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Fourth Company, William Eugene Imlay, Captain ; Richard Lloyd, First Lieutenant ; Daniel Pierson, Second Lieutenant ; Edgar Gaulidet, Ensign.
Fifth Company, Peter Dickerson, Captain ; Stephen Dunham, First Lieutenant; David Tuttle, Second Lieutenant ; William Tenbrook, Ensign, declined.
Sixth Company, Thomas Reading, Captain ; John Anderson, First Lieutenant, resigned; Ralph Guild, Second Lieutenant, resigned ; Ensign John Hagan was promoted Second Lieutenant, but resigned.
Seventh Company, Joseph Bloomfield, Captain ; Josiah Seely, First Lieutenant, resigned, and William B. Gifford, Second
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Lieutenant, was promoted First Lieutenant ; Ensign Ebenezer Elmer promoted Second Lieutenant.
Eighth Company, Anthony Sharp, Captain ; Samuel Flan- ningham (or Flannagan), First Lieutenant; Samuel Hazlett, Second Lieutenant, resigned ; Nathaniel Leonard, Ensign.
First Lieutenant Stephen Dunham, of Fifth Company, re- signed, and Second Lieutenant David Tuttle promoted First Lieutenant ; Cadet Edmund D. Thomas, promoted Ensign ; Sergeant Abraham Stout was promoted Ensign ; Private Thomas Kinney was promoted Ensign; Constant Peck was appointed First Lieutenant, died ; William Gordon was appointed Second Lieutenant, afterwards promoted First Lieutenant; Robert Hagan, appointed First Lieutenant ; Jeremiah Ballard, Second Lieutenant ; William Clark, appointed Ensign, afterwards pro- moted Second Lieutenant ; Francis Duclos, appointed Ensign, afterwards promoted Second Lieutenant ; Joseph I. Anderson, appointed Ensign, afterwards promoted Second Lieutenant ; John Reading, appointed Ensign; John Kinney, appointed Ensign ; William Barber, appointed Ensign ; George Cottnam, appointed Ensign.
In the First Battalion, Ensign John Mercer was promoted First Lieutenant ; Ensign John Van Anglen, promoted First Lieutenant ; Robert Robertson, appointed Second Lieutenant ; Cyrus D'Hart, appointed Ensign ; Jacob Kemper, appointed Ensign ; and Jonathan F. Morris, appointed Ensign.
In the Second Battalion, Ensign Thomas Ryerson was pro- moted Second Lieutenant ; John Shreve, appointed Ensign.
Four of the companies of the Third Battalion upon being or- ganized were stationed at Staten Island, and the other four at 'Amboy. They were joined at Elizabethtown, April 28th, and left that place for New York on the next day. On the 2d of May the battalion was reviewed by the Mustermaster-General, and on the 3d, with the First Battalion, sailed in sloops for Albany. Colonel Dayton reported there to Brigadier-General John Sullivan, of New Hampshire. During the remainder of the year they were stationed at Johnstown, German Flats, Fort Dayton, Fort Schuyler, Ticonderoga, and Mount Independence. They were chiefly engaged in preventing incursions of the In-
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dians. The Battalion left Albany March 7th, 1777, and was discharged at Morristown, New Jersey, on the 23d of the same month.
The Second Establishment of troops from New Jersey for the Continental Army was made by the Congress of the United Colonies, September 16th, 1776, calling for four battalions. A bounty of twenty dollars was to be given to each non-commis- sioned officer and private soldier who should enlist to serve during the war, unless sooner discharged by Congress.
Provision was also made to grant lands to the officers and sol- diers who shall so engage in the service, and continue therein to the close of the war, or until discharged by Congress, and to the representatives of such officers and soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, such lands to be provided by the United States, and whatever expense shall be necessary to procure such lands, the said expense to be paid and borne by the States in the same proportion as the other expenses of the war. A colonel was to have five hundred acres ; a lieutenant-colonel, four hun- dred and fifty ; a major, four hundred ; a captain, three hundred ; a lieutenant, two hundred ; an ensign, one hundred and fifty ; and to each non-commissioned officer and soldier, one hundred acres of land.
