The Lower House. 49

Whereas there will be wanting a Considerable Number of Men
to make up the Designed Complements of the Said four Regiments,
it his Majestys pleasure that you Should be taking the previous Steps
towards Contributing as far as you can, to have about 3000. Men
in Readiness to be Enlisted, and it is his Majestys Intention that
a General Officer of Rank and Capacity to be appointed to Com-
mand in chief all the Kings Forces in North America a Deputy
Quarter Master General and a Commissary of the Musters shall set
out as soon as Conveniently may be. in order to prepare Every
thing for the Arrival of the Forces above-Mentioned from Europe,
and for the Raising of the others in America. You will receive
from that General and the other Officers Just Mentioned a full
and Exact Account of the Arms, Cloathing and other Necessarys
to be sent upon this important Occasion, as Likewise of the Ordi-
nance Stores, and of the Officers and Attendance Belonging thereto
all which being ordered for this Service are Such proofs of his
Majestys Regard for the Security and Welfare of his Subjects in
those Parts as cannot fail to Excite you to Exert Yourself and
those under your Care to take the most Vigorous Steps to Repel
your Common Dangers, and to shew that the Kings Orders which
were sent you Last Year by the Earle of Holdernesse and were
Renewed to you in my Letter of the 5^th July have at last Rouzed
that Emulation and spirit which Every Man owes at this time to
his Majesty, the publick and himself. The King will not therefore
Imagine, that Either you or the Rest of his Governors will suffer
the Least Neglect, or Delay, in the performance of the present service,
now strongly Recommended to you, particularly with Regard to the
following Points. Viz^t That you should Carefully provide a suf-
ficient Quantity of fresh Victuals at the Expence of your Govern-
ment to be Ready for the use of the Troops at their Arrival that
you should likewise furnish the Officers who may have Occasion
to go from place to place with all Necessarys for travelling by

L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
February 22

Land, in Case there are no Means of going by Sea; and that you
should use Your utmost Diligence And Authority in procuring an
Exact observance of Such Orders as shall be Issued from time to
time, by the Commander in Chief for Quartering the Troops, im-
pressing Carriages and providing all Necessarys for such Force as
shall arrive or be Raised within Your Government; as the Articles
above Mentioned are of a Local and Peculiar Nature & arising
Entirely within Your Government, it is almost Needless for me to
acquaint you, that his Majesty will Expect that the Charges thereof
be Defrayed by his Subjects Belonging to the same, but with Regard
to such other Articles which are of a More General Concern, it
is the Kings pleasure that the same Should be Supplied by a Com-
mon Fund, to be Establish'd for the Benefit of all the Colonies,
Collectively, in North America, for which Purpose, you will use

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