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9th. " No Officer, Non-Coommisstoned Officer or Soldier shall tail of T. - paning with their ardis, ammunition and accoafredients upon any reg. nlar alarmı, or at the time fixed, to the place of parade or other rendez- vous appointed by the Commanding Officer, if not presented by sickness or some other evident necessity, or shall go from the place of parade without leave from the Commanding Officer before he shall be regularly dismissed, on penalty of being fined or censured according to the nature of the offence, by the sentence of a Regimeutal Court Martial. But no Officer or Soldier shall be obliged to attend to learn the Military Exer- cise more than once in a week.
10th. " Any Officer or Soldier found Dinuk when under Arms, shall be suspended from doing duty in the Battaliot:, Company or Troop on that day, and be hned or censured, at the discretion of a Regimental Court Martial.
11th. "Whatever Sentinel shall be found sleeping upon his just, or shall leave it before he is regularly relieved, shall enffer such penalty or disgrace as shall be ordered by a Regimental Court Martial.
12th. " Whatever Commissioned Officer shall be convicted before a General Court Mart'al, of behaving in a scandalous or infamous manner unbecoming the Character of an Officer and a Gentleman, shall be dia- missed from the association with disgrace.
13th. " Every non-Commissioned Officer or Soldier who shall be con- victed at a Regimental Court Martial of having soll, carelessly lost, wilfully spoiled or wasted, or having ofere for sale any ammunition, arms or accountrements belonging to this Province, shall be dismissed such Battalion, Troop or Company, as an unworthy member and be prosecuted as the law directs.
15th. " 'That on the first Meeting of every Battalion, after subscribing these articles of association, and from thence forward on the first meet- ingof every Battalion after the third Monday in September annually, tisere be chosen two Persons, such as are entitled to Vote for Meinbers of Assembly, out of each Company in the resportive Battalions, by the non-Commissioned officers and privates, whose duty an fice shall be for the year tollowing, to set and join with the officers in Chart Martial, which persons so chosen shall be styled Court Martial
ifto. " Every Generil Comt Mutial shall consist of thirteen Mem- Lors, art of whom shall be Commission'd oneers under the Bank of a Field Ofheer and Six Cont Martial Meu, who shall be drawn ty lott out of the whole number, and there twelve are to choose a president, who shall le a field Officer and have a Casting Voce.
With. " Every Regimental Court Martial shall be comprend of Seven Montera, there Officers, three Court Martial Men and a President, who istole a Captain, and to be chosen by the Six, and also to have a Cha !- in Voice.
must agree in every sentence for inflicting penalties, or for digracing any Associator, otherwise he shall be acquitted.
19th. " The President of each and every Court Martial, whether Regi- mental or General, shall require all witnesses in order to trial of offend- ers to declare on their H mor, that what they give in as evidence is the truth, and the Members of all Coutts Martial shell make a declaration t the President, and the President to the next rank, npon their Honor, that they will give Judgment with impartially.
20th, " All non Commissioned Oficers, Drummers, Fifers, of others, that shall be employed and receive pay in any of the Battahubs, Com- panies or Troops, shall subscribe these rules and Regulations, and be subject to such fines, to be deducted from their pay, and to such penalty a- a Regimental ( art Martial shall thank proper, upon being convicted of having tran -presse i any of these regulations.
Sist. " All Associators called as Witnesses in any case lefue a Court Martial, who shall refuse to attend and give evidence, shall be censured of fred, at the discretion of the Court Martial.
band. " No Other or soldier being charged with transmit-sing these Huis, shall be suffered to do inty in the Regiment, Company or Troop to which he belongs, until he has had his Trial by a Court Martial ; and every person en charge, shall be tried as soon as a Court Martial can be conveniently assembled.
23d. "The Officers and soldiers of every Company of Artillery, or other Choipany. Troop or Party, that is or shall be anneved to any Battallion, shall be sulgect to the command of the Colonel or Com- m. oliog Officer of said Battalion, and the Officers shall sit as meinbers of Courts Martial in the same manner as the officers of any other Company.