The appointment of all officers (except general officers) was to be left to the government of the State, and the State was to provide arms, clothing, and every necessary for its quota of troops ; the expense of the clothing to be deducted from the pay of the soldiers ; a suit of clothes consisting of two linen hunting- shirts, two pair of overalls, a leathern or woolen waistcoat with sleeves, one pair of breeches, a hat or leathern cap, two shirts, two pair of hose, and two pair of shoes, amounting in the whole to the value of twenty dollars, was to be given to each non-com- missioned officer and soldier annually, or the sum of twenty dollars was to be paid to each soldier who should procure those articles for himself, and produce a certificate thereof from the captain of the company to which he belonged to the paymaster of the regiment.
On the 26th of September, 1776, the Council of New Jersey appointed a committee of four, and the General Assembly a
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committee of nine, in reference to raising the four battalions, who the next day reported a plan for carrying out the same.
The following is the roster of officers of these battalions under the Second, or New Establishment for troops from New Jersey :
First Battalion, Second Establishment, Silas Newcomb, Colo- nel, promoted Brigadier-General of militia; Matthias Ogden, Lieutenant-Colonel, promoted Colonel; William D'Hart, Major, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel; Alexander Clough, Adjutant, died ; Leonidas Chappin, Quartermaster, resigned, and Joseph Periam was appointed Quartermaster ; Aaron Ogden, Paymaster, resigned ; William M. Barnet, Surgeon ; Jacob Harris, Surgeon's Mate ; - Cox, Chaplain.
Captain Joseph Morris, promoted Major, died ; Captain John Conway, promoted Major; Captain John Polhemus, promoted Major ; Second Lieutenant Jacob Piatt, promoted Adjutant.
First Company, Joseph Morris, Captain ; John Mercer, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Robert Robertson, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant, resigned on account of wounds ; Simeon Mash, Ensign, resigned.
Second Company, Silas Howell, Captain ; John Van Anglen, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Archibald Dallas, Second Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; John Howell, Ensign.
Third Company, John Conway, Captain; Giles Mead, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; John Flahaven, Second Lieu- tenant ; Ebenezer Axtell, Ensign.
Fourth Company, John Polhemus, Captain ; Isaac Morrison, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; John Holmes, Second Lieutenant ; Peter Van Deventer, Ensign.
Fifth Company, Andrew McMires, Captain, killed; Curtenius Schenck, First Lieutenant; Francis Costigan, Second Lieuten- ant; Jacob Ludlam, Ensign.
Sixth .Company, Daniel Piatt, Captain ; Hendrick Fisher, First Lieutenant; Thomas Sickles, Second Lieutenant; Thomas Harbert, Ensign.
Seventh Company, Elias Longstreet, Captain ; Peter V. Voor- hies, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Jacob Piatt, Second Lieutenant, promoted Adjutant ; Glover Fithian, Ensign.
Eighth Company, Daniel Baldwin, Captain, discharged on
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account of wounds ; Lewis J. Costigan, First Lieutenant ; Abra- ham Lane, Second Lieutenant ; Stephen Dunham, Ensign.
Sergeant, Martin Hurley, promoted Ensign, killed; Sergeant, John Bishop, promoted Ensign ; Private, John Gary, promoted Ensign; John Reed, appointed Ensign; Jonathan Snowden, appointed Second Lieutenant, afterwards promoted First Lieu- tenant ; Samuel Seely, appointed Second Lieutenant, afterwards promoted First Lieutenant ; Absalom Bonham, appointed Second Lieutenant, afterwards promoted First Lieutenant ; Peter Lott, appointed Ensign, afterwards promoted Second Lieutenant ; Silas Parrit, appointed Second Lieutenant ; Aaron Rhea, ap- pointed Ensign.
Second Battalion, Second Establishment, Israel Shreve, Col- onel ; David Rhea, Lieutenant-Colonel; Richard Howell, Major; Luther Halsey, Adjutant ; Charles Axford, Quarter- master, declined, Benajah Osman was appointed, resigned ; William Shute, Paymaster, resigned ; James Holmes, Surgeon, declined ; Lewis Howell was appointed, and declined ; John . Peck was then appointed Paymaster ; Surgeon's Mate, Ebenezer Elmer, promoted Surgeon ; Moses G. Elmer, appointed Sur- geon's Mate.
