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Thursday, October 12, 1775.
The Congress taking into consideration the Report of the Committee respecting the Billeting Soldiers, &c˙,
Resolved, That each Captain and other Commissioned Officer, while in the recruiting service of this Continent, or on their march to join the Army, shall be allowed two Dollars and two-thirds of a Dollar per week, for their Subsistence; and that the men who enlist shall each of them, whilst in quarters, be allowed one Dollar per week,
Resolved, That the President transmit to the Convention of New-Jersey blank Commissions, to be filled up by the said Convention, to the Captains and Subaltern Officers in the two Battalions to he raised in that Colony; and that the appointment of the Field-Officers be for the present suspended, until the Congress shall take order on that matter.
Report on Billeting the Soldiers
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and when on their march to join the Army, one Dollar and one-third of a Dollar for the same purpose.