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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 --MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1781
On a report from the secretary at war, to whom was referred a petition of Captain Adrian Provaux,
Resolved, That Captain Adrian Provaux, of the 2d South Carolina regiment, have a furlough for five months, for the
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purpose of settling the affairs of his deceased father at Cape François.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 149, I, folio 31.]
On a report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell, Mr. [Samuel John] Atlee, Mr. [Edmund] Randolph and Mr. [Nicholas] Eveleigh, appointed to report the number of men necessary to be raised for the ensuing year, and to whom sundry other matters were referred:
The Committee to whom were referred the affairs of the Army submit the following report:
Resolved, That the legislature of each State raise, at the expence thereof, in the first instance, to be reimbursed by the United States, so many men as may be necessary to complete the quota assigned to such State, ont of the number of land forces agreed upon in the resolution of the 3d and 21 days of October, 1780, calculating the deficiency upon the number of men whose time of service will expire on or before the first day of March, 1782.
Resolved, That the legislature of each State be called upon, in the most pressing manner, to cause the quota thereof of land forces, to be compleated and in the field by the first day of March next, and to provide for replacing those men whose time of service shall expire between the said first day of March, 1782, and the last day of November in the said year.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislature of each State, to fill up the quota thereof of land forces by inlistments for three years, or during the war.
Resolved, That such states as now have any non-commissioned officers or privates in any of the regiments of cavalry, legionary corps, artillery, or Hazen's regiment, be credited in their quotas for such men, according to the numbers, from time to time; for which purpose the Commander in Chief is hereby directed to specify such non-commissioned officers
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and privates to the states to which they formerly belonged, in the returns which he shall make to the states, and in his annual return to Congress.
Resolved, That the Commander in Chief cause returns to be made as speedily as possible, to the legislature of each State, as well of the number of men whose time of service expire before the first day of March, 1782, as of those whose time of service will expire on or before the last day of November in the year aforesaid.
Resolved, That as soon as the number of white inhabitants in each state shall be ascertained the requisitions hereinafter made shall be liquidated and adjusted in that proportion: and every state furnishing more than its quota according to such liquidation and adjustment, shall be credited, or furnishing less shall be charged therewith.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Daniel Carroll, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 21, folio 263.]
The Committee to whom was referred a letter of the 6th. instant from the Secretary at War report:
That it be earnestly recommended to the executive authority of the States of Virginia and Maryland respectively to furnish such number of Men and Teams as the Secretary at War shall think necessary to guard and remove prisoners of War from Winchester to Fredericktown and from thence to Lancaster and to guard such prisoners of War as shall remain at Winchester and Fredericktown. This guard to serve until they are relieved by a detachment from the Continental Army or troops raised specially for that purpose, and that the Secretary at War take measure accordingly.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Ezekiel Cornell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 27, folio 147; it was read on this day, as the indorsement shows.]
The Committee of the Week report,
That the letter of Captain T. B. Hugon and the letter and memorial of Lieutenant Colonel T. Woolford and others, all officers of the Maryland and Virginia Lines be referred to the Secretary at War.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, in the writing of William Churchill Houston, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 291. It was agreed to on this day, as the indorsement shows. Hugon's letter is in No. 78, XII, folio 201. The memorial of the officers of the Maryland and Virginia Lines is in No. 41, VII, folio 302, and the letter transmitting it, on folio 300.
Also on this day was read a letter from Eben Hazard, dated December 10; it is in No. 61, folio 83.]
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