FOR the Encouragement of those that shall Inlist in the Continental ArmysThe CONGRESS in their Resolves of September 16th, 18th, 19th, October 8th, and November 12th, 1776, Engage,
THAT Twenty Dollars be given as a Bounty to each Non-Commissioned Officer and Private Soldier who shall Inlist to serve for the Term of Three Years.
That each Non-Commi [...]oned Officer and private Soldier shall annually receive a Suit of Cloaths, [...] con [...] for the present Year, of Two Linnen Hun [...]ing Shirts, Two Pair of Over [...] a Leathern or Woolen Waistcoat with Sleeves, One Pair of Breeches, a H [...] or Leather Cap, Two Shirts, Two Pair of Hose, and Two Pair of Shoes, amounting in the whole to the Value of Twenty Dollars, or that Sum to be paid to each Soldier who shall procure those Articles for himself, and produces a Certificate thereof from the Captain of the Company to which he belongs, to the Pay-Master of the Regiment.
That each Non-Commissioned Officer and private Soldier who shall Inlist and engage to continue in the Service to the Close of the War, or until discharged by CONGRESS, shall receive in Addition to the above Encouragement, ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND, and if any are Slain by the Enemy, the Representatives of such Soldiers shall be intitled to the aforesaid Hundred Acres of Land.
And for their further Encouragement, the State of Massachusetts-Bay, has, by a Resolve of November 29 last, engaged,
That each Non-Commissioned Officer and private Soldier who shall Inlist into the Continental Army, either during the War, or for the Term of Three Years, as Part of the Quota of Men assigned this State, the Sum of Twenty Pounds on his passing Muster, the said Twenty Pounds to be paid in Treasurer's Notes of Ten Pounds each, payable to the Possessor in Four Years, with Interest to be paid annually, at the Rate of Six per Cent.
In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 4. 1776.
THE foregoing Extracts were Read and Ordered to be Printed.