Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Congress on the 12th instant, resolved, that 700 troops should be raised for the term of three years, for the defence of the north western frontiers, &c. and that they be proportioned as follows:--Connecticut to raise 165, New-York 165. New-Jersey 110. and Pennsylvania 260: to be commanded by one Lieutenant-Colonel from Pennsylvania; two Majors, one from Connecticut and one from New-York, each to command a company: eight Captains: ten Lieutenants, one to act as Adjutant, and as Quarter master. one as Paymaster; ten Ensigns, one Surgeon, and four Mates, to be furnished by each state in proportion to their men. The Lieutenant-Colonel's pay to be fifty dollars per month, Majors forty-five, Captains thirty-six, Ensigns twenty Serjeants six, Corporals five, Drums five, Fifes five, Privates four; Lieutenants acting as Adjutants, Quartermaster, and Paymasters, to be allowed ten dollars per month extraordinary.