And that these Resolutions "be carried into execution, in every other County, by "the Chairman of the County Committee, with the "assistance of the Militia Ofticers, who are hereby "ordered to be aiding therein with such jtarts of the " Militia as each such Chairman shall think necessary. "And

" Ordered, That the several i)ersons who shall be " disarmed by virtue of the above Resolutions, shall " be exempted from doing duty in the Militia, as or- "dered by the Provincial Congress of this Colony. " And farther

" Ordered, That in case any of the non-associators " aforesaid shall resist those persons authorized to

> I/ong Island was continued to lie called "Nassan Island, ' long after 1775.

-.Tohn l.aslier was Colonel of First Regiment of New York City (uniformed) Militia.

William Diitcher, of what is now Irvington, vvas Cajitain of " the " Associated C'onirany of the upper part of rhilipseliurgh, " {vidr poge2S2 anlf.)

* General AVooster was encamped near Harlem, on Manhattan Island, » ith a large hody of troops, brought thither from Connecticut.

" put these Resolutions into execution, they (the per- " sons hereby authorized to put in execution the "above Resolves) are hereby authorized to repel " force by force, and to take into custody such jier- " sou or persons so resisting, and cause him or them ■' to be brought before this Committee or the Provin- " cial Congress of this Colony." ^

The real purpose of the Committee of Safety, in the adoption and publication of this Resolution and of these several Orders, was the entire disarmament of every one who, for any reason, had neglected or declined to sign the General As-soridfion ; and, lor that reason, every class of fire-arms, whether adapted to the uses of the Army or not, was included, in every instance, in the Orders wherein the Arms to be seized were specifically described.