First Company, Joseph Brearley, Captain ; John Hollinshead, First Lieutenant; William Helms, Second Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; George Reynolds, Ensign.
Second Company, James Lowrie, Captain, died ; John N. Cumming, First Lieutenant ; John Sparks, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant, and afterwards Captain; John Shreve, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Third Company, William Shute, Captain and Paymaster ; James Maxwell, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Thomas Ryerson, Second Lieutenant ; Samuel Shute, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Fourth Company, Joseph Stout, Captain, killed; Henry Luce, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain, resigned ; Samuel Hendry, Second Lieutenant ; Andrew Bankson, Ensign.
Fifth Company, Archibald Shaw, Captain ; Jonathan Phillips, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; William Parrot, Second Lieutenant ; John Reeves, Ensign.
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Sixth Company, James Dillon, Captain ; Jeremiah Smith, First Lieutenant; Samuel Naglee, Second Lieutenant ; Thomas Smith, Ensign.
Seventh Company, Thomas Yard, Captain; Seth Bowen, First Lieutenant, declined ; Aaron Lane, Second Lieutenant ; James Howell, Ensign.
Eighth Company, Ephraim Anderson, Captain, died; Na- thaniel Bowman, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; George Ross, Second Lieutenant ; William Carter, Ensign.
New Arrangement : First Company, James Lowrie, Captain, died ; Seth Bowen, First Lieutenant, declined ; John Hutchin, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant ; James Craig, Ensign, declined.
Second Company, Joseph Stout, Captain, killed; William Parrot, First Lieutenant ; Abraham Stout, Second Lieutenant ; John Phillips, Ensign.
Third Company, James Dillon, Captain ; Nathaniel Bowman, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Samuel Neglee, Second Lieutenant ; James Johnson, Ensign, resigned.
Fourth Company, Thomas Yard, Captain ; Jonathan Phillips, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Abraham Appleton, Sec- ond Lieutenant ; Matthew Clunn, Ensign.
Fifth Company, Ephraim Anderson, Captain, died; Samuel Hendry, First Lieutenant; Aaron Lane, Second Lieutenant ; Jonathan Rhea, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
. Sixth Company, John Hollinshead, Captain ; Jeremiah Smith, First Lieutenant; Derrick Lane, Second Lieutenant ; John Shreve, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Seventh Company, John N. Cumming, Captain ; John Sparks, First Lieutenant; Nathaniel Jenkins, Second Lieutenant; Samuel Shute, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Eighth Company, Samuel Reading, Captain ; James Maxwell, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; George Ross, Second Lieutenant ; Lewis Rue, Ensign.
Ninth Company, Henry Luce, Captain, resigned ; William Heims, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; George Reynolds, Second Lieutenant ; Nathaniel Salmon, Ensign.
Second Lieutenant, Nathaniel Jenkins, promoted First Lieu-
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tenant; Second Lieutenant, Francis Duclos, promoted First Lieutenant ; Sergeant, Almerin Brooks, promoted Ensign ; David Brown and Private James Paul were promoted Ensigns.
Third Battalion, Second Establishment : Elias Dayton, Col- onel ; Francis Barber, Lieutenant-Colonel ; Joseph Bloomfield, Major, resigned; Samuel Shippard, Adjutant ; Captain, John Doughty, promoted Major; Nathan Wilkison, Quartermaster ; Jonathan Dayton, Paymaster; Lewis F. Dunham, Surgeon ; Ephraim Loree (or Loring), Surgeon's Mate ; Andrew Hunter, Chaplain of Regiment and Brigade.
First Company, Peter Dickerson, Captain ; Samuel Flanning- ham (or Flanagan), First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Jonathan Brewer, Second Lieutenant; Edmund D. Thomas, Ensign, promoted First Lieutenant.
Second Company, Thomas Patterson, Captain ; Robert Hagan, First Lieutenant, resigned; Edward Patterson, Second Lieu- tenant, promoted First Lieutenant ; John Kinney, Ensign, pro- moted Second Lieutenant.
Third Company, John Ross, Captain; Richard Cox, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; William Clark, Second Lieu- tenant, discharged on account of wounds; William Barber, Ensign, resigned.
Fourth Company, John Doughty, Captain; Jeremiah Ballard, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; John Reading, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant ; Samuel Hackett, En- sign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Fifth Company, John Mott, Captain ; Joseph J. Anderson, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; William Norcross, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant; William VanCleve, Ensign.
Sixth Company, William B. Gifford, Captain ; Cornelius Hennion, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain, and discharged in consequence of wounds; Edgar Gaulidet, Second Lieutenant; William Catarich, Ensign.
Seventh Company, William Gordon, Captain, resigned : Wil- liam Bostwick, First Lieutenant; Nathaniel Leonard, Second Lieutenant ; Daniel Dare, Ensign.
Eighth Company, Jacob Rosecrantz, Captain, resigned ; Mar-
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maduke Curtis, First Lieutenant ; Buddle Shinn, Second Lieu- tenant ; Ezekiel Dennis, Ensign.
Second Lieutenant Wessel T. Stout, transferred from Fourth Battalion ; Ensign Aaron Day, promoted Second Lieutenant ; Sergeant Nathan Wilkison, promoted Second Lieutenant and Quartermaster ; Private Jarvis Bloomfield, promoted Ensign, and afterwards Second Lieutenant ; Private John Ruecastle, pro- moted Second Lieutenant ; Private William Kersey, promoted Second Lieutenant ; Private James Scobey, promoted Ensign ; Isaac Harrison, appointed First Lieutenant.
Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment : Ephraim Martin, Colonel; David Brearley, Lieutenant-Colonel ; Ebenezer Howell, Major, resigned ; Captain Thomas Morrell, promoted Major, resigned ; Captain John Conway (First Battalion, Second Estab- lishment), promoted Major ; Joseph King, Adjutant ; Thomas Saffin, Quartermaster, resigned, and Private Ephraim Darley was promoted Quartermaster ; Absalom Martin, Paymaster ; John B. Riker, Surgeon ; Jacob Harris, Surgeon's Mate.
Company Officers, First Arrangement : Thomas Morrell, Cap- tain, promoted Major ; Robert Gaston, John Anderson, William Bond, James Holmes, Jonathan Kinsey, Jonathan Forman, Abraham Lyon, Captains; Peter Low, Zophar Carnes, David Edgar, John Pipes, Alexander Mitchell, Joseph Shelton, John Martin, John Pearson, First Lieutenants; Samuel Schooley, Jonathan Holmes, Lewis Woodruff, Derick Lane, Nathan Wright, James Hallet, Benjamin Lawrence, Elisha Holmes, George Cook, Second Lieutenants; Seth Johnson, John Blair, Abel Weyman, Ephraim Whitlock, William Kerr, Peter Bowne, Wil- liam Barton, George McFarland, Ensigns.
New Arrangement, First Company : William Bond, Captain ; John Martin, First Lieutenant ; Samuel Brackenridge, Second Lieutenant ; James Sprowls, Ensign, died.
Second Company, John Anderson, Captain ; James Hallet, First Lieutenant, resigned ; Abel Weyman, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant ; Benjamin Horne, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Third Company, Noadiah Wade, Captain ; Zophar Carnes,
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First Lieutenant ; John Pipes, Second Lieutenant; Clement Wood, Ensign.
Fourth Company, James Holmes, " Captain; Alexander Mitchell, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Elisha Holmes, Second Lieutenant ; Peter Bowne, Ensign.
Fifth Company, Jonathan Kinsey, Captain ; Bateman Lloyd, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain ; Samuel Conn, Second Lieutenant ; John Blair, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant, afterwards First Lieutenant.
Sixth Company, Jonathan Forman, Captain ; Richard Edsall, First Lieutenant; Jonathan Holmes, Second Lieutenant, pro- moted First Lieutenant ; Ephraim Whitlock, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant, afterwards First Lieutenant.
