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�Division Orders. 8.Division of Militia. Hallowell. July 23. 1794.
In pursuance of the General Orders of the 6. of June last, requiring a detachment of 733 men from the 1. Brigade, & 424 from the 2. Brigade of this Division. Major General Lithgow directs Brigadier General Campbell[sp?] to cause the proportion of this detachment laid on the 2. Brigade. [comma?] to be detailed & levied [?] from the several regiments therein. [comma?] according to their strength, and that the same be formed into one Regiment, consisting of two Battalions, to be officered and organized as is directed by the General Orders aforesaid.
In order to accommodate the 1. Brigade in its present vacant situation and to facilitate the execution of the General Orders abovementioned, the Major General has caused a more minute detail of its proportion of this detachment and directs. and directs that the 733 men including officers, required therefrom, be furnished by the several regiments in the following proportions, viz.
1. (Lamont's) Regiment;[centered, underlined] 2 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 8 Sergeants, 2 Drummers, 2 Fifers, & 124 rank & file; to be formed into two Companies of 64 rank & file each. 2. (Page's) Regiment;[centered, underlined] 2 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 8 Sergeants, 2 Drummers, 2 Fifers, & 132 rank & file; to be formed into two Companies of 66 rank & file each. 3. (Late Emerson's) Regiment;[centered, underlined] 2 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 8 Sergeants, 2 drummers, 2 fifers, and 128 rank & file; to be formed into two Companies of 64 rank & file each. 4. (Late Starret's) Regiment;[centered, underlined] 2 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 8 sergeants, 2 drummers, 2 fifers, and 120 rank & file; to be formed into two Companies of 60 rank & file each. 5. (Potter's) Regiment;[centered, underlined] 2 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 8 sergeants, 2 drummers, 2 fifers, and 124 rank & file; to be formed into two Companies of 62 rank & file each.
The detachment from the 1. Brigade will form