GENERAL ORDERS. HEAD-QUARTERS, BOSTON, JUNE 6, 1794. BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS, OF THE 9TH MAY LAST, A DETACHMENT OF 80,000 MEN, INCLUDING OFFICERS, IS DIRECTED TO BE MADE, FROM THE MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE COMPLETELY ARMED AND EQUIPPED ACCORDING TO LAW, AND HELD IN READINESS TO MARCH AT A MINUTES WARNING. . .
[Boston: Adams and Larkin, 1794]. 3, [1 blank] pp. Single sheet. folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2." Printed on first 3 pages, final page blank. A few small pinholes, affecting a letter or two; and a few short chips and tears on the final blank. Good plus.
The document is signed in type "By Order of the COMMANDER IN CHIEF, WILLIAM DONNISON, Adjutant-General."
This rare military order establishes the formation of nine Divisions, each division with two Brigades. The Order creates a chain of command, each Division having a Major-General with "two Aid de Camps, and 1 Deputy - Adjutant - General." Other Officers for each Brigade, Regiment, and Battalion are established.
Donnison urges "the necessity of being armed and equipped, as the law directs : And although the Militia in general are well supplied, yet there being some deficiencies, he has every reason to believe that extraordinary exertions will be used, not only to equip the detachment required, but to supply the deficiency of arms in the whole Militia of the Commonwealth."
Evans 27287. ESTC W34224 records locations only at AAS [two copies], the Library Company, and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Item #41684
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