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A report from the Board of War was read;
whereupon
Resolved, That in addition to the Sub-Clothiers
appointed by virtue of the ordinance of the 23d of
March, 1779, for regulating the Cloathing De
partment, the Clothier-General, with the approba
tion of the Board of War and the Commander in
Chief, appoint a Sub-Clothier to receive from the
Clothier-General and the several Sub State-Clothiers
the proportion of cloathing assigned the artillery,
cavalry, artificers and corps composed of troops
from different States, according to the general esti
mate, and to cause such cloathing to be distributed
to the officers and soldiers of the several corps afore
faid, and in all other refpeds to govern his conduct
in the execution of the said business, agreeably to
the regulation of Congress of the 23d of March,
1779, refpeding the Sub-Clothiers.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the several
states to allow the corps of artificers established by
Congress the 12th inst. all the benefits provided for
officers and soldiers in the line of their quotas of the
continental battalions, except the half pay:
That the commanding officer of the corps of ar
tificers shall be allowed the fame pay and fubilftence
as a Lieutenant-Colonel.
That the allowance of pay, subsistence and cloath
ing of the other officers and men of the said artifi
cers, be the fame with that of the artillery artificers
under the command of Col. B. Flower.
According to order Congress proceeded to the e
leftion of a Deputy Secretary, and the ballots being
taken,
Mr. George Bond was ele&ed.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Exe
cutive Authority of the refpe&ive States, upon the
application of the Judge-Advocate for that purpose,
to grant proper writs requiring and compelling the
person or persons whose attendance shall be requested
by the said Judge, to appear and give testimony in
any cause depending before a court-martial ; and
that it be recommended to the Legislatures of the
several States to vest the necessary powers for the
purposes aforefaid in their executive authorities, if
the fame be not already done.
Resolved, That the Marine Committee be autho
rifed from time to time to appoint Advocates for the
purpose of taking care of and managing the mari
time causes in which the United States are or may
be concerned,
EXTRACTS from the Journals of Congress.
Saturday, November 13, 1779.
A Letter of the 9th from Major General
Sullivan was read, requesting leave,
on account of his ill state of health,
to retire from the service:
Whereupon a motion was made by
Mr. Gerry, seconded by Mr. Harnett, " that the
resignation of Major General Sullivan be not ac
cepted, but that he have leave to retire from the
lervice as long as he shall judge it expedient for the
recovery of his health.'?
A motion was made by Mr. Morris, seconded by
Mr. Matthews, that the foregoing letter and mo
tion be referred to a Committee of three.
Resolved in the affirmative.
The members chosen, Mr. Morris, Mr. Harnett
and Mr. Forbes.
The Marine Committee having communicated to
Congress a paragraph of a letter from j. Beatty,
Commissary-General of Prisoners, informing " that
there are some Spaniards on board the prison-ship at
New-York, whose necessities call for our support:"
l'hereupon
Resolved, That the CommifTary-General of Pri
soners be directed, until the further order of Con
gress, to make the fame provision for the Spanish
prisoners in New-York, as is made for the prisoners
of the United States, keeping a separate account
thereof.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
Resolved, That the returns for cloathing for of
ficers in the medical Raff, (Regimental Surgeons
fyt. lII.]
November 16.
November 26.
WEDNESDAY, February 2, 1780.
and their Mates, who are to draw with the regi
mental ftaff, excepted) be signed by the Director-
General or the Phyfician-Goneral and Surgeon-
General of the diftrid, and such cloathing shall be
delivered either by the Clothier-General, or any
Sub-Clothier in the State in which the officer to
receive cloathing shall reside, as is provided in the
cases of other itaff officers not taken from the line:
That no cloathing shall be fold or delivered to
non commissioned officers or soldiers, beyond the
articles they have received as their bounty, until the
whole of the army shall have received their bounty
cloathing, it being the intention hereof that the sur
plus only shall be. disposed of.
Resolved, That when any Committee appointed
by Congress have prepared their report, the fame
shall be delivered to the secretary at the table, who
shall immediately infolorfe thereon the day of delive
ry, and if more than one are delivered on the fame
day, the firft shall be indorfed No. I, the second
No. 2, and so on, to the intent that on the follow
ing day, after the Journals, any dispatches which
may have been received, and the reports from the
Board of 1 reafury and Board of War, are seve
rally read, decided upon or postponed, the reports
of the Committees may be read in the order of the
dates and numbers indorfed on them.
November 27.
Congress took into consideration the report of the
Committee on the letter of the 17th of October last
from Major General Schuyler; whereupon
Congress agreed to the following answer to the
said letter:
S I R,
" Notwithstanding the many injuries committed
by the savages, Congress are disposed to peace:—
1 he conditions on which they infill are,
First, That it shall be supplicated on the part of
the enemy; secondly, that they shall surrender all
the Americans in their hands; thirdly, that they
shall expel all Btitiffi Agents and Emissaries; fourth
ly, that they shall covenant to deliver up such as
shall hereafter go among them; fifthly, that they
shall covenant not to take up the hatchet again un
der penalty'of being driven from their country; and
sixthly, that they shall give heritages for their ftrid
adherence to the promises to be by them made."