Seventh Company, Abraham Lyon, Captain, resigned ; David Edgar, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain, resigned ; William Barton, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant ; John Reed, Ensign, promoted Second Lieutenant.
Eighth Company, John Pearson, Captain, resigned ; Seth Johnson, First Lieutenant; Benjamin Lawrence, Second Lieu- tenant ; -- Beatty, Ensign.
Captain Robert Gaston, declined; First Lieutenants Peter Low and Joseph Skelton declined ; Second Lieutenant Samuel Schooley, declined ; Second Lieutenant Nathan Wright, retired ; Second Lieutenant Derick Lane, transferred to Second Battalion ; Second Lieutenants George Cook and William Kerr, retired ; Ensign George McFarlane, died ; Absalom Bonham, appointed Second Lieutenant, and transferred to First Battalion ; Wessel T. Stout, appointed Second Lieutenant, transferred to Third Battalion ; Second Lieutenant Archibald Dallas (First Battalion), promoted Captain; Jacob Martin, appointed Captain ; - Harker, appointed First Lieutenant; William Anderson, ap- pointed Ensign ; - Stewart, appointed Ensign.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
1776-1781.
Maxwell's Brigade-Battle of Brandywine-Battle of German- town-Lord Stirling, of New Jersey, in command-Measures agreed upon for the protection of New Jersey-Jersey Line- New arrangement-Continental Troops-Fight at Springfield - Surrender of Yorktown-Cessation of hostilities-Jersey Line discharged.
N the 23d of October, 1776, Colonel William Maxwell was elected by Congress Brigadier-General, and soon after assumed command of the four battalions raised on this establish- ment, called " Maxwell's Brigade."
It appears that the First Battalion was fully organized in De- cember, 1775 ; the Second Battalion about February Ist, 1777; the Fourth Battalion about the close of the same month, and the Third Battalion, although Colonel Dayton and Captain Bloom- field who left their first commands at Ticonderoga a few days after the inspection, did not get into the field before the last of April.
In the month of May, 1777, General Maxwell's Brigade was placed in the Division of the American Army commanded by Major-General Adam Stephens, of North Carolina. It was then encamped at Elizabethtown, Bound Brook, and Spanktown (now Rahway). During the summer the division of General Stephens marched through Pennsylvania and Delaware, and on the morn- ing of September 11th, a portion of the " Jersey Line" opened the battle of Brandywine. They continued in the fight all that day on the advance of the division. After the battle the brigade continued marching and countermarching, had a skirmish with the enemy at White Horse Tavern, on the Lancaster road, passed near Yellow Springs, Reading Furnace, Worcester, and then towards the enemy, and finally encamped at Germantown. A battle took place at this post on the 4th of October. With the brigade of North Carolina troops commanded by Brigadier-
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General Francis Nash, Maxwell's Brigade formed the corps de reserve and left wing of the American Army. This division was commanded by Major-General Lord Stirling, of New Jersey. . The whole command distinguished itself in this fight, but especially the First Battalion, which suffered severely in both officers and men.
In December, 1777, the cantonment of the army was pro- posed by General Washington, and in this connection Congress called upon him, December 19th, for a report thereon, and urged that measures be immediately agreed upon for the protec- tion of New Jersey. The following is the text of the resolution :
"Resolved, That General Washington be informed that, in the opinion of Congress, the State of New Jersey demands, in a peculiar degree, the protection of the armies of the United States, so far as the same can possibly be extended, consistent with the safety of the army and the general welfare, as that State lies open to attacks from so many quarters, and the struggles which have been made by the brave and virtuous in- habitants of that State, in defence of the common cause, cannot fail of exposing them to the particular resentments of a merci- less enemy."