24th. "No Penalty shall be inflicted at the discretion of a Court Mar- tial, other than degrading, casbiering or Aning, the fines for the Others not to exceed three pounds, and the fine for a Non-Commissioned Officer ur Soldier, not to exceed twelve Shillings for one fault.
25th. "The Field Officers of each and every Battalion shall appoint a Person to receive such fines as may arise within the same, fut breach of any of these articles, and shall direct those times to be carefully and properly applied to the relief of the Sick, wounded, or necessitotts Sol- diers belonging to that Battalion, and such person shall account with the Field Officers for all fine- received, and the application thereof.
26th. "The General or Wennander-in-Chief of this Asociation, for the time being, shall have full power of pardoning or mitigating any censures or penalties ordered to be inflicted for the breach of any of these articles by any General Coart Martial; and every offender von. ricted as aforesaid, by any Regimental Conrt Martial, omy le pardoned, or have bis penalties mitigated by the Colonel of Commanding Officer of the Battalion, excepting only where such censures or penalties are directed as satisfaction for injuries received by one Officer or sollier from another.
27th. "Any Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or other person, who having subscribed these atticles, shall refuse to make such concessions, pay such fines, or in other miatter refuse to comply with the judgment of any Court Martial, shall be dismissed the service, and beldl up In the publick as unfriendly to the liberties of America.
2-th. " C'mon the detornanation of any point by a Regimental Conrt zelf still aggrieved, he may appeal to a General court Martial ; but, if upon second bearing, the appeal appears groundless and verations, the person so appealing shall be censured, at the discretion of the firm tal Conrt Martial.
11th. " All disorders and neglects which Officers and Soldiers may be , Martial, if the Officer or soldier concerned on either side, thinks him- guilty of, to the prejudice of the gond ouler and Military disciphoe of the Association of this l'olony, are to be taken cognizabre of by a Gen- er il or Regimental Court Martial, according to the nature and legree of the Offence, and be censured at their discretion.
49th. " Upon the death, resignation, promotion, or other removal of an Oficer from any Battalion, Troop, or Company exceptfield Officers, or any Court Mart.al Men, such vacancy is to be filled by the Person or Persons such Troop or Company shall eler t.
3ntl. " No Officer or soldier shall be tried a second time for the same Offence, except in case of appeal.
31st. "All Officers and Soldiers of every Battalion, Troop, Company, or party of Associators, who shall be called by the Assembly, or com- mittee of Salety in reerss of Assembly, into actual service, and he un jay, shall, when acting by themselves, or in conjunction with the l'on- tinental Forces, he sulgert to all the rules and articles made to the Honeuralde Congress for the Government of the Continental Tila.
#21. " No Commissioned, non-commusst med officer of private, shall withdraw himself from the company to which he Irlongs, with ut y decharge ir in the Commanding une er of the Batt live, nor shall sich person to gervived into way other company without such deschattige.
"In Testimony of our approbation and consent to be governed by the above regulations, which have heen deliberately read to, or carrtully Isth. " In all Courts Martial not less than two-thirds of the members . perused by us, we have hereinto set our bands "
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HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY.
Congress, by a resolution of 14th June, 1775, pro- vided for raising six companies of expert riflemen in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia, which, as soon as completed, were to join the army near Boston. By a resolution dated June 22d, the "Colony of Pennsylvania" was directed to raise two more companies, which. with the six, were to be formed into a battalion, and be commanded by -neh officers a- the Assembly or convention should recom. mend. This resolution having been communicated to the Assembly, it resolved, June 24th, " that the mem- ber- of Congress deputed by this Assembly be a com- mittee to consider of and recommend proper officers of the said battalion."
The form of enlistment was : " I have this day rol- untarily enlisted myself as a soldier in the American Continental Army for one year, unless sooner discharged, and do bind myself to conform in all instances to such rules and regulations as are or shall be established for the government of the said army." Each company was to consist of one captain, three lieutenants, four ser- geants, four corporal-, a drummer or trumpeter, and sixty-eight privates. The pay of the officers and pri- vates was as follows: Captain, twenty dollars per month ; a lieutenant, thirteen and one-third dollars; sergeant, eight dollars; a corporal, seven and one- third; a drummer or trumpeter, the same; privates, six and two-thirds, to find their own arms and clothes.
