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of the Militia in at furthest by the last of July. But this you will
be pleased to observe is only my opinion upon the Subject. As the
Committee of Cooperation are yet at Morris Town, some distance
from hence, I have taken the liberty, to save time, of putting this
letter under a flying Seal to them, and have desired them, if they
coincide with me, to forward it to you, with their approbation of
the measure.

It cannot yet be determined whether the whole or any of the
Levies to compleat your Continental Battalions will be wanted to
the Southward, perhaps circumstances may require that part of
them should be sent to that quarter, and part come to this. It would
be therefore most convenient to form them into two Corps for the

present, under the care of such number of Officers as Mdjfi Gciicial

Baron de Kalb will be able to spare from the Line. The number I am
confident will be but few, as the Regiments were most of them very
deficient of Subalterns when they marched from this Army. In-
closed you will find a letter to the Baron upon the Subject.
I cannot help impressing upon you Gentlemen the indispensible
necesity of filling and forwarding the additional Battalion in the
time I have before mentioned, or of having the whole, or the
greater part of the Militia required, ready for service, in case you see
no probability of compleating the Battalion as twenty five hundred
Militia from your State we by our Estimates, deemed essential to
the cooperation you will easily perceive that so great a diminution
of force, alto the composition will be better, must be attended with
many inconveniences. The compleating your Continental Battal-
ions is a matter of equal importance.
Give me leave Gentlemen, to present through you, my warmest
acknowledgments to both your Houses for their ready attention
to and compliance with the several requisitions, more especially
of provisions, which I have lately been under the necessity of mak-
ing from them: And from the tenor of the letter which I have now
the honor of answering. I am confident that no means will be left
untried to furnish the men in question, either upon a permanent
establishment, or if that cannot be done in a reasonable time, for
a temporary service
I have the Honor to be with the most perfect Respect Gentlemen
Your most ob^t and most h^ble Serv^t G^o Washington

June 29
Red Book
No. 27
Letter
No. 26

[John Carlile, Capt.; Michael Gilbert, Capt.; John Hughes, Capt. ;
Joseph Lewis, Lt; Camp New Jersey to Gov. Lee]

Sir We did ourselves the Honor of addressing your Excellency
some time last winter on the Subject of our necessities. We were
induced to believe that our grievances would soon be redressed
from a Resolve of your Assembly which passed soon after enabling
you to afford us the same supplies as were allowed the troops serv-