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PP-P.775.065
4 Dec 1775:21, 22, 23 (4/215)
Extracts from the votes of the Honourable House of
Representatives. Saturday November 25, 1775.
Rules and Regulations for the better government of the
Military Association in Pennsylvania.
. . . [General articles for the militia]
Eighteenth. All battalions to be completed as soon as
possible, and . . . to consist of at least six companies of
not less than forty and not more than seventy-six privates
each, and to have for officers, a Colonel, Lieutenant
Colonel, two Majors, a Standard-Bearer, Adjutant, Serjeant-
Major, a Drum and Fife-Major, and the officers of each
company to consist of a Captain, two Lieutenants, one or two
Ensigns, four Serjeants, four Corporals, a Drummer and
Fifer; . . .
Nineteenth. All battalions of rifle men, to consist of at
least six companies of not less than 40 nor more than 50
privates each, and have for officers, a Colonel, Lieutenant-
Colonel, two Majors, and the officers of each company shall
be a Captain, two First Lieutenants, And two Second
Lieutenants, who shall rank as Ensigns, and a Fifer or
Hornblower, and as many Serjeants and Corporals as may be
found necessary; . . .
Thirty-Second. Adjutants, Drummers and Fifers shall receive
the following pay for every day of service they attend their
respective battalions or companies by order of the
Commanding Officer.
An Adjutant seven shillings and six pence. A Drummer three
shillings. A Fifer three shillings. The Drum-Major and Fife-
Major of every battalion shall receive each a sum not
exceeding fifteen shillings per week, and be continued in
pay as long as the Colonels of the several battalions shall
think necessary; and it is required, that such Drum-Majors
and Fife-Majors, when not in service on days of exercise,
shall be diligently employed in instructing a proper number
of persons for Drummers and Fifers of the several
battalions.
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