Post by steve stanley on Sept 7, 2008 18:30:45 GMT 1
Interesting order for drafts from the Militia to Provincial regiments..
"For as much as a great number of men who shall enlist, or be engaged in the forces in the pay of this province, will be possessed of good arms of their own, which it is apprehended they will prefer to those furnished by the Crown, not only from their being much lighter, but as from their being accustomed to them, they will be much surer of their Mark with those, than with Arms they never handled before;....And as a powder horn, shot bag with a case for the lock are thought more proper for the present service than the common accouterments, the Men are also to come provided therewith." - Governor James DeLancey, April 8, 1758
Steve
"For as much as a great number of men who shall enlist, or be engaged in the forces in the pay of this province, will be possessed of good arms of their own, which it is apprehended they will prefer to those furnished by the Crown, not only from their being much lighter, but as from their being accustomed to them, they will be much surer of their Mark with those, than with Arms they never handled before;....And as a powder horn, shot bag with a case for the lock are thought more proper for the present service than the common accouterments, the Men are also to come provided therewith." - Governor James DeLancey, April 8, 1758
Steve