reeved, That in addition to their pay as officers in
the line there be allowed to
An Ad de-Camp, 24 Dollars per month.
Brigade Major, 24
Brigade Quartermaster, 15
Refilled, That when any of the Staff Officers ap
pointed from the line are promoted above the ranks in
the line out of which they are refpe&ively appointa
ble, their staffappointments Shall thereupon be vacated:
The present Aids-de-Camp and Brigade M jors to re
ceive their present pay and rations.
Replied, That Aids-de Camp, B igade Majors, and
Brigade Q^artei natters, heretofore appointed from the
line, Shall hold their present ranks and be admiffi de in
to the line again in the fame rank they hril when ta
ken fom the line ,• provided that no Aid, Brigade
M^jor or Q^artermafter Shall have the command of
any officers who commanded him while in the line.
Refilled, That whenever the A: jutant G-neral Hull
be appointed from the line, he may continue to hold
his rank and cemmiffion in the line.
Refolded, That, when Supernumerary Lieutenants are
continued under this arrangement of the battalions,
who are to do the duty of Ensigns, they shall be inti
tled to hold their rank and to receive the pay such rank
intided them to receive.
Refolded, Th?t no more Colonels be appointed in
the infantry; but where any such cemmiflienls or Shall
become vacant, the ba talion (hall be commanded by
a Lieutenant Colonel, who (hall be allowed the lame
pay as is now granted to a Colonel of infantry, and
fliill rife in promotion from that to the rank o' B. iga
dier; and such battalion (hall have only two field offi
cers, viz. a Lieutenant Colonel and Major, but it shall
have an additional Captain.
MAY tg, 171:8,
Replied, That no perform hereafter appointed upon
the civil Staff of the army Shall hold or be intitled to
any rank in the army by virtue of Such Staff appoint
ment.
JUNE 2, 1775.
Replied, That the officers herein after mentioned
be intitled to daw one ration a day, and no more ;
that where they Shell not draw such ration, they Shall
not be allowed any cornpenfation in lieu thereof.
And to the end that tney may be enabled to live in
a manner becoming their it at ions,
Refolded, That the following sums be paid to them
monthly for their subsistence, viz.
To every Colone', 50 Dol. per month.
To every Lieutenant Colonel, 40
To every M jor, 30
To every Captain, 20
To every Lieutenant and Ensign, 10
To every Regimental Surgeon, 30
To eve y Regimental Surgeons Mate, 10
To every Chaplain of a brigade, 50
Replied, That fubfiftance money be allowed to of
ficers nd others on the ftaffin lieu of extra rations, and
that henceforward none of them be alloyed to draw
more than one ration a day.
Ordered, That the Committee of Arrangement be
directed to report to Congress as soon as possible such
an allowance as they Shall think adequate to the station
of the lefpe&ive officers and perlons employed on the
ftaff. Extras from the Minuta,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary,
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WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A GOOD CLOTHIER, or one that can only Shear
X I and manage a press well. Such a person may de
pend on having good wages and constant employ, by
applying to the fubferiber, at his fulling mill near Do
ver,„ in Kent County on Delaware.
THOMAS NIXON.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN from Captain Hol
land's store, in Sussex County, on Saturday night,
the :Bth cf April last, a grey HORSE, with a
dark mane and tail, about eight or nine years old,
fourteen hands one inch high, well gaited, his near
hind leg apt to swell if rode hard, occasioned by a drain
lately. Whoever takes up said horse and brings him
to the owner, livingtwelve miles below Dover, in Kent
county, or to any public place in Said county, Shall
have the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
BENJAMIN GIBBS.
Dover, Kent County, Delaware State, April 14.
