[Annapolis] Sunday 14th January 1776.
[Resolved, That one battalion of regular troops, to be compose of] one Colonel, one Lieute[nant-colonel, two] majors ー one Adjutant, one Quarter-Master, and nine Companies, one of which, of Light Infantry, and also seven Independent Companies of regular Troops, two Companys of Artillery; and one Company of Marines, be immediately raised, and paid, and supported, at the Expence of this Province, for the Defence of the liberties thereof...
That the Pay of the said... Marines, by the Kalender Month be, as follows.
| [torn] |
[Dollars] |
| Every Drummer and Fifer |
6 |
| Surgeon |
40 |
| Surgeon's Mates each |
20 |
| Chaplain |
20 |
| Every Private |
5⅓ |
| That the Pay of the said Artillery Companies, by the Kalender-Month, be, as follows. |
| |
Dollars |
| Each Captain |
26⅔ |
| Every Lieutenant |
18⅓ |
| Every Sergeant |
6⅔ |
| Every Corporal |
6 |
That the Pay of the Officers, Seamen and others (except the Marines) in the Pay of this Province, in the Marine-Service by the Kalendar Month, be regulated by the Council of Safety ー
That the Allowance to the Officers and Men employed in the Marine Service, be such as may be hereafter settled by [the Council of Safety.]
[That Charles Wallace, Esquire, be paymaster of all the land forces and marines when in land service, raised or to be raised in this province in the pay thereof, and shall be entitled to the pay of forty dollars per kalendar month....
That all non-commissioned seamen and landsmen, retained in the pay of this province, for the naval service, shall be entered by their voluntarily subscribing the following engagement, to wit. "We whose names are subscribed, do voluntarily enter ourselves as seamen, or landsmen, as the case may be, in the naval service of the province of Maryland, for the full term of six months next following, unless sooner discharged by order of the convention or Council of Safety of Maryland, or by the captain or other chief officer of the ship or vessel in which we may be employed; hereby subjecting ourselves to such rules and regulations as are or shall be made by the Convention of this province, for regulating and governing the forces in the pay thereof. Witness our hands the dates affixed to our names respectively."
That one month's pay be advanced to each person who shall be so inlisted or entered as aforesaid, and that over and above the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the battalion, independent companies, and companies of artillery and marines, each of them be yearly found and allowed, at the expence of this province, a new hat, short coat, waistcoat, pair of breeches, and hunting-shirt; out of their pay there may be reasonable stoppages for necessary shirts, shoes, and stockings.
That the uniform of the land forces and marines be hunting-shirts; the hunting-shirts of the marines be blue, and those of the land forces to be other colours.]
