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VGW(RI.775.061
24 Aug 1775:21, 22, 23, 31 (485)
An Ordinance for the better government of the forces to be
raised and employed in the service of the colony and
dominion of Virginia.
. . . [17 Articles on discipline]
Article XVIII. Every non-commissioned officer and soldier
shall retire to his quarters, or tent, at the beating of the
retreat; in default of which he shall be punished according
to the nature of his offence, by order of the commanding
officer. . . [3 Articles]
Article XXII. Any person belonging to the continental army,
who by discharging of fire-arms, beating of drums, or by any
other means whatsoever, shall occasion false alarms, in camp
or quarters, shall suffer punishment as shall be ordered by
the sentence of a general court martial.
. . . [41 Articles]
Article LXIV. No suttler shall be permitted to sell any
kind of liquors or victual, or to keep their shops open, for
the entertainment of soldiers, after nine at night, or
before the beating of the reveilles, or upon Sundays, during
divine service or sermon, on the penalty of being dismissed
from all future suttling. . .
Read a third time, passed unanimously, and published by
order of the convention.
[signed] Robert C. Nicholas, President
John Tazewell, Clerk of the Convention
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