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themselves in the detachment.

By the Act of Congress, on which this order is founded, it is provided, that when the detachment shall be called into actual service, it will not be held to serve a longer time at any one town, than three months after the troops shall arrive at the place of rendezvous. The pay and allowance will be the same as the troops on the military establishment of the United States, and they shall be entitled to one dollar & sixty cents, per month, for clothing.

The Commander in Chief having a firm reliance on the patriotism of his fellow citizens, he expects they will be prepared for any exigence which the nature of our political situation may invoke. He feels it particularly incumbent on him, at this time of public danger, strongly to urge to them the necessity of being armed and equipped as the law directs. And although the Militia in general are well supplied, yet there being some deficiencies, he has every reason to believe that extraordinary exertions will be used, not only to equip the detach-

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 themselves in the detachment.
-         By the Act of Congress, on which this order is founded,
+By the Act of Congress, on which this order is founded,
 it is provided, that when the detachment shall be called
 into actual service, it will not be held to serve a longer
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 allowance will be the same as the troops on the military
 establishment of the United States, and they shall be entitled
-to one dollar & sixty cents [amount underlined], per month, for clothing.
+to one dollar & sixty cents, per month, for clothing.
-          The Commander in Chief having a firm reliance on
+The Commander in Chief having a firm reliance on
 the patriotism of his fellow citizens, he expects they will
 be prepared for any exigence which the nature of our