The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-25 00:00:00, page 3

officers nsorcsssid. And to preventincon
wniencics which may nr'n'c from the dcpu—
gie-5 so to-bc upsivuintcd not being able to
amend, the cummillec oseach counly shall
appusilnt six nczzejx'ctuictti'sich menzbcrstoshpply
the pluccs ui luch as are sirstnamcd, and
whose ultendzmcc at the gem-lad commit
tcc may be prevented by lickucssi or any
mhcr ucc'xdents .
Am"! [L.- it fit,-!lmr ordained. that_the
committecs at" the fish-ral cuuntics ct Eli
ztl-sscth City, \\';nsinitl-., _Y0rl.', sil-sitmcs
()nv, Clurlcs Cit)',si tural Nerusi sif'sisslsi lhnll
- in sikc mal-me;]- ;zpzzt-tnt hour (Ill their {Hent-.
hers, and the (""HTȜ'UCF or the City of
\\ L'J] tun:-urg- two ol their members! as
(!sisisisszv'zsi-s to meet in the ;cncrsin contmtttcc
for tlsisi-ir think:; that the coznzznttesis of
the sc-vtrul c.;nntiz-s cs Frimcss Anne,
I'wrsulk, Naivzscmond, and ctss'si. hie of
fight, shall in li'sie :nss.nnss.sir app-nnt lour.
is their inesinlxrs, ztntl [l.lc cmnnnttcc of
the horongh n." lfiurlssolk iv. 0 ul'tltcir ntcm
hz-rct', to meet i.: one gcncrul cumnnttce
for that tlitlrict', and that the connnittccs
osthe several other counticsis shall in lilac
nunncr uppoint three of tlnir members,
as tleputies to meet in onesigeneral com
mittce for their rclpedive. thilricts; which
respective cotnmittee 'ot' dcpnties shall
meecsint shch time and plcttcc _us shall be
appointed by the chairnzsitn of the com
mittee osthe (t'-my {n'st nantctltn such
district, the place to be most central and
convenient, and ten days notice at least of
the time and place to be gitten hv such
chair-man to the chairmzxn of the several
cuntmittees (:fthe counties and corpcruti- _
ons within the (listl'ict: And the commit
tce of deput'tes, llm ing so met, shall settle
the number of minute-men to be enlishd
inea'ch particulzrcounty, city.," orborough,
and shall appoint the same officers as are
directed for thcssdillrict of Accomacctk and
Northumpton, hznsiing' regard to the dif
ference of numbers, as before directed.
.Aml to prevent inconveniencies which
may arise from the itmhility ot'any of the
'tlcputics to atte-nel the general cmnmittee,
' Be itfarthcr ordained, than the committces
'ot'euch ztrticular cottmctv,city,nr't: "rough,
at the tun-: of nominstting such dcpn'siies,
shallappoint three others ofthcirr-zcznbcrs
_ to supply the pl.-sices of such of their de
" uties as may he prevented from attend
ing the general comtnittec of delegatcs,
by sickness; many other accident.
ud be it ]s-zrther arsilm'ned , that the chap
lttin, adjutant, quarter-master, surgeon,
and serjeant-mzzjor, shall he appointed by
the field-officers and captnins of each dis
-lrict, and the surgeons msittcs by the sur—
geon himself", with the :tpprolmtion of'thc
commssmding-officcr us the tliih'ic't.ct The
surgeon to cctch hctttaliun is to be previous
'ly engaged, but not paid except when he
is attending the lmttalion, which shall be
ns often as the_- shall be (::ll-ss-d together
npon training- duty, Us asicsi-Znsszl service; and
the. shrgc-nn-A mates to be in pay only when
the lmttuliun is cztllecl into actual service ;
and the chztplsitins :nul quarter-masters are
to attend their l'CsPCCtl's e battzzlions where
crcr they mzw he stationed.
And be it fftrtlzer a.--.£1"m-ctl, that the
several officem appointed Lor that purpose
shall imxncdsimtc-lv proceed to enlist the
minute men within their rcfpcctivc coun
tics, citv, m' Inrmugh; and the said
officers siull not (;ss'u int.) any other cuunuss.
cisv, or brown-Ah, m cctumsiflctc their
(]L'th-w, until the ufZT-xu-s in such uz'ner
cc-Luny, city, or lwrnusi-sih, ]]:n'c com
thfsi-i th 'H' q'siz-ss'sizfi, nor, in t..:.'_ cas-:,
u'nh'mt (He psirmitlisim nt'lhc (vnmittcc
Os she") szzlsssi ;' c lum), (on, or Imruugh,
in \\'iisil*'-ss,ss)'. first had and csslxlzlinc-J.
Ancl in \\-.H tu pr-si 'H-nl shw (: 'sizshilcnt of
sts'ix 1-1 :! Ip urc uzvsil for s. : fire, ;;510 six
th: inn-{sixsi,;"!l1c-u'ificcr.— of? *r '* "ctuml com
puzir-s. b'si- ?! jflrsi'sirsi'r or.':',-.,-..', that the
coctzmixsiuc us N.]; Sound}, city, and
borougb, shan appoint one certain phce
of reudezvous within their county, cnty,
orburougsi, whither the explain, and olhef
officers, of each compmy, as shon as the
sctme is complete, shall rcsurt with their
men, and give immediate notice thereof
to the chain-man of the committec. who
who is required to summon all the mem
bers os the snitl connnittee; who, or n.
majority of them, being present, shall
either proceed themselves to review the
silltl company, or appoint any number
of their members, not under three, for
that purpose. And is it shull appear to
such committee that the company is com
plete, otsiahle and proper inen, and that
they have been regularly enliited, accord—
ing to the terms and rcgnlsiitions prescrihed
by this Convention, the s.;id committee
shall grant to the captxin a certiiicnte of
the dsv when the said company {i.-it up—
pured-complete, at the particular place
of rendezvous in the countctv, city, or
horon gh; which certiiicale being produced
to the General Comznittee osSLiscty, the
said committce shall cause the same to be
entered in a book to be kept for that'pnr
pose, and shall cause the _likc certificate
from the other countics, City or horongh
committees, to be entered in the ssiimq
manner. And when all such certisicates
{hail he returned, the said Committee os
Sasety, or a majority of those present,
shall, and they are hereby required, to
grant commiihons, under their hands, to
the officers of the several companies, ac
cording to their several appointments,
fixing their rank of scniorit and prece
dence according to the .pnority of the
completinn of their companies, certified
as asoresaid ; and isit shall appear, upon
examination of such certisicate, that two
or moreos such companies appeared com
plete at the rendezvous of the eounty,
city, or horough, on the same day, the
saizl Committee of Sasety shall,_ in such
case, determine the right of seniority and
precedence, by a sairand impartial ballot.
And for settling the rank of the field
osiicers, the committee os delegates
in each (lish'ict shall certisy the day when
the hattalion in each dilirict appeared
completely embodied ; and the Committee
osd'asety, upon receipt of such certisicate,
shall grant commisiions to and fix the
ranks of such officers, in the same man
ner as is directed in respect to other offi
cers. . _
And be it farther ordained, that each
minute—man so to be enliiied shall be
furnished with proper arms atsithe publick
expensc, and until such can be proiided
shall bring into service the best gan that
he can procure; and sor every good rifie,
to be approved by the respective captains,
there shall be ailowed to the owner making
use of the same at the rate of twenty
ihillings a year; and moreover, there shall
be provided, at the expcnse of the publick,
for every minute-man not already furnish
ed, one hunting shirt and'pair osleggins.
And it i: hereby ordained, that a tent
for every commisiioned and staff officer,
one for every two serjennts, one for a
drnmmcr and siser, one hell tent for every
company, and one for every six men,
shall be provided at the expense of the
huhiick. -
And be it fizrther ordained, that the
minute-men in each respective district, so
shun as they are enlisted, and approved,
as before directed, shall be embodied, ;.nd
formed into separate bsitttulions, and shall
be kept in tm'ming under their ndjutant '
for twenty lhccsi-sfch days, at such cOn—
venient place as shall he appointed by the
commitlce ul'deputics in each district; and,
after pcrshrminsi; such hctttuiiou duty, the
sevcrctl companies of each lmttsidion shall
in their refiicctive conntics he mnstercd,
and continue to exercise four succcssive
days in cuch month, except Decembcr,
_-]anuarj. , and? czmzry, at such times and
places as shall be opposiztz d by their les—
ycctnc cuptains, cure b-ssinss taken that
inch ..ppointments do not mtexserc Hilh
batlz' mon duty.
