254 Journal and Correspondence

C. S. J.

Commissions issued to James Bordley appointed Cap^t John
Kent 1 Lieut. James Earle 2^d L^t and Nathan Browne Ensign
of a Company of Militia in said County.
Also to Nathaniel Wright appointed Cap^t George Hanson
1 L^t Thomas Emory 2^d L^t and Peter Ritch Ensign of a Com-
pany of Militia in said County.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
John Nichols five Pounds Currency for 2 1/2 Days Waggon Hire.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to Lieutenant John
Steward two hundred Pounds Currency on Account of Capt.
Thorne Company.
The Thanks of the Council were sent to the several Briga-
diers General respectively (Vid: N^o 61)
Resolved, That
As Exigencies may some time require that the Militia should
be called into service before it can be convenient for the Brig-
adier General of the Upper District of the Eastern Shore to
receive particular Orders from the Council of Safety, and as
no Field-Officers have been appointed to the Command of the
several Battalions of Militia in Kent County it is recommended
that the Committee of Observation for said County until
Field-Officers be appointed for the same, direct and regulate
the Operations of the Militia of the said County in repelling
any sudden Attack or Invasion, where Circumstances will not
admit of their applying to the Council of Safety, or Brigadier
General of the Upper District of the Eastern-shore, as they
shall think most proper for the Defence of the said County.
But it is required that neither the said Brigadier General, or
the said Committee proceed to act without receiving their
Orders from the Council of Safety, or the said Committee
without having their Instructions from the Council or the said
Brigadier, where the Circumstances of the Case will admit an
Application for such Orders or Instructions without hazarding
the public Safety; and that in all Instances, where the said
Brigadier shall act without particular [Instructions, that he
immediately convey] Intelligence of the Cause and Manner of
their Proceedings to the Council and where the said Com-
mittee act without applying to the Council or the said Briga-
dier, that they also communicate with the utmost Dispatch, the
Cause and Manner of their Proceedings to the Council as well
as to the said Brigadier, where it may be conveniently done And
the Militia of the said County are required to obey all such
Orders as shall be made by the said Brigadier or the said
Committee in Pursuance of this Resolve.
Copy of Letter N^o 62 was sent to the Deputies in Congress.
The Gentlemen appointed the 2 1^st of January last to make a
Chart of the Land, and Water at the Mouth of this River