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   General Orders, Headquarters, Boston, June 6, 1794

       By the Act of Congress of the 9. May last, a detachment 

of 80,000 men including officers is directed to be made from the Militia of the United States, to be completely armed & equipped according to the law and held in readiness to march at a minutes warning; and the proportion to this state, of the said 80,000 men, as estimated in the said Act, being 11,885 men including officers: The Commander in chief therefore orders, that the detachment be made from the Militia of this Commonwealth accordingly, and that the same be com- pletely armed and equipped according to law, and held in readiness to march at a minutes warning. The men will be immediately enrolled and returned for the detachment, but they will not be so separated from the standing Com- panies to which they belong, as to act as distinct corps (ex- cept to be mustered once by companies) until they are called into actual service.