"4."-- [Resolved.] " That it be left to the Provincial " Congress of New -York to determine the number of " men sufficient to occupy the several Posts above- " mentioned, and also that already recommended to be " taken at or near Lake George, as well as to guard the " City, Provided, the whole do not exceed the number " of three thousand men, to be commanded by such " Officers as shall be thereunto appointed by said " Provincial Congress, and to be governed by such " Rules and Regulations as shall be established by said " Congress, until farther order is taken by this Con- " gress ; Provided, also, that if the said Provincial " Congress should be of opinion that the number pro- " posed will not be sufficient for the several services " above recommended, that the said Congress report " their sentiments upon this subject to this Congress, " as soon as may be.

" 5." -- [Resolved.] " That it be recommended to " the said Provincial Congress, that in raising those "Forces, they allow no Bounties or Clothing, and "that their Pay shall not exceed the establishment " of the New-England Colonies.

"6." -- [Resolved.] "That it be further recom- " mended to the Provincial Congress, aforesaid, that "the Troops be enlisted to serve until the last day "of December next, unless this Congress shall direct " that they be sooner disbanded." J

On the following day, [May 26, 1775,] the Continental Congress further " Resolved, That it be recom- " mended to the Congress aforesaid, to persevere the " more vigorously in preparing for their defence, as it " is very uncertain whether the earnest endeavours of "this Congress to accommodate the unhappy differences " between Great Britain and the Colonies, by concilia- " tory measures, will be successful ; " and, in addition, it"OEDEKED, That the above Resolves, respecting " New- York, be transmitted by the President in a let- " ter, to the Provincial Congress of New- York ; and " that it be particularly recommended to said Con- " gress, by the President, not to publish the foregoing " Resolves, but to keep them as secret as the nature of " the case requires." *