The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-12-06 00:00:00, page 1

NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
In CONGRESS, October 3d, 1780.
RESOLVED, That the regular army of the
United States, from and after the firft day of
January next, consist of
4 Regiments of cavalry or light dragoons,
4 Regiments of artillery,
49 Regiments of infantry, exclusive of Colonel Ha*
zen's regiment, hereafter mentioned ;
I Regiment of artificers :
That each regiment of cavalry or light dragoons
confitt of fix troops, and that each troop consist of fixty
four non-commissioned officers and privates, with the
dame number of commissioned officers as at present :
That each regimentof artillery consist of nine com
panies, and that each company consist of fixty-five
non-commissioned officers and matroffes, with the
fame number of cemmillioned officers as at present :
That each regiment of infantry consist of nine com
panies, and each company of sixty-sour non-commis
sioned officers and privates: And
That the regiment of artificers consist of eight com
panies, and each company of sixty non-commissioned
officers and privates:
That the several Rates furnilh the following quo-
tas, viz.
New-Hampshire, two regiments of infantry ;
Massachusetts-Bay, ten regiments of infantry, and
one of artillery;
Rhode-Ifland, &c. one regiment of infantry ;
Connecticut, five regiments of infantry and one of
cavalry ;
New-York, two regiments of infantry and one of
artillery ;
New-Jersey, two tegiments of infantry ;
Pennsylvania, fix regiments of infantry, one of ar
tillery, one of cavalry, and one of artificers;
Delaware, one regiment of infantry;
Maryland, five regiments of infantry;
Virginia, eight regiments of infantry, one of artil
lery, and two of cavalry;
North-Carolina, four regiments of infantry ;
South-Carolina, two regiments of infantry ;
Georgia, one regiment of infantry:
That the Rates feleCtfrom the line of the army 1
proper number of officers to command the several re
giments, to them refpeCtively assigned, taking nonce
that no new appointment is to be made of a higher
rank than that of a Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant:
That the dates be and they are hereby called up
on, in the molt pressing manner, to have their regi
ments completed and in the field by the firft day of
January next, at fartheft :
That it be recommended to the states to fill up
their refpeCtive regiments, by enlistments for and dur
ing the war; but in case the full quota of any of the
states cannot be completed with such recruits by the
firft day of December next, that it be recommended
to such state or Rates to supply the deficiency with
men engaged to serve for not less than one year, un
less sooner relieved by recruits enlisted for the war,
which they are requested to exert their utmost en
deavours to obtain as speedily as possible ; and, in
order thereto, it is further recommended, that the
officers at camp be empowered and directed to use
every prudent measure and improve every favourable
opportunity to eolift, for the continuance of the war,
such of the men belonging to their refpeQive Rates as
are not engaged for that period, whether now in the
field or hereafter, from time to time, joining the ar
my; and that a recruiting officer from each corps be
kept in the Rate to which the regiments respectively
'belong, to enlist recruits for the war, as well to re
lieve those who are engaged for a ihorter or limited
term, as to supply casual deficiencies :
That two dollars be granted to the recruiting offi
cer for every able bodied soldier he shall enlist tor the
war, who shall join the army; and that a firm, not
exceeding fifty dollars, be allowed as a bounty to e
very such recruit :
That the Commander in Chief be and hereby is di
rected to cause returns to be made as speedily as pos
sible to the several states, of the number of men they
will probably have in the field on the firft day of Ja
nuary next, that the states may take immediate mea
sures for completing their refpeftive quotas as above
recommended by that time :
That the Commander in Chief be and he is hereby
directed to make a return annually to Congress, on or
before the firft day of September, of the number of
troops from each Rate, in order that Congress may
be enabled to make their requisitions from the several
Rates with certainty and in season:
That the clothing be furnifhed, and regularly ferv
cd out to the troops, as it becomes due, and that a
full compensation be made for any arrearages of
clothing :
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WEDNESDAY, December 6, 1780.
That the regiments of cavalry, artillery and of ar
tificers, as they now stand, be confidcred as belong
ing to the Rates refpeCtively to which they are or may
be assigned, which Rates shall complete them to the
full complement, supply them with necessaries, and
in every refpeCt treat them as if originally raised there
in ; and that such other Rates as now have non-com
m iffioned officers or privates in any of the regiments
aforefaid, be credited in their quotas for such men,
according to their numbers, from time to time; for
which purpose the Commander in Chief is hereby di
rected to Ipecify such non-commissioned officers and
privates, and the states to which they formerly be
longed, in the returns which he shall make to the
Rates, and in his annual returns to Congress:
That the regiment commanded by Colonel Moses
Hazen be continued on its present establishment, and
that all non-commissioned officers and privates, be
ing foreigners belonging to any of the reduced regi
ments and corps, be incorporated therewith, and all
volunteers from foreign states, who are now in the
service, or may hereafter join the America? army,
be annexed to the laid regiment.
And whereas, by the foregoing arrangement, many
deserving officers must become supernumerary, and
it is proper that regard be had to them :
Resolved, That from the time the reform of the
army takes place, they be entitled to half-pay for se
ven years, in specie or other current money equiva
lent, and also grants of land at the close of the war,
agreeably to the resolution of the 16th of Septem
ber, 1776.
OCTOBER zift.
That the several regiments of infantry, requested
from the refpe&ive Rates by a resolution of the 3d in-
Rant, be augmented, and consist of one Colonel, one
Lieutenant-Colonel, and one Major, where the full
Colonels are continued ; or one Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant and two Majors where the full Colonels
are not continued:
9 Captains,
22 Subalterns,
I Surgeon,
1 Surgeon's Mate,
i Serjeant-Major,
i Quartermalter-Serjeant,
45 Serjeants,
i Drum-Major,
I Fife-Major,
10 Drums,
10 Fifes,
6ix Rank and file;
That there be one Captain and two Subalterns to
each company, and that the four supernumerary
Subalterns ihall each have the rank of Lieutenant, one
of which is to reside in the Rate to which he belongs,
to enlist and forward on recruits ; one drum and one
fife from each regiment to attend the recruiting offi
cer; the other three supernumerary officers to do the
duty of Paymaster, Quartermailer, and Adjutant, in
their refpe&ive regiments:
That the regiments of artillery be augmented to
ten companies each :
That, instead of four regiments of cavalry, there
be four legionary corps, confuting of four troops of
mounted dragoons and two of dismounted dragoons,
each consisting of sixty privates, with the fame num
ber of commissioned and non-commissioned officers to
each troop as at present:
That there be two partizan corps, consisting of
three troops of mounted and three of dismounted dra
goons, of fifty each, one of which corps to be com
manded by Colonel Armand and the other by Major
Lee, and officered by appointment of the Command
er in Chief, with the approbation of Congress; and
that the Commander in Chief be authorized to direCt
a mode for completing, recruiting and supplying the
said corps:
That the whole ofthe troops be enlisted during the
war, and join their refpeCtive corps by the firft day
of January next :
That the Commander in Chief and commanding
officer in the southern department d;reCt the officers
of each Rate to meet and agree upon the officers for
the regiments to be raised by their refpeCtive Rates,
from those who incline to continue in service; and,
where it cannot be done by agreement, to be deter
mined by seniority, and make return of those who are
to remain, which is to be transmitted to Congress,
together with the names ofthe officers reduced, who
are to be allowed half pay for life :
That the officers who Ihall continue in the service
to the end ofthe war, be entitled to half-pay during
life, to commence from the time of their reduction.
Extract from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'y.
T H E
From the London Chronicle of July 22.
A Jbort Sketch of the Life and Character of General
Washington. b4"?3/3.
AS this gentleman always refufed to accept of any
pecuniary appointment for his public services,
no salary has been annexed by Congress to his im
portant command, and he only draws weekly for the
expences of his public table, and other necessary de
mands. General Washington, having never been in
Europe, could not possibly have seen much military
service when the armies of Britain were sent to subdue
the Americans ; yet still, for a variety of reasons, be
was by much the meft proper man on the continent,
and probably any where else, to be placed at the head
of an American army. The very high eßimation he
Rood in for integrity and honour, his engaging in the
cause of his country from sentiment and conviction of
her wrongs, his moderation in politics, his extensive
property, and his approved abilities as a commander,
were motives which necessarily obliged the choice of
America to fall upon him.
That nature has given General Washington extra
ordinary military talents, will hardly be controverted
by his most bitter enemies. Having been early actu
ated with a warm passion to serve his country in the
military line, he has greatly improved his talents by
unwearied indußry, a close application to the best
writers upon taCtics, and by a more than common
method and exaCtnefs. In reality, when it comes to
be considered, that at firft be only headed a body of
men entirely unacquainted with military discipline or
operations, somewhat ungovernable in temper, and
who at belt could only be Riled an alert and good mi
litia, anting under very short enlistments, unclothed,
unaccouti ed, and at all times very ill supplied with
ammunition and artillery ; and that with such an army
he withftpod the ravages and progress of near 40,000
veteran troops, plentifully provided with every neces
sary article, commanded by the bravest officers in
Europe, and supported by a very powerful navy,
which effectually prevented all movements by water ;
when all this comes to be impartially cor.fidered, we
may venture to pronounce, that General Washington
may be regarded as one of the grqateft military orna
ments of the present age.
General Washington is now in the forty-feventh
year of his age; he is a tall well made man, rather
large boned, and has a tolerably genteel address ; his
features are manly and bold, his eyes of a bluilh cast,
and very lively ; his hair a deep brown, his face ra
ther long, and marked with the small-pox; his com
plexion fun-burnt and without much colour, and his
countenance sensible, composed, and thoughtful.
There is a remarkable air of dignity about him, with
a striking degree of gracefulnefs ; he has an excellent
understanding, without much quickness ; is ftridly
just, vigilant, and generous ; an affectionate husband,
a faithful friend, a father to the deserving soldier;
gentle in his manners, in temper rather reserved; a
total stranger to religious prejudices, which have so
often excited chriftians of one denomination to cut
the throats of those of another; in his morals he is
irreproachable, and was never known to exceed the
bounds of the most rigid temperance. In a word,
all his friends and acquaintance universally allow, that
no man ever united in his own person a more perfect
alliance of the virtues of the Philosopher with the ta
lents of a General; candour, sincerity, affability and
simplicity, seem to be the striking features of his cha
racter, till an occasion offers of displaying the most
determined bravery and independence of spirit.
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