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various duties of the field are conducted with adroitness and propriety.

To perpetuate to the Militia of Massachusetts, if possible, this respectability in arms, is the most ardent wish of the Commander in chief: he flatters himself of having the concurrent wishes of every good citizen, in this laudable desire, and he hopes from them, a continuation of those efforts, which have already raised the Militia to its present exalted state of improvement.

It is the opinion of the Commander in chief, that the annual Reviews by Regiments have already greatly contributed to produce this happy effect; he therefore expects, that every Regiment and Corps will be assembled and reviewed the present season; and that an Inspection will take place under the direction of the Inspector-general. The Major Generals will accordingly make timely arrangements for calling out the Militia of their respective Divisions for those purposes, and they will report, through the orderly channel, such arrangements, at least one month before the Musters shall take place.

The Powder and Laboratory stores supplied by Government to the Companies of Artillery, being designed for the sole purpose of practical discipline, the Commander in chief expects they will not be expended at any time unnecessarily, or on trifling occasions, but in real experiment, and on days of general Muster; he expects also, that due care will be taken to preserve from injury the various apparatus of Artillery, which are a great expense to