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equipment will be furnished to those Corps which are deficient.

     He hopes the Officers in every Department have a just Idea of the importance of a well regulated Militia, which is the only natural defense of a free Republic - being assured of their readiness to perform their several duties with exactness and punctuality - And that those of the Artillery in particular, by reason of their discouragements being lessened, will feel an additional stimulus, to instruct their Corps and render them as respectable as possible.

    The Commander in Chief has a full persuasion in his mind, that all the Officers will exert themselves during the present season - And that the Militia of Massachusetts, will ever justly merit a distinguished character in the Militia of the United States.
                               By Order of the Commander in Chief
                               William Donnison Adj. General

Hon. Major General Lithgow, 8th Division