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VGN(DN.775.022
9 Aug 1775:31 (62)
In Congress, July 18, 1775. Resolved, that it be
recommended to the inhabitants of all the united English
colonies in North-America, that all able bodied effective
men between sixteen and fifty years of age in each colony,
immediately form themselves into regular companies of
militia, to consist of one captain, two lieutenants, one
ensign, four serjeants, four corporals, one clerk, one
drummer, one fifer, and about sixty-eight privates.
. . . [Other regulations on the militia]
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