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PEP.775.060
7 Sep 1775:4012 (1/98)
Williamsburg, August 26. The following articles are
extracted from the Ordinance for raising and embodying a
sufficient force for the defence and protection of this
colony. . .
that there shall be forthwith raised, and taken into the pay
of this colony, from the time of their enlistment, two
regiments complete, to consist of one thousand and twenty
privates, rank and file; five hundred and forty four of whom
to be in the first regiment, under the command of a Colonel,
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Major, eight Captains, sixteen
Lieutenants, eight Ensigns, twenty-four Serjeants, eight
Drummers, and eight Fifers; and the second regiment to
consist of . . .twenty-one Serjeants, seven Drummers, and
seven Fifers; . . .
And for settling the pay of the officers and soldiers to be
appointed and levied as before directed, . . . to a Serjeant
two shillings; a Corporal, Drummer and Fifer, each one
shilling and eight-pence, . . . per day.
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