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it is to command, as upon those who are the objects of it; & he has a well grounded confidence in both, that they will unite their endeavours, at this critical juncture of our affairs, to put the military force of this Commonwealth in the most formidable attitude.

The arms & equipments of the militia of this State, though good in general, & in some Divisions are very respectable, yet great & constant attention is required to those objects of military strength. By the law of this Commonwealth for regulating & governing the militia, which passed in June, 1793, it is enacted, "That from & after five years from the passing this act, all musquets for arming the militia, shall be of bores sufficient for balls of the eighteenth part of a pound".[Quote underlined] The five years con templated in the passing of this act will expire in June next; it is therefore incumbent upon every officer in the militia, to see it executed; & it is the duty of every citizen enrolled, capable of providing himself, and who is not already so armed, to provide such arms without delay.

The Quartermaster-General having procured twelve additional brass Field Pieces, by direction of the Legislature,

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