The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-25 00:00:00, page 2

Albemarle, Buckingham, and Amherst,
Cu'lpeper, Fauquier, and Orangc, shall
consist of expert title-men; and shall be,
by the Committec of Sascty, allotted two
to each regiment, to be employed as
light infamry . si
'And Be it farther ordained, that proper
medicine chesis and necessary surgeons
;siinshsi'dments be provided ai the expcnse of
thcoublick.
_ siA-nd for the better protection and defence
ofthc inhabitants on the srontiers of this
colony, Be it farther ordained, l>_—,' the truth/)
fit)! aforesaid, that there shall be appointed
and raised, exclusive of the regiments bc
fore-mentioned , two companies, consisting
each of one captain, three lieutenzmts, one
cnsign, four serjeants, two drummers,
and two fifers, and'one hundred men rank
and file, to be stationed at Pittlburg; of
which the company ordered by this Con
vention to " trrison Fort Pitt, -under the
command oFcaptain john Neavill, shall be
one; also one other company, confiding
ofa lieutenant, and twenty five privates,
.to be stationed at Fort Fincallle, at the
, 'mouth_of,Weeling; the other company,
of one hundred men, and the tWenty five
men'ss'to, be raised in West Aqgustsia, sialso
onegsstper company, consisting of one cap
tainsisi, three lientenants, one ensign, four
serjffipu, ._two drummets, and two sisers,
and'b'nesshpndred privates, to be raised in the
_ eountyrsssshf ssBotetourt, and stationed at
SPoim , __ _ am, at the mouth of the Great
KahaWah ;. and one other company, cc'm
ss lilting osthesisa'mcss number of officers and
men as the last', to be raised in the county
ctof Fincastle, and stationed at such posts as
' vmctsiay'f-(rom time to time, he ordered and
directfflby the committee osthat county .
ss. AND: itfarther ordained, that the com
Wcssa of me district of VVcst Augusta,
of the counties of Botetourt and Fin
I"- ' le, shall appoint the oflicers to the men
' in each to be raised .; and the several com
9 Latin last mentioned shall be enlisted in
ss e same manner, and under the same re
sissulations, as are before prescribed for the
ct reglments, except that such companies
ss' are Lnot to march to the general rendez—
, yovs wbkh ctmay be appointed for the said
'"MZM- - ..
ct_ Wjarmer oraamea, that me com
' siS-ofiicers to be stationed at Point'
ctand Fort Fineaffle, shall be un-.
' sisisi (lion of, and subject to,si such
. ss ejmay from time to time re
:_si._.:. c' siqssctzhe commanding-osslcer at
si' ,;LctAnd sctse'tssding the pay of the officers
' and soldiessrd to be appointed and levied as
beforesict'sidsiicted, the sinne is declared to
be assictssictfogzjwflh, to wit: To a coionel,
twentysssi' "ess-isishihino's er day; licutenant
coloneissifsssisielyc [Tidings and sixpence;
' to 'a m-vjor, teh'sishillipgs; :; captain, six
flxfllings ; a'lieutensctsinf', 'sour shfflixsilgs ;. an
cnsign, three" shillings; chaplain;' ten
shining-; an adjutant, holding n'o other
office, six shjllings; is in other office,
sstbrec shining-s ; toa quarter-master, hold
fng, or not holding, any other office, the
same as to an adjutam; to :: serjcant
m'ajor, to be appointed srom amongst the
,ss-mostsexpert serjeants, by the command—
pg-si'offleer ofthc regiment, two lhillings
and sixpence ; to ;! setjeant, two shillings;
a_corpoctral, drummer, and siser, each,
one shining and eipss'htpenee; to each pri
vatc soldicr, one lhilling and sonrpence ;
to a surgeon, ten finilings ; and to & sur
geon's mate, five (hillings per day.
