The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-14 00:00:00, page 3

INSTRUCTIONS for inlifting RIFLEMEN, in the service
of PENNSYLVANIA.
ift. °V7 OU are to inlift no man who is not able bodied,
Y healthy and active, nor such whose attachment to
the rights and liberties of this province, and of America in
general, you have any cause to fufped.
2. You are to have great regard to sobriety, and maral
character in general.
3, You are to take the utmost care,, as you value your office
and the esteem of your country, that you inlift no man who
is not provided with a good rifle-gun, perfectly fit.for service,
and very expert in the use of it.
4. You are not to inlift any indented servant; nor, with#.
Qut the leave of. his maker or mistress, any apprentice.
5. You will take notice, that the Colonel of the battalion,
or feme person to be appointed by him, is to infpeft your
men, and to reject such as do not answer to your inftruAions.
6. Every man is to be inlifted by his taking and subscrib
ing, before some justice of the peace, an oath or affirmation
in the following words, to wit. " I A. B. voluntarily in
-66 lifted a soldier, until the firft day of January, 1778, un
" less sooner discharged, in the troops ordered to be raised
“ by the Assembly of Pennsylvania, and fubjedting myfelf
" to such rules and articles, as are or shall be made or di
" reded by the said Assembly, for regulating and governing
“ the said troops, do solemnly that, in this
" service, I will truly and faithfully obey the present and
" any Assembly of this colony, and in their recess, any
" Committee of Safety by them appointed for the time be
" ing; and, in pursuance of their direction and command,
“ such officers as shall be placed in authority over me ; that I
“ will, to the utmost of my power, defend the rights and
" liberties of this province, and of America in general, and
" will oppose and resist any force or enemies that shall. ad,
" or be employed, against them."
So help me
7. You are to use all diligence in completing your com
pany, and report to your ColoneL
8- You shall be allowed ten shillings per. week for the
fubfiftance of every recruit, till .they arrive at their Rations,
and ten (hillings for every man you inlift, who shall be ap
proved on infpedion, besides such fubfiftance money and
your pay.
9; You are to farnilh each of the fcbalterns of your com
pany with a copy of these inftrudions, who are to exert them
selves in recruiting.
10. That each soldier when inlifted, and having taken the
foregoing qualification, shall receive a month's pay advance.
11, That the men be inlifted to serve till the firft day of
January, 1778, to find themselves arms and clothing, and
to be fubjed to be discharged, at any time, upon the ad
vance of a month's pay to each man, over and above the sum
that may be due to him.
To Esquire, Captain of the
company of riflemen, io the service of Pennsylvania.
PHIL ADELPHI A, March 14.
The following gentlemen are appointed field officers in the
three battalions which are to be raised for the defence of this
province, viz.
Musket battalion. John Cadwallader, Esq; Col. Caleb
Perry, Esq; Lieutenant Colonel. James Potts, Esq;, Major.
Samuel Miles, Esq; Colonel of the two rifle battalions.
John Piper, Esq; Lieutenant Colonel of the firft ; and
Eneon Williams, Esq; Major. Daniel Broadhead, Esq; Lieut.
Colonel of the second; and John Paton) Esq; Major.
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RAN away, the tenth instant, from the fubferiber, a
servant lad named GEORGE HANKS, bora
in England, by trade a fhoemaker,.is of*a, good countenance,
well made, about five feet fix or, seven inches high, has chef
nut coloured hair not tied, looks shy when spoke to: Had on
when he went away, a brown coatee, without lining, with
mohair buttons, a light coloured cloth under jacket lined,
with metal buttons, a pair of good buckskin breeches, a
little, stained at work, a white shirt, a good deal mended,
two check shirts, a red dish silk hankercheif, two pair of
worsted ribbed flockings, one pair is of a lighter colour than
the other ; a pair of blacks grain shoes new. foaled, bound
and lined with linen, with a pair of large carved metal buck
les. He took some shoemaker's tools with him. Whoever
takes up, and secures said servant, if in or about Lancaster,
by applying to Mr. William Ross there; or if taken up in
any of the Lower Counties on Delaware, by applying to Mr.
John Stow in Wilmington; or if secured in any of his Ma
jelly's jails, so that his master may have him again, shall have
the above reward, and reasonable charges.
WILLIAM ROSS.
N. B. It is supposed he is gone with another fellow, a fluff
(hoc-maker, who has also taken his working tools with him.
*** The fubferibers to the United Company of Philadelphia
for promoting American Manufactures are desired to take notice,
that the annual meeting of the company is to be held at Car-
P, tei ' s Hall on the 16th instant, to proceed to business pre
cisely at three o'clock in the afternoon,, when a state of the
accounts will be laid before them..
WANTED to go into the country, a middle aged WO
MAN, that understands the care of children. Such
a person well recommended, may hear of a place by applica
tion to the printer.
WANTED immediately, for a small family, about two
miles from town, a SERVANT MAID, that can
cook and do all kinds of house work. None need apply, but
who can have a very good character from some re utable fa
mily where she lived Taft. Inquire of the printer, p
TO BE SOLD, two genteel SADDLE HORSES, and
several other ufeful HORSES, fit for the saddle and
harnefs.^ For particulars inquire of JOHN HALES, at his
flables, in Lombard-street.
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY, ™' ln d n bh : 9
All persons that can give information
of SULPHUR ORE in this or any neigax.':
are desired to give speedy intelligence; and this t 11
receive propofols from any person or persons that are wild ,
to engage in procuring SULPHUR for the public use.
Extract from the minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
TO be SOLD; a DWELLING HOUSE, and THIR
TY ACRES of LAND,, on the banks of the Dela
ware, two miles aboye Burlington, and adjoining Drury
Wake, Esq; The fixation is most pleasant and healthy ;
the title indisputable, and the price two hundred pounds.
On the place there are an orchard and garden (at present out
of order) and a shad fifhery before the door. It would be
a suitable spot for. a Philadelphian desirous to remove from
town. Apply to the printer. March 14. *
EIGHT DOLLARS Reward