To which it was moved by Mr. Forbes, seconded
by Mr. Houlton, to add,
" And that Congress are willing to accept of any
Cession of territory which the said Indians may be
inclined to make to the United States, referring to
any particular state their right of a prior claim to
the territory aforefaid, or any part thereof:"
An amendment was moved by Mr. Livingston,
seconded by Mr. Schuyler, to add,
" Which cession shall be for the benefit of such
state as may have a prior right:"
On which the yeas and nays being required by
Mr. Forbes,
It passed in the negative.
The previous question was then moved by Mr.
Gerry, and seconded by Mr. Sharpe:
On which the yeas and nays being required by
Mr. Forbes,
It passed in the affirmative, and the main question
was set aside.
A motion was then made by Mr. Marchant, se
conded by Mr. Forbes,
" 'lhat it be one condition of the peace, that no
land be fold or ceded by any of the said Indians,
either as individuals or as a nation, unless unto the
United States of America, or by the consent of
Congress:”
On which the previous question was moved by
Mr. Gerry, seconded by Mr. Sharpe,
And the yeas and nays being required by Mr,
Marchant,
It was resolved in the affirmative, and the main
question set aside.
December 6.
Resolved, That General Washington be informed
that Congress approve of Colonel Baylor's regiment
of dragoons, at present commanded by Lieut. C^
THE
Washington, being sent to South-Carolina, and that
the Board of War order them to proceed immedi
ately to join Major General Lincoln.
A report from the Board of War was read;—,
whereupon
Resolved, That all officers who have been or shall
be indulged with furloughs, and who have not
joined or shall not join their corps at the expiration
of the times limited therein, and all officers absent
without leave, shall, when practicable so to do, be
personally notified and directed by the commanding
officer of the corps to join their regiment or corps in
a reasonable time after receipt of such notification;
and in case of neglect or refufal so to do, or to give
fatisfadory reasons for their remaining absent there
from, a court martial, on proof made of such notice
given and consequent negle& or refufal, shall pro
ceed against such absentees, in the fame manner as
if they were present, and such absence and neglect
or refufal to appear or give fatisfa&ory reasons for
their continuance of absence, shall be fufficient cause
for cashiering, by judgment of the court-martial,
the officers so notified and neglecting or refufing:
That, when from the want of information of the
residence of any absent officer or officers, the com
manding officer of the corps or regiment shall not
have it in his power to fend a personal notification,
he shall publilh in the news-papers of the state where
such absent officer or officers belong and ulually re
side, an order requiring generally all absent officers
belonging to such corps or regiment to join the fame
in a fpecified time; and in case of negled or refufal
to appear within the time limited or before the fit
ting of the court martial, if such space of time, in
the opinion of the court, be reasonable and. proper,
such ablentee or absentees shall be proceeded against
in like manner with those receiving personal notice,
December 7.
Congress proceeded to the election of a Commis
sioner lor the Board of Admiralty, and the ballots
being taken,
francis Lewis, Esq. was chosen.
Congi efs proceeded to the election of a Commis
sioner for the Board of War, and the ballots being
taken,
Colonel William Grayson was chosen.
December 10.
A letter of the 6th from Lieutenant-Colonel John
Laurens was read, declining to accept the office of
Secretary to the Minister at the Court of France,
with which Congress were pleased to honour him.
December 11.
Congress took into consideration the report of the
Committee for procuring supplies for the army, and
thereupon
Resolved, That the Legislature or the State of
Virginia be requested to furnifh, for the army of
the United States, on or before the firft day of A
pril next, twenty thousand barrels of Indian corn,
and traafport the fame to such places within the
said state as the Commissary General of Purchases
shall dired:
That the Legislature of the State of Maryland be
requested that, in addition to the fifteen thousand
barrels of flour heretofore required of them, to fur
nilh for the army of the United States, on or before,
the firft day of April next, five thousand barrels of
flour arid five thousand barrels of Indian corn :
That the State of Pennsylvania be requested to
furqilh, for the army of the United States, on or
before the firft day of April next, fifty thousand
barrels of Hour, or wheat in proportion;
That the ten thousand barrels of flour, or wheat
in proportion, heretofore requested from the State
of Delaware, by the Committee of Congress, be
furnifhed as soon as possible.
That eight thousand barrels of flour be requested
from the State of New-Jersey, part of which to be
furnifhed as soon as possible, to answer the immedi
ate demands of the army:
That the State of Connecticut be requested to
furnifh for the army of the United States, eight
thousand barrels of Hour.
Resolved, Th^t the Committee who brought ia
[Numb, iio.]