And be it jsi-u-tlssr ordained, that, in or—
der to render them the more shilshl and
expert in military exercise and discipline,
the several companies of minutesimen shall
twice in every )sietir, after the exercise of
the twenty days, be again embodied, and
formed into distinct battalicns within their
distrifts, and shall at each meeting conti
nue in regular service and training for
twelve successive days, at such convenient.
places Within each nish'ict as shall be ap
pointed by each committee of deputies,
and at the stated times scllowin , to wit :
The dish-icsit of Princssesi Anne, c. to be- .
gin on the first day of May, and the fis
teenth ofOctober; that of Elizabeth City,
&c. on the fourth day of May, and the
twentieth day-of October'; that of South—
ampton , &c . on the fourth dayof May, and
twentieth osoctober; that osMeeldenbm-g,
&c. on the sixth day ofMay," si thssentjct
second of October; that ofA .. ' " -si_' '
on the tenth day of May, flow si ..
fourth ofOctober; that osH . f-issctsi : " ; '
on the twelth day of Ma , and'siess'ct si'ctctxsi-e
sixthof October; that o Buekingham',
&c. on the fifteenth day of Ma .'=siand .ct
twenty sixth os'October; that o {tis-Y
vania, &c.,on the twentieth diygofsisiM 'ss
isi q
and thii'tieth osoctober; which aresisi'sito 39;
considered as forming the general (bushel-[33
district. . ss " fsi'i
And be itssfarthcr ordained, that the (Eve
ral dish'icts containing the countiei of Ad
comuck, Gloucester, Lancaster, Gdkoline si
Culpeper, Prince William, Berke _ '-,—ssand_
X'Yelt Augusta, shall meet in halk} ' )
the same days before-nientionedisibe'si __
ning s'vith Accomack, and proceed") ss si
regular order. as herein arrao ed,; w si'sct
last mentioned dish'icts are to econsidexct-sig
ed as forming the general northern dishictfsi ,,
Provided alway:, that if leithetssssofssthhss
days besore-mentioned should hap ssz-ss - ct
be on "a snnda , the time of begin -- ss
exercise shall : on the daysucgeeding' =
And be it farther ordained,- that the .
cers and minute-men shall be allowed
day's pay for every twenty mile! n'av ss- _
to the place appointed for the generafisix'f ss
dtzvous of the several battalionsjss" .sssi ctss' '
shme sor returning home; and 'ss
lixpence per day in lieu of Pfflss
And the seVeral hattalions, 'W_ff'.._si ,?
continue on' duty, shall be tiufflffiedL-"ctv'ct ";
proper and necessarv proi'isions, to b'iPN'si
vided by a commissary or contractor, ' it) si.
be appointed in each district by the corn-;?
mittee os deputies, whose duty it shall be,
to provide necessaries for the attalion of
his dish-ict, or any detaehment therefrom -
in their march, in ease they should be
called to service in any other part of the
country; and the officers and minute-men
in the scverul companies of each battalion
shall be also allowed six'pence per day each,
bt'sidCS their pay, for the four days they
shall exercise in their respective counties,
in lien of provisions. .
find be it farther ordained; that every
oshcer of minute-men who shall absent
himself either from battahon duty or the
private masters, intheir counties, without
sufficient excuse, to be judged of and al
lowed by a court-martial, shall be subject
to the following sines, to wit: The colonel,
for every day's absence from battalion dsiu
ty, thirty shillings; the lieutennnt-colonel,
twenty five shillings ;- the major. twenty
shiiiings; a captain, twelve shillings; :
]ieutcnzmt, eight. shillings; and ensign,
six shiliings; & serjcant, five shiiiings; :;
corpora], drummer, and siser, four shil
iings; and each private minute-man three
shiiiings; an adjutant, twenty shiiiings;
:: quarter-master, twdve shillings; and a.
serjeant—major, (is shill'mgs. And for