One of the first companies raised in the colonies was that of Capt. Matthew Smith. of Paxtang. Within ten days after the receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington this company was armed and equipped for service, and when the order- of Congre -- came it was ready, At the same time a company had been raised in and around the town of Lancaster, which informa- tion reaching the Congress, both were accepted into the Continental service. The patriotism of Pennsyl- vania was evineed in the haste with which the com- panie- of the First Pennsylvania ( Thomp-on's) Bat- talion were fillel to overflowing, and the promptitude with which they took up their march for Boston. The Philadelphia Evening Post of Aug. 17, 1775, publishes a New York item : "That between the 25th of July and 2d instant the riflemen under the command of Capts. Smith, Lowden, Dondel, Chambers, Nagel, Miller, and Hendricks passed through New Wind-or (a few miles north of West Point), in the New York government, on the way to Boston." From a letter dated at Hartford the latter part of July it is stated : " Yesterday came to town a number of Paxtang boys, dressed and painted in the Indian fashion, being part of a body of two hundred volunteers who are on their way to Gen. Washington's army at Cambridge. Sev- eral of them we hear are young gentlemen of fortune." Capt. Smith's company was the first to arrive at Boston, coming south of the Hudson River. It was subse- queatly ordered to join Gen. Arnold in his unfortunate campaign against Quebec, and the most reliable ac-
this very Paxtang company, John Joseph Henry, afterwards president judge of Lancaster and Dauphin Counties. They were enlisted for one year. The fol- lowing facts are chiefly from contemporary record -. Capt. Chambers, who commanded a Cumberland Val- ley company in Col. Thompson's battalion, writes under date of 13th of August :
"We arrived in camp on the 7th ultimo, about twelve o'clock. We were not here above an hour until we went to view the lines where the English camp is all in plain sight. We crossed the lines, and went beyond the outposts to a small hill, within musket-shot of a man-of-war and a floating battery, and not farther from the works at the foot of Bunker Hill, where we could see them very plainly. While I was standing there some of our ritlemen slipped down the hill about a gun-shot to the left of us and began firing. The regulars returned it without hurt- ing our men. We thought we saw one of the red- coats fall. Since the riflemen came here, by the latest accounts from Boston. there have been forty-two killed and thirty-eight prisoners taken at the light-house, twelve of the latter Tories. Amongst the killed are four captains, one of them a son of a lord, and worth forty thousand pounds a year, whose name I cannot recollect. The riflemen go where they please, and keep the regulars in continual hot water.
"They are every day firing cannon at our people, but have not yet killed a man. We expect six wagons loaded with powder here in two or three days, and when they arrive our twenty-four pounders will begin to play on their ships and the lines on Bunker Hill. It is difficult for our men to get within shot of them, as they have floating batteries that flank the end of Winter Hill and men-of-war on the other side, though our boys think they killed several of them. About an hour ago I saw a small cannonading between two of the enemy's boats and one of our batteries to the north of Boston. We can see all the town distinctly from our fort on Prospeet Hill, and it is a very pretty place. Two deserters came to us last night."
Thacher, in his military journal of the Revolution, under date of August, 1775, describes this battalion : " They are remarkably stout and hardy men : many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed in white froeks or riffe shirts and round hats. These men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim, striking a mark with great certainty at two hun- dred yards distance. At a review a company of them while on a quick advance, fired their ball- into objer's of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two hun- dred and fifty yards. They are now stationed in our lines, and their shot have frequently proved fatal to British officers and soldiers who expose themselves " view, even at more than double the distance of copi- mon mu-ket shot."
This battalion formed the picket guard of the ta > thousand Provincials who, on the evening of the 2684 count of that expedition was written by a member of I of August, took possession of and threw up intreach-
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ments ou " Plonghed Hill," and on the morning of the 27th met with its first los,-private Simpson, of Capt. Smith's company, who was wounded in the les and t died therefrom. "Poor Simpson," wrote Lieut .- Col. Iland, " had one of his ler- shattered by a cannon ball. The director-general took it off, but the poor lad was buried this evening."
On the 5th of September, Capt. Matthew Smith's and Capt. William Hendricks companies were or- dered to parade upon the common in Cambridge, and join the detachment " to go upon command with Col. Arnold." For a full and interesting account of the hardships and sufferings of these two companies, see Judge John Joseph Heary'- narrative ( Lancaster, 1812). The-e companie- led the advance under Cap- tain (afterward Col. . Daniel Morgan, through the wil- derness of Maine. At Fort Western, on the Kenne- bec, says Henry, it was decided to df-patch an officer and seven men in advance, for the purpose of ascer- taining and marking the paths which were used by the Indians toward- the head- of the river, and ascer- tain the course of the river Chaudiere. Arnold tound it necessary to select an officer of activity and cour- age. The choice fell upon Lieut. Archibald Steele. of Smith's company, who selected as his companions Jesse Wheeler, George Merchant, and James Clifton. of Morgan's company ; and Robert Cunningham, Thomas Boyd, John Tidd, John MeKonkey, and John Joseph Henry, of Smith's company.
These companies participated in the attack on Quebec, on the morning of the 31-t of December at Palace Gate, where, as the dispatch of the day read-, " that excellent young officer, Capt. William Hen- dricks, of Pennsylvania, fell. and the rest of the com- mand, after desperate fighting, were forced to sur- render. The survivors were paroled on the 7th of August, 1776, and after being exchanged for the most part, re-entered the service, following the fortunes of the Pennsylvania Line with Gen. Wayne, down into Georgia, resisting the fearful night attack made upon Wayne's camp, near Sharon, Ga., on the 24th of Mar, 1782; entering Savannah in triumph with him on the 11th of July ; Charle-ton on the 14th of Decem- ber. 1782, and only returning in the month of July, 1783, when the last of the Pennsylvania troops em- barked at James Island, S. C., on board of transports for Philadelphia.
Roll of Cupt. Matthew Smith's Company.
[Capt. Smith was allowed a bounty of one dollar each for eighty men enlisted. Henry states that sixty- five of their number reached the Plain- of Abraham in November. Ot the whole company. nearly cap- turel on the 1st of January, -carcely thirty, he states, remained in prison. They arrived at New York, " pt. 11, 1776, and were exchanged, in 177>, for the St. John's prisoners, captured by Gen. Montgomery.] Captain.
First Lieutenant.
Steele, Archibald," Donegal. Steele wa- in command of Smith's company on the night of December 31-t, and lost three fingers. He returned from captivity Oct. 10, 1776.
Second Lieutenant.
Simpson, Michael, Paxtang, promoted captain First Penn'a.
Third Lieutenant.
Cross, William, Hanover ; promoted first lieutenant in Col. Moylan's cavalry, and June 3, 1777, captain in Fourth Penn'a.
Sergeants.
Dixon, Robert, West Hanover ; killed in front of Quebec, Nov. 17, 1775.
Boyd, Thomas," Derry, subsequently captain-lien- tenant First Penn'a.
Cunningham, Robert, Londonderry, died at Lancas- ter, about 1700, of disease contracted in service. Snodgrass, Joseph."
Weaver, Martin, Upper Paxtang, was a justice of the peace ; died Ang. 23, 1803.
Corporal. Harrigan, Henry.#
Drummer.
Shaffer, John," residing in Lancaster in 1809.
Privates.
Anderson, John .*
Angles, James, killed at Quebec.
Ayres, John, Upper Paxtang, returned from Boston, and not on the expedition. 3
Bell, John, died in Dauphin County, 1823.
Binnagle, Curtis, Londonderry.
Black, James, Hanover, residing in Dauphin County, 1825.
Black, John, Upper Paxtang.
Boilinger, Emanuel," Paxtang.
Boyd, Hugh."
Brandon, James, left siek at Cambridge.
Campbell, Patrick. *
Carbach, Peter, Paxtang, wounded ; after his return, enlisted in Capt. J. P. Schott's company.
Carbach, Samuel.#
Cavenough, Edward, residing in Cumberland County, 1835, aged 81.
Chancellor, Robert, left sick at Cambridge.
