" 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 :

"That Melancton Smith be appointed Captain of " one of the said Companies to be raised in Dutchess- " county ; and that John Durlin be appointed Cap- "' tain of the other ; and that Micah Townsend be "appointed Captain of the said Company 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: