| Citation |
PP-P.777.023
22 Jul 1777:41 (6/297)
In Congress, July 16, 1777. Resolved,
That for carrying into execution the resolve respecting
Colonel Nichola's Corps of Invalids, the following plan for
raising one company, be adopted for raising the whole of the
said corps.
. . . [15 lines on notification of this action]
2. That notice be sent by the Board of War, to the Generals
commanding the armies, of the raising a Corps of Invalids,
and they be desired to give orders to the officers
commanding regiments, that in case they have any Serjeants,
Corporals, Drummers, or private men, deemed capable of doing
field duty, such men should be examined by the Director of
the Hospital, or some other Physician or Surgeon, and if
deemed fit for garrison duty, that they shall not be
discharged, but transferred to the Invalid Corps and sent to
Philadelphia as soon as possible. Men having only one leg,
or one arm each, if otherwise capable of doing garrison
duty, are to be deemed proper recruits for this corps.
|