And be it shirt/ter ordained, that every
commisiioned and staff officer shzdi he :d
loWed a tent, and every two si-rjennts
shall have the same nilowunce, and every
two corporals the same; and that for every
six private men there shall be provided a
[proper and sufficient tent ; and that one
"=" tent sor each eompunv [hizll also he
provided, at the public}; cxpensc
And sor the greater encouragemcnt and
farther promotion of the service, 'Be it or
;dained, that ilsi'any person cnlisted by vir
tuc of this ordinance shall be so maimcd or
disublcd as to be rendered incapable of
maintaining himself, he shall, upon his
dischargc, be supported at the cxpcusc of
thcsi qulick.
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And to the end that the torces to be raueu
may be well and speedily supplied-with
waggons, tents, bedding, arms, accou
trements, clothes, provisions, and all
other necessaries, Be it filrther ordained,
that the Committee of Sasety shall, and
they are hereby required, to appoint some
fit person, or perlons, to provide arms
and accoutrements, clothes, waggons,
tents, and bedding, upon the belt and
cheapest terms, and also to appoint one
or more commissaries or eontractors; who
are hereby required to use all pollible des—
. patch in purchasing such provisions as
shall be necessary for the army, and in
laying osthe samein such convenient place,
or places, as ma best suit their different
stations and marclies .
And for the more regular payssds the
army, the said Committee of Sasety shall
appoint one or more paymasters; and it
shall and may be lawful for the said com—
mittee, from time to time, to issue their
warrants to the treasurer, appointed by.
or pursuant to an ordinance of this Con
vention, sor the paying the several recruit—
ing officers, commisiioners, comtnissai ies,
or contractors, and paymaslers, by them
appointed; and to all expresses, and other
persons by them employed in lesser 'servicsi
es, so much money as the said Cummittee
shall judge necessary for their several pur
poses, taking proper security for the due
'dilbursement and application thereof, and
making a pro er and reasonable allowance
to the several, persons so to be appointed
sor their trouble and expenses in con
ducting either branch of business to him
or them assigned. And the said commit
tee shall have full pov. er and authority to
displace and remove srom his office any
person so by them appointed, either for
miseonduct orneglect ot' duty. And the
said treasurer is hereby required to pay all
such sums as he may be directed by such
warrant, out of the public]; money in his
hands.
And be itjarther ordained, that the ma
Committ'ee of Sasety shall have full power
and authority, at such times and places as
they may think convenient and necessary,
to call all personsss, who may receive any
publick money for carrying into execution
the purposes ofthia ordinance," to a shict
account; and u on examining theirctac
counts, and finthn them jufily. stated, to
'ccrtisy the same, and, itsincccssary, to
give proper acquitta'ls and diissehargefz.
And whereas it may he necesiury', for
the public-le secut'it , that the forces to be _
'raised by'ct' virtue o this ordinance should,
as occasion may require, be marched to
different parts of the culony , and that the
officers should be subject, to a proper con
troul, Be it ordained, lay the authority
afbrq/Zlid, that the officers and shldicrs
under such command shall in all things,
not otherwise particularly provided sor by
this ordinance, and the articles estublished
for their regulation , be under the controul ,
and subject to the ordgsif, of the general
Committee os Sasety.
And whereas it isjudged necessary, for
the better protection of the country in
times of imminent danger, that certain
portions of the mihsi 1 throughout the
whole colonv should he rcp'ulnrly enliiiul,
under the denomination of minute-men,
and more strictly truinc-cl to proper disci
pline than hath been hitherto (titlomvry,
and. to this end, th'-.t the u'nole colony
should he" elixided into proper tuzd conveni
ent dilhsiidts :
Be it therefore ordained, by [l.e m thors!)
