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BG.776.012
5 Aug 1776:12 (1107)
Annapolis, July 4. In convention, June 25, 1776.
Resolved unanimously, that this province will furnish 3405
of its militia to form a flying camp, and to act with the
militia of Pennsylvania and the Delaware government, in the
middle department, that is to say, from this province to New
York, inclusive, according to the request of the Congress in
their resolutions of the third day of this instant, June.
That for the purpose four battalions be instantly raised,
each of them to consist of nine companies, and each company
to consist of 90 men, to wit, 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 1
ensign, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, 1 drummer, 1 fifer, and 76
privates; each of the said battalions to be commanded by 1
colonel, 1 lieutenant colonel, and 1 major, and that to each
battalion there be allowed a quarter-master, an adjutant, a
surgeon, and two assistants; and that over and above the
said battalions there be also instantly raised one other
company, to consist of one captain, three lieutenants, four
serjeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer, and
ninety six privates; and that the whole of the said militia
so to be raised, be commanded by a brigadier general, who
shall have the appointment of a brigade major.
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