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done to those good citizens who readily obey the summons of their Commanding-officer. To countenance men on a muster-day in leaving at home their Cartridge-boxes, and other equipments, under pretence of their being cumbersome to carry into the field, is to give up an essential idea of military propriety. He believes however, indulgencies like these are rare, and need only to be mentioned, to be remedied; and he hopes that in future every man will not only appear complete in arms & equipments, but that he will be ambitious to have them bright & in good order.

The law has made provision for preserving to the Regiments and Companies the laws and orderly books, in cases of officers resigning, by making it requisite that certificates from the Commanding-officers of Regiments, shall accompany the resignation, purporting that the Books have been delivered up : But although the law does not expressly provide for the recovery of them in cases of death and removal of officers, yet as it appears to be its true intention, it is highly proper that due care be taken to recover & restore them to the Corps to which they belong.

The expenses to which Officers are continually exposed by the custom of treating, and making costly entertainments at Musters, appearing to be one great source of the numerous resignations which daily take place; the Commander in chief is of opinion, that the practice is highly improper, & has a direct tendency to disorganize the Militia by compelling many valuable officers to quit their stations at a time when they have become most useful : and thus by a continual rotation, discipline is greatly impeded & often subverted. He therefore strongly recommends economy on those occasions as being characteristic