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PP-P.776.036
1 Jul 1776:22 (5/245)
The Address of the Deputies from the Committees of
Pennsylvania, assembled in Provincial Conference, June 22.
To the People of Pennsylvania. . . [Resolutions adopted by
the conference to establish a state militia]
Resolved unanimously, That the 4500 Militia recommended to
be raised, be formed into six battalions; each battalion to
be commanded by one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, one
Major; the Staff to consist of a Chaplain, a Surgeon, an
Adjutant, a Quarter-Master, and a Surgeon's Mate; and to
have one Serjeant-Major, one Quarter-Master Serjeant, a
Drum-Major, and a Fife-Major; and to be composed of nine
companies, viz. Eight Battalion companies, to consist of a
Captain, two Lieutenants and one Ensign, four Serjeants,
four Corporals, a Drummer, a Fifer, and 66 Privates each;
and one Rifle company, to consist of a Captain, three
Lieutenants, four Serjeants, four Corporals, one Drummer,
one Fifer, and 80 Privates;
excepting that for the Chester county Battalion; one company
of Artillery is to be raised in the city of Philadelphia,
instead of a Rifle company.
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