22 Proceedings of the Maryland Convention, 1775.

C. J.

. than to a pecuniary fine, not exceeding Ten pounds common
money, or to a public and solemn acknowledgment of the fault
of the offending Officer, or to a Suspension or loss of his
Military Commission; which sentence being transmitted to
and approved by the Council of Safety, shall be accordingly
executed.
That all Fines on Officers of inferior Rank to a Field officer
and also on non-commissioned Officers and privates shall be
to the use of the Company to which such person belongs, and
that all fines on Field Officers be to the use of the Battalion to
which they respectively belong.
That if any Company or Corps of Minute-men, or Militia
shall be called forth into actual service, the Officers and men
respectively, who shall be so called forth, whilst they are in
actual service, shall be subject and liable to the Rules and
Regulations established by the Continental Congress for the
government of the Continental Army, and shall for a month
of thirty days, and so pro rato, be entitled to and receive the
following pay to wit

A Colonel

£20

common money

A Lieutenant Colonel

16

A Major

12

A Quarter Master

7.

10

An Adjutant

7.

10

Each Captain

9-

Each Lieutenant

7.

10

Each Ensign

6.

Each Sergeant

2.

10

Each Corporal

2.

5

Each Drummer

2.

5

Each Fifer

2.

5

Each private

1.

17.6

A Surgeon

15.

Every Surgeon Assistant

7.

10