JOURNALS OF CONGRESS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1775
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The Congress met and agreeable to the order of the day, resolved
itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration
&c. After some time spent thereon, the president resumed
the chair, and Mr [Samuel] Ward reported, that not having yet
come to a conclusion they desired him to move for leave to sit
again. At the same time they desired him to report some resolutions
which they had come into.
The resolutions being read, were adopted as follows:
Resolved, That six companies of expert riflemen,
be immediately raised in Pen[n]sylvania, two in Maryland,
and two in Virginia; that each company consist of a captain,
three lieutenants, four serjeants, four corporals, a drummer
or trumpeter, and sixty-eight privates.
That each company, as soon as compleated, shall march and
join the army near Boston, to be there employed as light infantry,
under the command of the chief Officer in that army.
That the pay of the Officers and privates be as follows,
viz. a captain @ 20 dollars per month; a lieutenant @ 13 1/3
dollars; a serjeant @ 8 dollars; a corporal @ 7 1/3
dollars;
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drummer or [trumpeter] @ 7 1/3
doll.; privates @ 6 2/3
dollars; to find their own arms and cloaths.
That the form of the enlistment be in the following words:
I have, this day, voluntarily enlisted myself,
as a soldier, in the American continental army, for one year,
unless sooner discharged: And I do bind myself to conform, in
all instances, to such rules and regulations, as are, or shall
be, established for the government of the sad Army.
Upon motion, Resolved, That Mr. [George] Washington,
Mr. [Philip] Schuyler, Mr. [Silas] Deane, Mr. [Thomas] Cushing,
and Mr. [Joseph] Hewes be a committee to bring in a dra't of
Rules and regulations for the government of the army.
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SOURCE: Worthington Chauncey Ford, Editor. JOURNALS OF THE
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1774-1789. Volume II (May 10-September
20, 1775). WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1905. Pages
89-90.
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