An estimate of the Sum supposed to be necessary to pay the Militia that have been, & now are, in Service. It is supposed that each Man will be five Months from the day He is drafted to the day He returns Home:
Balance due Genl. Ashe's Brigade |
£25,000 |
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Do. due Genl. Butler's Brigade |
25,000 |
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General Lillington's Brigade—suppose it to consist of |
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1,500 privates. |
150,000 |
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30 Ensigns |
10,500 |
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30 Lieutenants. |
11,400 |
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30 Captains |
19,200 |
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2 Majors. |
1,740 |
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2 Lieut. Colonels. |
2,140 |
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2 Colonels |
2,760 |
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Brigadiers. |
750 |
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The Staff & Waggonage |
25,000 |
223,490 |
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Gen. Caswell's Brigade—suppose it to consist of |
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1,250 Privates. |
125,000 |
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25 Ensigns |
8,750 |
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25 Lieutenants |
9,500 |
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25 Captains |
16,000 |
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2 Majors. |
1,740 |
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2 Lieut. Colonels. |
2,140 |
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2 Colonels |
2,760 |
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Brigadiers |
750 |
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The Staff and Waggonage. |
20,000 |
186,640 |
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£460,130 |
By a return from B. G. Wm. Caswell, dated Lanier's (?), Friday, 2d May, 1780, it appears there are: