" And WHEREAS, by reason of the several drafts " which have been made in the said Counties, accord- " ing to the late recommendation of the Continental "Congress, the Jlilitia thereof are rendered incapable " of keeping peace and order in the said Counties, " without great inconvenience to themselves and much " injury to and neglect of their private property ; and, " iniusmuch as the interest of this Colony may be ma- "terially adected by any dissentions which may pre- "vail in tlu sai<I Counties, while the Continental "troops are engaged in the defence of those Counties j "more immediately expr)sed to the inroads of the " enemy : therefore

" Rrsolved, That one hundreil men, Officers in- " eluded, be raised in Dutchess-county, and that fifty " men, Ollicers included, be raised in Westchester- " county, and taken into the pay and service of this " Congress, and confined to the service of those Coun- " ties, and to continue in pay until the first day of

1 Journid of the ProviucUtl Congress^ "Friday afternuon, June '21, 1770.'*

2 Ibid.

^ Juurtutl of the Prociucitd (Jungrets^ "Sattirduv murning, June 22, "1778."

" November next, unless sooner discharged by this or " a future Congress of this Colony :

" That the one hundred men to be raised in Dutch- " ess-county be divided into two Companies, each "Company to consist of one Captain, one Lieutenant "three Sergeants, three C()ri)i)rals, one Fifer, one "Drummer, and forty Privates; and that the fifty '■ men to be raised in Westchester-county consist of "one Captain, one Lieutenant, three Sergeants, three " Corporals, one Fifer, one Drummer, and forty Pri- "vates; that the jiay of those three Companies be " the same as the pay of the Continental troops ; that " the Captains be allowed eighteen shillings each, "per week; the Lieutenants be allowed twelve shil- " lings each, per week ; and the Sergeants, Cori)orals, •'Fifers, Drummers, and Privates, eight shillings " each, per week, in lieu of all rations and subsistence :