afonfirid, that lhisi coluny be'nnuzcsiiuu'xy
formed and divided into sixteen ( il'sir'ssnciz,
'in the following manner, to .\\'11: One
district to includc the coumics usAccomuck
and Northamplon ; one: other, the mun
tiesosflrincess Anne, Norlsiolk, the burougsih
os-Norsolk, and the counties osNax-shmmul
and Ille of \\'ight ; one other, the coun
tics of Sonthampton, Susiex, Surry,
Brunswick, Prince George, and Dinwid—
die ; one other, the countics of Mccklen
hurg, Lunenhurg. Chsinlotte, Hulilsiax,
and Prince Edward ; one other, the coun
ties osAmelia, Chciicrlield, and Cumbc-r
land; one other, the COLlllllL'd ot' Hemico,
Ilanover, Goozhlctnd, and Louillt ; one
other, the unnztics of?ittl}.lmnia, Fin
castle, Be-lsord, and Botetourt ; one other,,
the countics of linekinghuln, Amherit,
Albcmzn'lc, and Anguslu; one other, the
couuties of Elizoheth City, VVaruick,
York, JlcttlflCS City, the tity of VVillizuns—
burg, and the counties osChznjlcs City and
New lient; one other, the counties of
Glouccstcr, Middle-six, Esscx, King and
(incen, and King-William; oneother, the
counties of Lancaster, Northumberland,
VVestmorc-land, and Richmond ; one other,
the connties of Culpeper, Orange, and
Fanquier; one other, the counties osCaro
line, Spotlilvnnia, King George, and
Stsiifl'ord; one other, the connties of Prince
William, Fuirsnri, :md Londonn; :i'nd one
other district to include the countiefiof
Bcrkcley, Frcderick , Dunmore, and Ham :
shire; and the inlmbituntsofWest AuguL
are to compose one entiresi'dish'ict. Y
And be it jhrthcrordained, that within the
diiiridt containing the coun'ties ofAccomaqk
and Northampton there si)?!" he forthvsivit]!
raised one regiment, confisting Ofsix hun
dred and eighty men, from the ages of
sixteen to fifty, to be divided into ten com- '
panies, sixty eight eachrank and tile, to be
under the command of;; 'sicolonel,ss ,lieutcd
nant-colonel, and msiejor, ten cnptctact its,
twentylient en-sints, ten ensigns. thirty setjc'.
ants; and each company shall he :,lloweda
drnmmer and & (iscr, and the said regiment
shall" be allowed a chaplain,- adjutansit,
quarter-master, surgeon, two surgeons
mates, and a sezjeant—mujor, al licreastek '
directed. .
And be it farther ofda'ined, that within
each of the other dillricts there shall be
immediately enlisted one battalion, cou
silling ul'sive hundred men rank and file,
from the age ol'sixteen to'sil'ty, to be di
vided into ten companies oslisty men each, "
who are to be under the command nf—a
colnncl, licutmant—colonel, and mfljoctr,
ten captuins, tenlicu'tenants, ten enligns,
and twent scrjmnts; each Compzmyjo
he allonsi'edya drummcr and liser, and the
battalion to be allowul a chaplzlin, ad'u.
tant, quarter-master, silk-geon, two siir
geons mates, and a serjeant—mctjorlas here
after diru !cd.
' And be it ]?zrfher o'rdained, that the
colonels,litsiulenant-Colonels, majm's, cap
tnins, licntenants, ensigns, and commit"
saric's of mnllers, for the said rc-giment,
and the several battalions, shall be ap
pointed in the following manner., to wi: :
The conimittccs of the counties of Acco
mack and Northampton shall each ap
point six as their members as deputies to
meet: in one general committec, at. such
time and place as shall be appointed by the
chairman of the committec us the said
county osAceomack, which place shall he
molt central :md convenient for the mect
ing of such drpntics, and notice thereof
shall be given by such chairman to the
(hail-man of the commit'ee osthc c-ctumy
of North-ample)", at least ten davs hc-shrc
the time of" him ill'sf'; \\ l ic'h side;"ulirs
having met. ziccm'dii-zsi' which arm-int—
mesint. sl! 1" sct'l: tiu- nnmhcr us m'tvutr
mc-n to he rulil'ct T in ('::('l] ("um-ty. ::ml
shall proceed to the choice us Lln. lushsil