76   Records of Maryland Troops in the Continental Service



                            MUSTERS OF MARYLAND TROOPS.

                                 "MARYLAND LINE."



                RESOLVES OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. 16 SEPTEMBER. 1776.

                   "Resolved, That 88 battalions be inlisted as soon as possible, to
                serve during the present war, and that each state furnish their respec.
                tive quotas in the following proportions               Maryland
                8 battalions."

                 RESOLVES OF MARYLAND CONVENTION, 9 OCTOBER, 1776.

                   "Resolved, That the 8 battalions required by congress to be raised
                by this state, exceeds its just quota         That this state, desirous
                of exerting the most strenuous efforts to support the liberties and inde
                pendence of the United States, will therefore use its utmost endeavours
                to raise the 8 battalions required, (including the troops already raised
                and in the service of the United States), as soon as possible.
                   That four commissioners be appointed to repair to the camps in the
                Jerseys and New York, and there obtain a list of such of the officers in
                the regular troops and flying camp from this state, now in the service
                of the United States, as are willing to engage in the service during the
                war; and also to enlist or cause to be enlisted all or every of the said
                regular troops or flying camp militia in the service of the United States
                during the war, continuing the regular battalion and forming the inde
                pendent companies into a battalion, and filling both up according to the
                continental establishment; and the said commissioners, or any three of
                them, may also fill up such of the blank commissions sent to this con
                vention by congress, as may be immediately necessary for the officering
                of the said corps; but in filling up the said commissions they are re
                quired not to introduce into the corps of the now regulars, any officer
                other than such as are of those regulars, nor into the corps which may
                be formed of the flying camp militia, any officer not now an officer in
                the said regulars or flying camp."

                RESOLVES OF MARYLAND CONVENTION, 11 NOVEMBER, 1776.

                   "Resolved, That this Convention adjourn . . . . And that the
                said Council of Safety be and are fully empowered to take and pursue
                all measures that they shall think necessary or proper for raising, corn-