The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-04-27 00:00:00, page 1

EXTRACT from the VOTES. Friday,
April 5, 17,6, A. M.
[Continued from page 207.]
, IHIS House having drawn up the following Arti
cles of agreement for all the Associators in the
province, they do earnestly recommend the fame
to be adopted, signed and agreed to by all the said
Associators, in order that one general system may prevail in
Tennfylvania.
ARTICLES of Afibciation in Pennfylvatiia.
WE, the officers and soldiers engaged in the present AiTo
ciation for the defence of American liberty, being fully sen
sible that the strength and security of any body ot men act
ing together, confitts in just regularity, due Subordination,
and exa& obedience to command, without which no indivi
dual can have that confidence, in the support of those about
him, that is so necessary to give firmnefs and resolution to the
whole, do voluntarily and freely, after consideration of the
following articles, adopt the fame as the rules and regula
tions by which we agree and resolve to be governed in all our
military concerns and operations, until the fame, or any of
them, shall be changed or dissolved by the Assembly of this
province, or a happy reconciliation shall take place between
Great-Britain and the colonies.
I. If any officer make use of any profane oath or execra
tion when on duty, he fnall forfeit and pay, for each and
every such offence, the sum of five (hillings. And if a non
commissioned officer or soldier be thus guilty of cursing or
swearing, he shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such
offence, the sum of one (hilling.
2. Any officer or soldier who shall refufe to obey the law
ful orders cf his superior officer, may be suspended from
doing duty on that day, and (hall, upon being convicted
thereof before a Regimental Court of Associators, make such
concessions as said Court shall direct
3. Any officer or soldier who shall begin, excite, cause,
join in, or promote any disturbance in the battalion, troop,
or company to which he belongs, or in any other battalion,
troop, or company, shall be fined or censured, according to
the nature of the offence, by the judgment of a General or
Regimental Court of Associators.
4. Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer,
or draw or offer to draw, or shall lift up any weapon, or offer
any violence against him, being in theexecution of his office,
shall, upon conviction before a General or Regimental Court of
Associators, be dismissed, and shall be deemed thereby dis
graced as unworthy the company of freemen.
5. Any commanding or other officer, who shall strike any
Aflociator when on duty, shall, upon conviction before a Ge
neral Court of Associators, fuffer such punishment as the said
Court shall inflict.
6. Any officer or soldier who fnall make use of infofent,
provoking or indecent language, while on duty,Jhall fuffer
such censure or fine as shall beinfliCted by a General or Regi
mental Court of Associators, according to the nature of the
offence.
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7. (f any officer or soldier shall think himfelf injured
by his Colonel, or the commanding officer cf the battalion,
and shall, upon due application made to him, be refu fed
rc-drefs, he may complain to the General or Commander in
Chief cf the Pennfylvanii Associators, or to the Colonel of
any other battalion, who shall summon a General Court of
Associators, thatjuftice may be done.
8, If any inferior officer or soldier shall think himfelf in
jured by his Captain, or other superior officer in the batta
lion, troop or company to which he belongs, he may corn
plain to the c. mmanding officer of the battalion, who shall
summon a Re'gimental Court cf Associators for the doing
justice, according to the nature of the case.
9. Loofhcer, non-commissioned officer or soldier, shall fail
cf repairing, with his arms and accoutrements, on any of the
days appointed by the Assembly for exercising, to the place of
parade, or other rendezvous, appointed by the commanding
officer, if not prevented by sickness, or some other evident
necessity, of which the commanding officer of said battalion
shall judge ; or shall go from the place of parade or rendez
vous, without leave from the said commanding officer, before
he shall be regularly dismissed, on penalty of three Killings
and sixpence.
10. Any officer or soldier found drunk when under arms,
shall be suspended from doing duty in the battalion, company
or troop on that day, and be fined or censured at the difere
tion cf a General or Regimental Court of Associators.
11. Whatever centinel shall be found deeping or drunk on
his post, or shall leave it before he is regularly relieved, shall
fuffer such penalty or disgrace as shall be ordered by a Re
gimental Court of Associators.
12. Whatever commissioned officer shall be convided be
fore a General Court of Associators of behaving in a scanda
lous or infamous manner, unbecoming the character of an
officer and a gentleman, shall be dismissed from the Associa
tion with disgrace.
13. Every non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall be
convicted at a Regimental Court of Associators of having cafe
lefsly loft, wilfully spoiled or wafted, any ammunition, arms,
or accoutrements belonging to this province, shall be dismissed
his battalion, troop or company as an unworthy member,
and be prosecuted as the law directs.
14. All disorders or neglects which officers or soldiers may
be guilty of to the prejudice of the good order arid-military
discipline of the Association of this colony, are to be taken
cognizance of by a General or Regimental Court of Associ
ators, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and
such officers or soldiers fnall be fined or censured at the difere
tion of the court.
15. That on the firft meeting cf every company after sub
scribing these articles of Association, and from thence for
ward on the firft meeting of every company after the last Mon
day in February annually, there shall be chosen by the non
commissioned officers and privates out of each company in the
refpe€tive battalions, two persons who are intitled to vote for
members of Assembly, whose duty and office shall be, for the
year following, to fit and join with the officers in Courts of
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