Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 213

Orders from his principal secretary of State that I should
supply the Provincial Troops detached from Pensilvania,
Virginia, and North Carolina to South Carolina but that the
Provincial Troops who remain and are employed for the
Defence of their respective Provinces should be entirely sup-
ported and maintained by the Provinces by whom they are
raised. As the Plan we had settled before the Arrival of his
Majesty's Orders by his principal Secretary of State, I hope
if punctually and speedily executed on your Part will prevent
any immediate Danger, I must recommend it to you in the
most earnest Manner that you will immediately in Conse-
quence of his Majesty's Orders signified to you set about
raising and getting in Readiness, a considerable Force to be
ready to join and support the Troops already agreed upon to
be raised for the public Service.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

And that you will in the mean time give Orders that the
Militia of your province should be properly armed and fur-
nished with Ammunition, and have a standing Order to
march to the Aid and Assistance of the Forces already ap-
pointed on the Requisition of the Commander of them, and
that this Order should be more particularly given and enforced
in such Parts of your Province as are most nearly situated
to those Forces or the Passes through which the Enemy can
enter without waiting for any further Orders from you:
From your Zeal for the Public Service I cannot doubt of your
complying with this Recommendation, and hope if the neces-
sary Orders are given, and strictly obeyed by them to receive
the same Benefit from your Militia that we did lately on the
Enemy's Attempt on Fort William Henry from the Militia
in the upper parts of this Country. I shall send a Copy of
this to Col^o Stanwix, to whom by Philadelphia I desire you
will communicate the Orders you give, and to whom, that he
may know what Officers of your Militia to call upon on any
Emergency, and that you will likewise transmit a Copy to me
at New York.
I am with great Regard Sir
Your most obed^t hble Serv^t
Loudoun

It is the Opinion and Advice of this Board to his Excel-
lency that as the Assembly is but just prorogued it would not
be of any Service to call them together again immediately
but that the following Proclamation should issue, and that
Letters be sent to the Colonels of Frederick & Baltimore
Counties.

p. 182