Connor, Timothy,* Bethel.
Crain, Daniel .*
Dixon, John.
Dixon, Richard, of Dixon's Ford.
Dougherty, James, Londonderry, subsequently eu- li-ted in Twelfth Penn'a.
Elliott. Alexander, killed at Quebec.
Feely. Timothy, Dixon's Ford.
Frepatrick. Makei.
Fraley, Francis, left sick at Cambridge.
Gritiith, John, Harris' Ferry, left sick at Cambridge.
Smith, Matthew, Pastang.
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Guun, Thomas.
Harris, John, son of John, Founder of Harrisburg, killed at Quebec. Ileury, John Joseph, volunteer. Higgins, Joseph."
Hoffman, Daniel, left sick at Cambridge.
Kennedy, John, Hanover.
Lebant, Anthony ..
MeAunaly, Heury, Londonderry. Je Carter ( Mearthur), Alexander.
MeGinnis, Owen.
MeGranagan, Charles, Londonderry.
MeKonkey, John, Hanover.
McMullan. Daniel, left -ick at Cambridge.
Marshall, Lawrence, Ilanover.
Meyer-, Conrad."
Mellen, Atchison, Paxtang.
Miller, Henry, killed at Quebec.
Miller, John,+ wounded'at Quebee.
Moore, Robert, left sick in Canada ; returned in June, 1776.
Mortworth, Ingrahart, killed at Quebec.
Nelson, Alexander, Derry, killed Jan. 1, 1776.
Newhard, Philip.
Nogel, Nicholas."
Old, James, Derry.
Pugh, Thomas.
Purree, John, left sick at Cambridge.
Randolph, William.
Reynolds, William, October 24, sent back from Wil- derness siek.
Richmond, Robert .*
Rowland, Thomas.
Ryan, John, Derry.
Sheaf, Michael."
Silbourne, Thomas,# wounded at Quebec.
Simpson, William, Paxtang, woumled Aug. 27. 1775, in front of Boston, and died a few days atter. He was a brother of Lieutenant |afterwards General) Michael Simpson, and of John Simpson, many years recorder of Northumberland County.
Smith, Samuel, died in Dauphin County, 1735. .
Sparrow, William, Derry.
Stewart, James, re-enlisted and discharged at Trenton, 1781.
Taylor, John MI., living in 1809.
Taylor, Henry, " returned Nov. 10, 1776.
Teeder, Michael, Hanover.
Todd, John, Hanover.
Thompson, Robert, subsequently in quartermaster's department. and taken prisoner in the naval ser- vice ; died in Dauphin County in J $23. Walker, Thomas .*
Wann, Michael, re-enli-ted First Penn'a, February, 1777. Warner, James, died in the Wilderness, near Chau- diere.
Weirick, Valentine, residing in Dauphin County, IS13. Wheeler, -
Wilson, James, residing in Lancaster County in 1812. Young, John Henry, enlisted in Hazen's regiment ; residing in Dauphin County, 1813.
CHAPTER XIV.
The War for Indepen tence continued -Cart. John Bustan's Company -Capt. John Murray's Company- Capt. J ho Mar-hall' - Company - Col. James Dad's Battalion, with Rolls of Captains & owden's, Sheter .. Murray's, Bell's, Manning's, Findley's, Reed's, and Deibler's Companies.
IN the Second Pennsylvania Battalion, Col. Ar- thur St. Clair, recruited in January, 1776, was Capt John Brisban's company, the roll of which is here given :
Roll of Capt. Brisban's Company. Captain.
Brisban, John, commissioned Jan. 5, 1776; furloughed by Gen. Gates from Nov. 25, 1776; captain in Third Penn'a; died March 13, 1822, aged ninety-one: buried in Paxtang graveyard, near Ilarrisburg, Penn'a.
First Lieutenant.
Gross, John, commissioned Jan. 5, 1776.
Strond Lieutenants.
Seitz, Charles, commissioned Jan. 5, 1776. Chambers, William, commissioned Jan. 5, 1776; re- signed July 5, 1776.
Ensigns.
Evans, John, commissioned Jan. 5, 1776; died June 20, 1776.
