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INSTRUCTIONS

For the Captains of Militia when His Majeſty’s Forces are upon the March, or go into Quarters in the different Pariſhes.

I. THE Quarters of the Troops will be fixed by the Captains of the Militia for Officers and Soldiers, in ſuch a manner as to facilitate the March of the Troops, and the Eaſe of the Inhabitants.

II. The Quarters, once ſettled, ſhall not be changed, without the Knowledge of the Captains of Militia.

III. The Carriages of Proviſions, Ammunition, and other King’s Stores, ſhall be paid at the Rate of Seven-pence half-penny Currency per League in ready Money, and that from the Spot where the Loading has been taken in to the place where it is laid down.

IV. When the Troops march, the Officer commanding a Regiment or Battalion, may require two Carriages for himfelf, two for the Staff, and four for each Company, which ſhall be paid at the above-mentioned Rate ; if more are demanded, they arc to be furniſhed, on paying for this ſurpluſage of Carriages at the Rate of One Shilling Currency per League.

V. Theſe Carriages are to carry from Four Hundred and Fifty to Six Hundred weight each, if the ſtate of the Roads allows thereof.

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