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attention to orders & acquaintance with their duty, are entitled to Gen. Sewall's particular thanks.

Would the officers of the militia in general, but pay that attention to their duty, which, consistent with their common avocations, they might very easily do, we should soon behold in our militia establishment, the most substantial security against all hostile attempts, foreign or domestic, whether to enervate the laws, decry the administration, or to invade the sacred rights of our country.

By order of B. Gen. Sewall, S. Howard jr. B. Major

Division Order, Pittston, Nov. 3. 1798.

Brigadier-General Sewall is requested to cause a Court-martial to be formed from the officers of the second Brigade, eighth Division, to convene on the second Tuesday of December next, at such convenient place in Augusta, as he shall direct. The Court-martial to be composed of one Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, one Major, six Captains, & five Subalterns.

It is requested that Benjamin Whitwell Esq. act as Judge Advocate to said court.

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