Ross, George, commissioned July 4, 1776: promoted lieutenant of marines.
Sergeants.
Gowmie, Joseph.
Hagan, James.
Bloom, Daniel, subsequently lieutenant in Capt. Bloom's company, at Red Bank, in 1777, etc. ; died May 29, 1819, in Bedford County.
Biggs, Joseph.
Bartholomew, Benjamin.
Corporals.
Bradley, William, of Dauphin County ; died at Ticon- deroga, on the march to Canada.
Carman, William. Evans, Evan.
Peacock, William. Whitman, Virich.
Drummer. Joseph Hall.
Fijer. Charles Haney
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Privates.
Adams, Joseph. Allen, Thomas.
Jones, Thomas. MeEnally, Patrick.
Washington, William.
Sergeants.
Kennedy, James, died Sept. 29. 1776.
Lusk, Patrick, wounded in right wrist at Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777.
Parks. John.
McComb, Thomas.
Drummer.
Byers, Jacob.
McMahan, Barnabas.
Campbell. George.
Me Mahan, Constan -.
Fifer.
C'or-in, Benjamin. Cormen, Samuel.
MoPick. James.
('raiger, John.
Merede, James.
Miller, Conrad.
Montgomery, James.
Baily, Thomas.
McCracken, Arthur.
Dreamer, Frederick.
Odier, Dennis.
Baker, John.
McGraw, John.
Douty, James.
Ogan, John.
Beggs, James.
Mellroy, Jaines.
Ebrem, James.
O'Neill, Henry.
Boal. Henry.
MeLain, John.
Edene, Moses.
Overholtzer, Samuel.
Boyd, John.
MeLister, James.
Farlow, Isaac.
Oxford, John.
Brown, Samuel.
McMullin, Michael.
Ferguson, Charles.
Pemperton, Christian.
Cannon, James.
Menis, John.
Freet, Adam.
Reed, Hugh.
Carney, James.
Merifield, Hiram.
Fritz, Peter.
Roadmaker, Michael.
Chambers, David.
Messer. Jolin.
Milicher, Michael.
Graham, John. fiwinn (Quinn), James. Green, John.
Hamble, Thomas.
Shortley. Ludwig.
Hamilton, Charles.
Short, Richard.
Hand, Dominick.
Sloan, John.
Haney, Charles.
Sloan, Lawrence.
Crookshanks, William.
Overhalser, Christian.
Hammond, Christopher.
Stewart. James.
Donnely, Hugh.
Peal, Henry.
Henry, Abraham.
Hozan, John.
Holmes, John.
Ilughes, Richard.
Weaver, Anthony.
Ilulet, William (lost an
Wier. Daniel.
eye in action ). Wilhelm. Adam.
In the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion, Col. Samuel Miles, the following company, raised in Upper Pax- tang, served during the year 1776 :
Roll of Capt. John Murray's Company. Captain.
Murray, John, from Paxtang township, now Dauphin County ; commissioned March 7, 1776 : promoted major State regiment, March 18, 1777.
First Lieutenant.
stoner. John, commissioned March 15, 1776 ; pro- moter captain Tenth Penn'a.
Second Lieutenant. Hamilton. James, commissioned March 16, 1776.
Thiel Lieutenant.
Taylor, Charles, commissioned March 10, 1776 ; killed a Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776.
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Dudgeon, Thomas, miss- ing since the battle, Aug. 27, 1776.
since the battle, Aug. 27, 1776. Porter, George.
Earls, Williani.
Eldridge, Thomas.
Pursel, John.
Finley, James.
Quigle, Philip.
Fulton, Samuel.
Reist, Frederick, enlisted April. 1776 ; resided in Halifax in 1814.
Gallaway, John, missing since the battle, Ang. 27, 1776. Gibbons, Patrick.
Rice, Peter. Richards, Patrick.
Gilmore, John.
Graham, Daniel.
Graham, George.
Johnston, William.
Jury, Abraham. Kennedy, William.
1814. Ridle, William. Robin-on, John. Scouten, Theodorus.
Laferty, Daniel. Lindsay, Mungo, pro- moted corporal in Capt.
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