[Resolved] That there be Six 18 pound Gun Carriages made for the use of the Battery at Fort Island,

That Capt. Procter [Thomas Proctor] have the use of as many Firelocks as he may have occasion for, and a 6 pound Canon to exercise the Men under his Command, and that Robert Towers be directed to deliver the same.

That Commodore [Andrew] Caldwell & Capt. Procter fix upon proper Signals for the Fleet, Merchantmen & Battery, and that the same be communicated to the Pilots employed in Navigating Vessels through the Chevaux de Frize.

That Capt. Proctor procure a Flagg Staff for the Fort, with a Flagg of the United Colonies.

That Robert Towers put up 50 Rounds of Cartridge, with different kinds of Shot, for each of the six 18 pound Canon on the Battery at Fort Island.

That Mr. Owen Biddle & Capt. [Robert] Whyte, order a Smith's Shop and Forge to be erected on Fort Island, and to furnish the same with proper Smith's tools.

Resolved, That Jeremiah Simmons, now a Lieut. on board one of the armed Boats,
² be appointed 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Procter's Company of Artillery.