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| − | + | By order of the Commander in Chief | |
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| + | Wm. Donnison Adj. General | ||
| + | Att. H: Sewall, D. A. Genl. | ||
| + | __________________________________________________________ | ||
| − | General ORderes, Head-quarters, Boston, December 20. 1794. | + | General ORderes, Head-quarters, Boston, December 20. 1794. |
| − | The Commander in Chief has been anxious to carry into effect, with promptness and decision, the late act of the Federal Legislature, for detaching from the Militia of this Commonwealth, eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty-five | + | The Commander in Chief has been anxious to carry into |
| − | + | effect, with promptness and decision, the late act of the Federal Legislature, for detaching from the Militia of this Commonwealth, | |
| − | The promptitude and readiness to action, with which the Militia of Massachusetts has ever been distinguished, leads him to think, that had the Detachment from this State been called | + | eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty-five men, being this |
| + | State's quota of eighty thousand men, apportioned on the | ||
| + | several States in the Union :- And although he has very | ||
| + | little doubt, but his Orders to that effect have been complied | ||
| + | with, so far as relates to detaching the men & forming them | ||
| + | into Corps; yet he cannot account for the delay which has | ||
| + | taken place in making the Returns. | ||
| + | The promptitude and readiness to action, with which the | ||
| + | Militia of Massachusetts has ever been distinguished, leads | ||
| + | him to think, that had the Detachment from this State been | ||
| + | |||
| + | called | ||
Revision as of 12:10, 22 March 2019
By order of the Commander in Chief
Wm. Donnison Adj. General
Att. H: Sewall, D. A. Genl.
__________________________________________________________
General ORderes, Head-quarters, Boston, December 20. 1794.
The Commander in Chief has been anxious to carry into
effect, with promptness and decision, the late act of the Federal Legislature, for detaching from the Militia of this Commonwealth, eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty-five men, being this State's quota of eighty thousand men, apportioned on the several States in the Union :- And although he has very little doubt, but his Orders to that effect have been complied with, so far as relates to detaching the men & forming them into Corps; yet he cannot account for the delay which has taken place in making the Returns.
The promptitude and readiness to action, with which the
Militia of Massachusetts has ever been distinguished, leads him to think, that had the Detachment from this State been
called