VEST ERDAY was committed to the
gaol of this County, a Negro man named LON
DON, about five feet five inches high, who fays he
belongs to Capt. James Young, near Chamber fbugh,
in Cumberland County, State of Pennsylvania. His
said raafter is desired to fend for him, pay charges and
take him away. THOMAS WILD, Gaoler.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY by the
fubferiber, living at Duck-Creek Cross-roads,
Kent County on Delaware, a Journeyman STOCK
ING WEAVER, to whom good wages and constant
employ will be given, by James Jordan.
Pencader Hundred, Newcafle County, May 20.
WA S put into the fubferiber's waggon,
at Christiana-Bridge, in August last, two
small CHESTS. The owner is unknown, but on
proving his property and paying charges, may have
them again by applying to Samuel Faries.
t w ent y Dolla rs reward:
^7a7AS STOLEN out of the house of Andrew
7 Y M Ker, in Brand; wine Hundred, Nowcaftle
County, abou the 6th of May instant, a neat silver
WATCH, the maker's name forgot, but fuppo'ed
to be Willender or Willdon, has a China face or dial
plate with half-hour marks in three gilt spots. Who
ever will secure the said Watch, so that the owner,
living in Wilmington, may have it again, (hall have
the above reward and no questions asked.
SAMUEL BUSH.
Camp, Valley Forge, April 18, 1778.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
T) ESERTED from Capt. John David Woelpper's
" company, in the German regiment, GEORGE
KELLER, about nineteen or twenty years old, and
five feet fix inches high, dark brown hair; had on
when he deserted, a white hunting frock and breeches,
and ftr ped leggings: He stole of Peter Mayer, soldier,
a black silk handkerchief, a shirt, a pair of flockings,
and a pair of flioes. Whoever takes up said deserter
and confines him in any Continental gaol, and gives
notice thereof to Capt. Woelpper, shall have the above
reward, over and above the reward which the Congress
allows.
TiiTiYToiTAßFß^w^ rd.
QTOLEN'out cf the paftnre of the fubferiber,
0 living near Duck Creek, ia Kent C< unty, on De
laware, a large black HORS E, near sixteen hands
high, a natuial trotter, food only behind when flolen,
has a split in his right hind hoof to the hair, and feme
thing appearing on his eyes like a film ; he is fix years
old. Whoever will leave said horse with Mr. Glas
ford, at Newark, or with the fubferiber, shall have
the above reward and reasonable charges, paid bv
John ' smith.
Lancafler, Moy 25, 1778.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
C”T RAYED from Strafburgh Township, Lancaf
' County, the beginning cf this month, a brewa
MARE COLT, three-quarters blood, four years
old this spring, about fourteen hands high, Roman
nosed, a few white hairs in her forehead, other marks
unknown. Any person bringing the above colt to
Col. John Ferree, at Bethelhaufen, shall receive the
above reward and reasonable charges.
~S TRAYED or STO LEN,
From the fubferiber, living in Sunbury, in Northum
berland County, on the r^th of April last,
— DAPPLE DUN MARE, three years old this
2 A spring, about fourteen hands high, very fat and
round bodied, white mane and tail, one of her hoofs
ftraked, paces and trots, has not been (hod lately ; die
is very remarkable for the small dapple spots. Who
ever secures the said mare so that the owner may get
her again, shall have SIXTEEN DOLLARS reward,
and if Rolen, THIRTY DOLLARS and reasonable
charges if the thief be brought to justice, paid by
WILLIAM DEWART.
WA S taken away from Falmouth, in
Virginia, by a man pretending a right to im
pr fs him as being cn an express to camp, a roan
HORSE, fix years old, fifteen hands high, his g a i t
a pace; the property of Col. Alexander Spotfwood, of
Virginia ; the horse may be known by a fear on 'the
top of his neck, occasioned by a hurt from a collar.
The name cf the express was Fanar, of the North-
Carolina cavalry. Whoever will bring the above de
scribed horse to Col. Meade, at Head - Quarters, Co!.
George Ross, at Lancairer, Mr. Barrister or
Major Nicholas, at Yoi k Town, shall receive from
either of those Gentleman a reward adequate to his
trouble.