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VGW(PU.776.025
28 Jun 1776:11, 12 (74)
An ordinance to supply certain defects in a former ordinance
of this convention for raising six troops of horse... [half
column plus six lines, revised ordinance] And be it further
ordained, that instead of the corporals, trumpeters, and
private troopers, furnishing their own horses, arms, and
accoutrements, according to the directions of the said
recited ordinance, and receiving the pay therein allowed,
the said horses, arms, and accouterments; shall be furnished
at the expense of the publick, and the pay of each corporal
and trumpeter shall be reduced to two shillings. . . And be
it farther ordained, that there shall be allowed a
quartermaster to every two troops, who shall be paid five
shillings per day; a rough rider, or horse breaker, for each
troop, who shall be discharged after the horses are properly
trained, at the pay of five shillings per day; and a drummer
for each, who shall be furnished with a horse and
accoutrements at the publick expense, at two shillings per
day; besides their rations and forage.
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