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NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
6. All Officers who have been prisoners with the
eregiy, being appointed by their state, and again
enter into the service, shall do it agreeably to the
above rule ; that is to fay, all of the rank of Cap
tains and under, shall enter into the fame pegiment
to which they formerly belonged, and if such regi
ment is dissolved or otherwise reduced, they shall
be intitled to the firft vacancy in any regiment of
the state in their proper rank, after the Officers be
longing to such regiment have been provided for.
7, The rules of rank above laid down between
Officers of different states are to govern between
Officer's of the fame state, except in cases where the
state may have laid down a different rule, or already
fettled their rank.
In CONGRESS, Nov. 24, 1778.
CONGRESS took into consideration the re
port of the Committee of Arrangement,
and thereupon came to the following Reso
lutions:
Whereas the settlement of rank in the array of
the United States has been attended with much diffi
culty and delay, inasmuch as no general principles
have been adopted and uniformly pursued;
Resolved therefore, Tint upon any dispute of
rank the following rules shall be hereafter observed;
1. For determining rank in the Continental line
between all Colonels and inferior Officers of diffe
rent states, between like officers of infantry and
those of horse and artillery appointed under the
authority of Congress, by virtue of a Resolve ot the
16th of September, 1776, or by virtue of any sub
sequent Resolution prior to theist of January, 1777,
all such officers shall be deemed to have their com
missions dated on the day lass mentioned, and them
relative rank with refpecf to each other in the con
tinental line of the army shall be determined by their
rank prior to the 16th day of September, 1776.
This rule shall not be considered to affect the rank
of the line within any state, or within the corps of
artillery, horse, or among the sixteen additional bat
talions, where the rank hath been fettled ; but shall
be the rule to determine the relative rank within the
particular line of artillery, so far as the rank remains
unsettled.
4. All Colonels and inferior Officers appointed to
vacancies since the sth day of Jan. 1777, shall take
rank from the right of succession to such vacancies.
5. In all cases where the rank between the Officers
of different states is equal, between an officer of state
troops and one of cavalry, artillery, or of the ad
ditional battalions, the precedence is to be deter
mined by lot.
2. In the second instance preference shall be given
to commissions in the new levies and flying camp.
3. In determining rank between continental Officers
in other refpedts equal, proper refpeft shall be had
to their commissions in the militia, where they have
served in the continental army for the space of one
month.
Whereas from the alteration of the cflablifhment
and other causes, many valuable Officers have been
and may be omitted in the new arrangement as being
Supernumerary, who from their coi dud and services
are intitled to the honourable notice of Congress,
and to a suitable provision until they can return to
civil life with advantage :
8. A resignation shall preclude any claim of benefit
from former rank under a new appointment.
Resolved therefore, That Congress gratefully ac
knowledge the faithful services of such Officers, and
that all supernumerary Officers be entitled to one
year's pay of their commissions refpedtively, to be
computed from the time such Officers had leave of
absence from the Commander in Chief on this ac
count: And Congress do earnestly recommend to
the several states to which such Officers belong, to
make such farther provision for them as their re
fpeaive circumstances and merits entitle them bo.
Whereas it will be for the benefit of the service
that some rule for promotions be established ; there
fore
Resolved, That it be recommended to the several
states to provide that in all future promotions, Offi
cers rife regimentally to the rank of Captain; and
thence in the line of the state to the rank of Colonel,
except in cases where a preference may be given on
account of dittinguifhed merit.
Resolved, That ail Officers who have been in the
service, and having been prisoners with the enemy,
now arc, or hereafter may be exchanged, or other
wise released, shall, if appointed by the authority
of the state, be intitled, in case of vacancy, to enter
into the service of their refpeflive state, in such
^nk as they would have had if they had never been
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WEDNESDAY, December 16, 1778.
captured ; provided always, that every such Officer
do within one month after his exchange or release,
lignify to the authority of the state to which he be
longs, his release, and his desire to enter again into
the military service.
