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� General Orders, Boston, January 28, 1791. The Commander in chief is highly pleased with the martial spirit which pervades the greater part of the officers and other patriotic citizens, composing the militia of this Commonwealth, and he hopes they will not relax in their laudable efforts to become the effective guardians of the safety and welfare of their country. He expects that every officer will exert himself to organize and completely array the corps to which he respectfully belongs, before the exercises of the season come on; so that the whole may be in a condition to perform the several duties required of them by law. To promote this valuable purpose, by preventing untimely resignations of officers, and to avoid the disorders frequently occasioned by the elections of officers at improper times of the year: the Commander in chief recommends, that all officers inclining to resign their commissions, be permitted to do it before the month of April, annually; and not in the seasons of exercise, except in extraordinary cases; and that all vacant offices be filled up, if possible,