relied on, no matter what its temper might be -- it was drawn into the service, while the other States were delinquent,' until no more could be taken, for any, except for the most tcmjjorary, purposes.' It was called out to guard the banks of the Hudsoy-river^ and those of Long Island Sound.* Reinfbrcemcuts of the Continental Army were taken from it, whenever reinforcements were called for;' the passes in the Highlands were constant sources of anxiety ; * and the northern borders of the State' and Long Island' also enjoying its protection. Sometimes it was employed to drive Cattle to places of supposed safety:* sometimes it was employed in repairing roads : some-

I " We (.an with pleasure assure you, that by far the greater part of " the levies ordered by tlie Congress to be raised from our Slilitia, are "completed, and at their several stations; that almost the whole of those "drafted in consequence of the enclosed Eesoluticu, will, by the time " this reaches you, be at posts which is thought necessary to occupy, "least the enemy should cut off the conmiuuication between the Army at " New York aiul the country." * * * " It gives us great pain to in- " form you that the aid received from our sister States is very inadequate "to our expectations, none of them having yet completed the levies di- " rected by Congress, which leaves us reason to fear that instead of using "every means that human wisdom dictatesfor ensuring success, we shall, " with inferior numbers, on the doubtful issue of a single battle, hazard " the glorious cause for which we have struggled." (77ie Convinilion to the Deltijiitiim of the State in the Cotdinetdal Congress, " Hahlem, 7th .\u- "gust, 17-C, A.M.") - The CutivenlioH to General Washington, "Fishkiii., 10th Octr., ITTfi." "The entire body of Westchcster-connty Slilitia was ordered to the mouth of the Croton-river, to ojijiose any movements, in that County, from the enemy's shipping, [Journal of the Convetilion, "Thursday morn- " ing, July 25, 1776 ; ") to which the local Company, commanded by Captain Micah Townsend, was added, on the following day, (tlie same. '-Die " Veneris, 9 ho., A.M., July 26, 1776.") The entire body of the Militia of Westchester-county was again called out. for the same purpose, with five days' provisions, a fortnight afterwards, (the snyne, "Die Sabbati, 4 " ho., I'.M., Augt. 10, 1776 ") The Militia of Orange-county, below the Highlands -- now Rockland-county-- was ordered out for the protection of the western shore of the river, early in the Autumn, (the same, " Thui-sday afternoon, October 10, 1776.")