" 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 :

"That Melancton Sniith be appointed Captain of "one of the said Comi)anies to be raised in Dutchess- " county ; and that John Durlin be apjiointed Cap- •' tain of the other ; and that Micah Townsend be "appointed Captain of the said Comjiany to be raised "in Westchester-county:

"That the General Committees of the said Coun- " ties be authorized to nominate and appoint the "Subaltern Officers to the said Companies, in their " Counties, respectively:

" That the said three Companies be deemed one '■ Corps; and that Melancton Smith be Captain Com- " mandant ; that Micah Townsend be the .second "Captain in rank; and that John Durlin be the " third Captain in rank, in the said Corps: