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it is to command, as upon those who are the objects of it; & he has a well grounded confidence in both, that they will unite their endeavours, at this critical juncture of our affairs, to put the military force of this Commonwealth

       most 

in the ^ formidable attitude.

      The arms & equipments of the militia of this State, 

though good in general, & in some Divisions are very respectable, yet great & constant attention is required to those objects of military strength. By the law of this Commonwealth for regulating & governing the militia, which passed in June, 1793, it is enacted, "That from & after five years from the passing this act, all musquets for arming the militia, shall be of bores sufficient for balls of the eighteenth part of a pound".[Quote underlined] The five years con- templated in the passing of this act will expire in June next; it is therefore incumbent upon every officer in the militia, to see it executed; & it is the duty of every citizen enrolled, capable of providing himself, and who is not already so armed, to provide such arms without delay.

    The Quartermaster-General having procured twelve 

additional brass Field Pieces, by direction of the Legislature,

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