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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1776
A letter of the [12] from B. Harrison,1 secretary to General Washington, was received and read.2
[Note 1: 1 Robert Hanson Harrison is intended.]
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, II, folio 547.]
Four French officers, who arrived in theReprisal, Captain Weeks [Wickes], being recommended to Congress,
Resolved, That they be referred to the Board of War.
The Board of War brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the officers of militia, when on their march, and while in service, be allowed rations like the officers in the continental establishment, without any allowance of mileage:
That the commander in chief in the northern army be directed to erect barracks, and other accommodations, in the most convenient places in that department, and provide magazines of straw, fuel, and other necessaries for winter-quarters, for such number of troops as he shall think proper:
That General Schuyler be informed that his letter of the 16th ult., was duly received, and referred to the committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the miscarriages in Canada:
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That Captain Martindale and Lieutenant Turner be allowed their pay and rations to this time, and that they be referred to the Treasury Board for a settlement of their accounts:
That fifteen tons of powder, twenty thousand flints, ten tons of lead, and one hundred reams of cartridge paper, be immediately sent to General Gates, for the use of the army in the northern department:
That Brigadier General Armstrong have leave to return from South Carolina to Philadelphia:
That Deputy Commissary Livingston's resignation be accepted:
That Captains Wait Hopkins and Gideon Brownson be referred to the commissioners appointed to audit accounts in the northern department, for a settlement of their accounts:
That all continental troops and militia, going home from service, restore all continental arms and other property, and also all ammunition remaining in their possession, at the time of their being about to return. Their pay to be withheld unless they produce certificates from the commissary of stores, or quarter master general, or their deputies in the department where such continental troops or militia shall serve. And, if any continental property, or ammunition be carried away by the militia, before this resolve, stoppages to be made from such as have not received their pay, and that measures be taken with those who have been paid by the councils of safety, or legislatures of each state, for the restoration of such continental property and ammunition.1
[Note 1: 1 Printed in thePennsylvania Gazette, 25 September, 1776.]
A memorial from Jonathan Glover was laid before Congress, and read.
Resolved, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.
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A letter of the 9th, from General Lee to the Board of War, was laid before Congress and read.
A petition from Captains Joseph Gardner, James M'Dowell, John M'Dowell, Samuel Evans, Ephraim Blackburn, and Stephen Cochran, was laid before Congress, and read.
Resolved, That 25,000 dollars be advanced to the state of Maryland, which is to be accountable for the same.
The committees of Westmoreland and Bedford, having, in pursuance of the resolution of Congress of the 15 July, recommended Van Swearingan, Moses Carson, Samuel Miller, James Piggot, Wendal Oury, David Killgore, Eliezer Miers, and Andrew Mann, for captains in the regiment commanded by Colonel M'Coy [Mackey]; and
Robert Mosley 1st lieutenant, William Thompson 2d lieutenant and Benjamin Neely ensign in Captain Van Swearingan's company.
John Findly 1st lieut: Alexander Sumrall 2 lieutenant and Joseph Kerr ensign in Captain Carson's company.
Matthew Jack 1st lieutenant, James Guthry 2d lieut: and John Simms ensign in Captain Miller's company.
Ezekiel Hickman 1st lieut: Philip Rodgers 2d lieut and David Wherry ensign in Captain Piggot's company.
Richard Carson 1st lieut, Samuel Smith 2d lieut. and Devalt Mecklin ensign in Capt: Oury's company.
William McGeary 1st lieut, William Mountz 2d lieut and Fealty [Valentine] Weaver ensign in Captain Kilgore's company.
James McDowel 1st lieut, James Beeler junr 2 lieut: and John Read ensign in Captain Miers' company.
Thomas Cook first lieut, John Crawford 2d lieut, and Aquilla White ensign in Captain Man's company.
Resolved, That they be accepted, and that commissions be granted to them accordingly.
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Whereas the delegates of South Carolina have represented, that, by an arrangement made by Congress, on the 18th day of June last, the regiment of artillery and two regiments of rifflemen, raised in that province, will obtain precedency over a regiment of rangers, though the latter was raised before either of the former, which may be attended with consequences extremely prejudicial to the service: therefore,
Resolved, That the said regiment of rangers, commanded by Colonel William Thompson, do still keep the same station it had in the provincial arrangement, and be entitled to rank in the same way as other regiments in the continental service.
The order of the day, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.1
[Note 1: 1 A petition from the second lieutenants of the first Virginia regiment is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, IV, folio 92. It is indorsed as having been read September 14, 1776, and referred to the Board of War. There are no signatures.]
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