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PEP.777.069
21 Jun 1777:3311 (3/368)
In Congress, June 20, 1777.
Resolved, that a corps of invalids be formed, consisting of
eight companies, each company to have one Captain, two
Lieutenants, two Ensigns, five serjeants, six corporals, two
drummers, two fifers, and one hundred men. This corps to be
employed in garrisons, and for guards in cities and other
places, where magazines or arsenals are placed; as also to
serve as a military school for young gentlemen, previous to
their being appointed to marching regiments:
. . . [16 lines follow on the duties of the invalid's corps]
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