Resolved, That no brevets be for the future grant
ed, except to officers in the line, or in case of very
eminent fcrvices.
Resolved, That Paymasters, not being of the rank
of Captains, Quartermasters, and Adjutants, be in
titled to receive twenty dollars per month fubfiftance
money in lieu of rations.
Resolved, That all Officers and persons employed
on the fiaff shall receive for fubfiftance money one
third of a dollar for each extra ration heretofore
allowed them.
Resolved, That Adjutants, Paymasters, and Qyar
termafters taken from the line, be again admitted
into the rank; they would have been intitled to had
they continued in the line, ^nd such Adjutants, Pay
matters and Quartermasters not taken from the line,
may be admillible into the line, in such subaltern
ranks as by a signed certificate from the Field Offi
cers of their refpedive corps they shall be deemed
competent to.
Ordered, That the Committee of Arrangement
transmit to the Board of War lifts of the Officers of
the army arranged by them in the several regiments
and corps, fpecifying the time of their refpettive ap
pointments or promotions to their present rank, to
be registered in the War-Office; and that commiflions
be issued to the said Officers accordingly. And the
Secretary of the Board of War is hereby ordered to
transmit copies of the said arrangement to the Com
mander in chief or rhe army.
Resolved, That the Board of War be authorifed
to finifh the arrangement of the army agreeably to
the Resolutions of Congress, and that the Committee
of Arrangement furnilh the Board with such papers
and documents as they are possessed of refpedting the
fame ; and that all disputes about rank in the army
be referred to the Commander in Chief, to be deter
mined according to the rules of the army.
Ordered, That the Board of War forthwith lay
before Congress a lift of the continental Brigadiers
and battalions, together with the states to which they
refpedively belong. Extras from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Resolved, That every Officer so released, and giv
ing notice as aforefaid, shall, until entry into a&ual
service, be allowed half pay of the commission to
which by the foregoing Resolve he fta:acs intitled;
provided always, that in case of his receiving any
civil office of profit, such half pay shall thenceforth
cease.
MR. Silas Deane having in his Address, in Mr.
Dunlap's last paper, thrown many difhonour
able reflections 011 several persons highly trusted by
America, and too far aidant to answer for themselves,
I think it but justice to those injured characters, to
request that you will suspend your judgments, until
the matter is fully investigated by those whose imme
diate business it is, and who are mod likely to be
poffefled of the means to establish the truth, when,
no doubt, all the parties will receive their due,
whether of reward or punishment, and the public
good be secured.
As to the decency of the performance with re
fpeCt to that Body, to which America must always
owe its fafety and happiness, I leave it to those whom
it may concern. And the real friends to the inde
pendency of America will determine on the propriety
of such a publication, in the present situation of our
affairs. For my own part, Ifo reverence the Repre
sentatives of the People, and have so warm a con
cern for the public welfare, that I had much rather
my nearest connexions fliould fuffer a temporary in
justice, than offend the one, or in the least injure the
other.
In the meantime I hope you will take a view of
the ieveral characters, from the commencement of
the present canted with Great-Britain ; the part
they have acted; what they have facrificed; and
what were their probable profpeCts ; and then I am
sure you will agree with me, that the narrative is
void of probability, and ought to be supported with
much better evidence than infinuatibns, inuendoes,
and bare affertiuns.
I too, most sincerely with you to be on your guard.
Trust not prefeflions ; hear both sides, and judge
from well attested fads.
FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE.
Philadelphia, December 7, 1778.
From the Pennsylvania Packet.
To the candid and impartial PUBLIC.
THE
N. B. The fubferiber experts to return in a few
weeks to the State of New-York, and to fell within
that time. _ ._
STRAYED from the fubferiber, four heifers, three
of which are three years old, the others two
years old; one of them is red with a white face,
two are black or red pied, and the fourth is brindle,
all marked with a half crop under the near ear and
a flit in the off ear. Any person that informs the
fubferiber, or John Denton, at Princeton, Somerset
(county, New-Jersey, where he may get said heifers
again, shall have the above reward, or three dollars
for any one or more of them, paid by
NEHEMIAH SMITH.
