" And whereas, by reason of the several drafts " which have been made in the said Counties, according to the late recommendation of the Continental " Congress, the Militia 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, " inasmuch as the interest of this Colony may be ma- " terially affected by any dissentions which may pre- "vail in the said Counties, while the Continental "troops are engaged in the defence of those Counties "more immediately exposed to the inroads of the " enemy : therefore

" Resolved, That one hundred men, Officers in- " eluded, be raised in Dutchess-county, and that fifty " men, Officers 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

• Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Friday afternoon, June 21, 1776." 2 Ibid.

» Journal of the Provincial Congress, "Saturday morning, June 22, '1776."

" 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 Corporals, 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 pay 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, Corporals, "' Fifers, Drummers, and Privates, eight shillings " each, per week, in lieu of all rations and subsistence :