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PGCJ.780.011
27 Dec 1780:13 (887)
[Philadelphia] October 21. That the several regiments of
infantry, requested from the respective states by a
resolution of the third instant, be augmented, and consist
of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, and one major, where
the full colonels are continued; or one lieutenant-colonel
commandant, and two majors, where the full colonels are not
continued:
[Listed vertically] 9 captains, 22 subalterns, 1 surgeon,
1 surgeon's mate, 1 serjeant-major, 1 quarter-master
serjeant, 45 serjeants, 1 drum-major, 1 fife-major, 10
drums, 10 fifes, 612 rank and file.
That there be one captain and two subalterns to each
company, and that the four supernumerary subalterns shall
each have the rank of lieutenant, one of which is to reside
in the state to which he belongs, to enlist and forward on
recruits; one drum and one fife from each regiment to attend
the recruiting officer; the other three supernumerary
officers to do the duty of pay-master, quarter-master, and
adjutant, in their respective regiments.
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