Princeton, Dec. 7, 1778. ^w+
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PUBLIC notice is hereby given to all persons who
have in their custody or power, any goods or
chattels, bonds, bills, mortgages, notes, books of
accounts, cr other increments of writing, or who
are indebted to the following fugitives and offenders,
now with the enemy, viz. David Ogden, fen. David
Ogden, jup. Uzal Ward, William Stiles, Nathaniel
Williams, Thomas Bruen, Griffen Jenkins, Stephen
Skinner, Benjamin Booth, Joseph Kingfland, Robert
Drummond, Lewis Greenfield, Stephen Farrand, John
Wheeler,Ebenezer Ward, jun. Isaac Longworth, jun.
Isaac Ogden, Nicholas Ogden, Nathaniel Richards;
Jonathan Sayres, Isaac Longworth, Thomas Long
worth, John Vanwagener, Garrabrant Garrabrants,
Jacob Brower, Garret Wouters, Caleb Sayres, Josiah
Banks, Joseph Hallett, Peter Woods, Peter Brown,
Benjamin Peirfon, Richard Stanton, Richard Yates,
Peter Mowrifon, George Wells, Thomas Galbreath;
Pepper Clopper, Abraham Van Gefon, jun. the Rev.
Isaac Browne, Derick Schuyler, William Maxwell
Francis Batey, Nicholas Garrabrant, John White;
William Brooks, James Colvin, Cornelius Brooks;
Thomas Afton, Garret Jacobus, Isaac Kingfland,
Henry Stager, Samuel Harrison, Peter Dubois, Aaron
Peirfon, Hugh Gaine, Isaac Stiles, Samuel Hudinot,
Nicholas Hoffman, Dr. Uzal Johnson, John Courter,
jun. and James Gray; and shall neglect to make
immediate discovery thereof to one or more of us
the fubferibers, Commissioners for the County of
Eflex, may expect to be dealt with as the law in that
case hath provided.
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
SIR,
Please to insert the inclofed in your next paper.
MR. Deane most refpedfully presents himfelf be
fore his countrymen, the free and virtuous
Citizens of America, and informs them, that the
Honorable the Congress did, on Saturday morning
the sth instant, afhgn Monday evening (then follow
ing) t° hear him ; and on that evening " Resolved,
" That he report to Congress in writing, as soon as
'' may be, his agency of their affairs in Europe, to
" gether with any intelligence refpeCting their foreign
" affairs which he may judge proper." He there
fore conceives he cannot with propriety continue
his narrative at present : In the mean time he sub
mits it to their good sense, Whether he ought to
take any notice of a publication signed Francis Light
foot Lee, opposed to stubborn and undeniable fads.
Philadelphia, Ztb December, 1778.
ALARM containing sixty acres, in the township
of Amwell, adjoining Hopewell, occupied by
John Allen ; the whole cleared and under good fence,
excepting about ten or twelve acres of choice timber
land, reserved for the support of the farm. The
land is very fertile, has on it a framed house with three
rooms well finifhed, a barn, stables, barracks, &c.
a bearing orchard ot a hundred trees, about fourteen
acres of good meadow. The land is smooth, lying
a little to the fun, and watered with a brook running
through it, and a spring before the door. Any per
son inclining to buy, may apply to the Rev. Abner
Brush, residing in that neighbourhood, who will
agree on reasonable terms, and give an indisputable
title for the fame.
Joseph Hedden, jun.“)
Samuel Hayes, > Commissioners.
Thomas Canfield, )
State of New-Jersey, Eflex County, Dec. 9, 1778. 3 §
AVERY handsome CHARIO T to be fold.—
Enquire of JOHN LANE, at the North-
Branch of Ratiton, New-Jersey. The price Four
Hundred Pounds. &wf
TO BE SOL D,
Twelve Dollars Reward,
[Numb. 54.]
ABNER BRUSH.