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colors cased [?], and drums beating a British or German march - they are then to ground their arms and return to their encampment, where they will remain until they are dispatched to the place of their destination. The works on the Gloucester side, will be delivered at one o'clock, to detachments of French and American troops appointed to possess them. The garrison will march out at three o'clock in the afternoon, the cavalry with their swords drawn, trumpets sounding, and the infantry in the manner prescribed for the garrison of York. They are likewise to return to their encampment until they can be finally marched off. Granted.

4. Officers are to retain their sidearms, both officers and soldiers to keep their private property of every kind, and no part of their baggage or papers to be at any time subject to search or inspection. The baggage and papers of officers and soldiers taken during the siege to be likewise preserved for them. It is understood that any property obviously belonging to the inhabitants of these States, in the possession of the garrison, shall be subject to be reclaimed. Granted.

5. The soldiers to be kept in Virginia, Maryland or Pennsylvania, and as much by regiments as possible, and supplied with the same rations of provisions as are allowed to soldiers in the service of America. A field officer from each nation, viz. British, Anspach [Germany], and Hessian, and other officers on parole, in proportion of one to fifty men, to be allowed to reside near their respective regiments, to visit them frequently and be witnesses of their treatment - and that these officers may receive and deliver clothing and other necessaries for them, for which passports are to be granted when applied for. Granted.

6. The general staff, and other officers, not employed as mentioned in the above article, and who choose it, to be permitted to go on parole to Europe, to New York, or to any other American maritime ports at present in possession of the British forces, at their option, and proper vessels to be granted by the Count de Grasse, to carry them under flags of truce, to New York, within ten days from this date, if possible, and they to reside in a district to be agreed upon hereafter, till they embark. The officers of the civil departments of the army and navy to be included in this article. Passports to go by land to be granted to those to whom vessels cannot be furnished. Granted.

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