Maxwell's Brigade was most of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, and, on the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British, June 18th, 1778, was detached from the main army, and, with some militia, was ordered to harass and impede General Clinton's force. The British army marched toward New York by way of Moorestown and Mount Holly. The army under Washington crossed the Delaware River at Coryell's Ferry (Lambertville), and passed through Hopewell, Princeton, Kingston, Cranberry, and Englishtown, and met the enemy near Freehold. Maxwell's Brigade was afterwards joined by six hundred Continental troops, commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan, of Virginia, and again by fifteen hundred picked troops under Brigadier-General Charles Scott, of Virginia, and one thousand under Bigadier-General Anthony Wayne, of Penn- sylvania. The entire force engaged in harassing the enemy was in command of General Lafayette. On the 28th of June, 1778, the "Jersey Line" joined the left wing of the army, and the
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brigade, as well as the militia under General Philemon Dickin- son, participated in the battle of Monmouth, fought on that day. The brigade, after the fight, was sadly in want of clothing, and many and urgent were the requests made therefor to the Legislature.
The winter of 1778-9 was passed mostly at Elizabethtown, although a detachment of the Second Battalion was stationed in Newark, and a detachment of the Fourth Battalion in Spank- town (Rahway).
In consequence of the " Massacre of Wyoming," Maxwell's Brigade, on the 11th of May, 1779, was ordered, with the first or principal division, under Major-General John Sullivan, of New Hampshire, to march up the Susquehanna into the settle- ments of the Seneca Indians. Attached to the brigade at this time were Colonel Oliver Spencer's regiment; Colonel David Forman's regiment ; Colonel Elisha Sheldon's (of Connecticut) regiment of Light Dragoons, and one battery of artillery. On the 9th of October, the brigade was ordered to return to New Jersey.
On the 23d of June, 1780, the Jersey troops, Continental and militia, took a prominent part in the fight at Springfield.
A new arrangement of the American army was made by Congress, May 27th, 1778. Each battalion of infantry was to consist of nine companies, one of which was to be light infantry. Each of the field officers was to command a company; the Adjutant, Quartermaster and Paymaster, to be taken from the line; the Lieutenant of the Colonel's company to have the rank of Captain-Lieutenant. One Surgeon and one Surgeon's mate were added to the field and staff; one Sergeant-Major, one Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Drum Major, and one Fife Major made the non-commissioned staff; and six Captains, one Cap- tain-Lieutenant, eight Lieutenants, nine Ensigns, twenty-seven Sergeants, twenty-seven Corporals, eighteen Drummers and Fifers, and four hundred and twenty-seven privates, formed the balance of each battalion.
On the 9th of March, 1779, Congress passed a resolution, calling for eighty battalions of infantry, for the next campaign ; the quota of New Jersey being three battalions. Congress
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offered a bounty of two hundred dollars from the Continental treasury to each recruit, who after the 23d of January last, hath enlisted or shall enlist during the war, or, in case any State had granted as great, or greater bounty, the said two hundred dollars, for every such recruit, was to be passed to the credit of the State respectively, for whose quota he shall be raised.
By an act of the Legislature of this State, passed June 9th, 1779, they ordered three hundred and sixty-five able-bodied and effective volunteers to be enlisted into the three regiments, to continue in the said service during the present war with Great Britain.
On the 9th of February, 1780, Congress called upon New Jersey for sixteen hundred and twenty men to fill up the "Jersey Line" for the campaign of that year. The deficiency then existing in the three regiments was ordered to be filled by the Legislature, March 11th, 1780. The act passed that date "for completing the quota of troops belonging to this State," differs but little from that of the previous year. The former act was repealed, and a substitute passed. Four hundred volunteers were called for, and the bounty was raised to one thousand dollars,* exclusive of the Continental bounty and emoluments. Two hundred dollars premium was ordered paid to each officer who procured a recruit, and the following officers, from the several counties, were appointed to muster the same :
Colonel Theunis Dey, Bergen ; Colonel Moses Jaques, Essex; Colonel John Webster, Middlesex; Colonel Asher Holmes, Monmouth; Colonel Frederick Frelinghuysen, Somerset ; Col- onel Thomas Reynolds, Burlington; Colonel Joseph Ellis, Gloucester; Major Edward Hall, Salem; Major Joseph Brearley, Hunterdon; Captain John Cresse, Cape May; Lieutenant- Colonel Benoni Hathaway, Morris; Lieutenant-Colonel Abijah Holmes, Cumberland; Major John Van Vleet, Sussex. These muster-masters were allowed sixteen dollars on the muster of each recruit.
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