hospitals, and surgeons of regiments, for which they shall severally be charged at the standard value ascertained by the board as aforesaid, and for all they may hereafter receive, but to account for deficiencies at the real value, to be estimated as aforesaid.

The apothecary shall be accountable for all articles in his department to the purveyor throughout the states, until they come into the hands of the prescribers. And all deputies, assistants, and mates, shall make returns, and be accountable to the apothecary for the medicines, instruments and other property belonging to the public in the department, now in their hands, and of such as they may hereafter be possessed of.

The apothecary shall make up his accounts at the expiration of every year, and settle them as soon after as possible, and before the expiration of six months. He shall, at the same time, make out two returns for the director of the hospital, one specifying what has been received and issued, and the amount of what remains on hand; the other exhibiting a particular amount of the value of the medicines, and other public property, each prescriber has received within the year.

All losses which may happen by the events of war, and other circumstances unavoidable, shall be borne by the public. In cases of losses by fraud or neglect in any deputy, assistant or mate, the apothecary shall not be accountable for such losses, provided the delinquent be convicted thereof before a courtmartial appointed to try the same.

The hospital prescribers shall be supplied, upon their own application, with medicines and instruments necessary for the sick and wounded under their

care.

Every regimental-surgeon shall receive yearly from the apothecary, a supply of medicines to such amount, by the above standard, as the medical board shall judge necessary.

Every prescribing surgeon or physician, either in hospital or with the army, shall be supplied by the apothecary with such a set of capital instruments as the medical board shall judge necessary, and shall be accountable for all losses in medicines and instruments not arising from the events of war, and other circumstances unavoidable. Duplicates of all returns made by the apothecary to the director, shall be lodged in the war office.

Resolved, That in the army of the United States, excepting the southern army, at present under the command of major-general Greene, the offices of assistant purveyor, and assistant apothecary, and the store-keepers under the purveyor and apothecary, except one store-keeper under the purveyor to keep a store near the army, and all the clerks, except two to the purveyor, shall

hereafter be discontinued.

That all surgeons of the hospital shall take rank after the director of the hospital, deputy director and physician to the army, in the following order, viz. those surgeons of the hospital, who have been either deputy director, physiciangeneral, surgeon-general, chief physician, or chief surgeon to the hospital or army, shall take rank next to the above mentioned officers: and their relative rank to each other shall be according to the date of their respective appointments to either of the above offices.

That all such as were regimental surgeons, when appointed senior physician, or surgeon to the hospital, shall take rank with such senior physicians and surgeons, agreeably to the date of their first appointment, whether to the regiment or hospital.

All surgeons, the date of whose first appointments, either to regiments or hospitals, shall have been on the same day, shall decide their rank by lot.

That for the more convenient subsistence of the officers of the hospital department, they be allowed, including their former allowance of rations and forage as follows:

The director of the hospital, four rations a day for himself and servants, forage for two horses, and 25 dollars per month subsistence.

The deputy director and physician, each three rations a day for himself and servants, forage for two horses, and 20 dollars per month subsistence.

Hospital surgeons, each two rations per day, for himself and servant, forage for two horses, and 15 dollars per month subsistence.

Deputy purveyor and deputy apothecary, each one ration per day, forage for one horse, and 10 dollars per month subsistence.

Hospital mates, each one ration per day, and five dollars per month subsis

tence.

Stewards, each one ration per day, and five dollars per month subsistence. Ward-masters, each one ration per day, and three dollars per month sub

sistence.

That the above allowance of rations, forage, and subsistence to the officers of the hospital department, over and above what they severally were entitled to, at the time of passing this act, shall be charged to them respectively, as advances in part of their monthly pay.

That in future the pay and allowance of the purveyor and apothecary be the same each as that of a hospital surgeon.

That none of the aforesaid officers, or other persons employed in any of the hospitals, be entitled to rations, forage or subsistence, when on furlough.

That the regulation respecting officers' servants, contained in the act of Congress of the 11th of March, 1780, shall not be construed to extend to the hospital department.

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 1782.

In pursuance of the order of the 11th, the agent of marine transmitted to Congress a copy of the last instructions given to captain Harding of the Confederacy, by the late board of admiralty.

The delegates for Virginia laid before Congress two resolutions passed by the legislature of that state, dated 28th May last; first, "that it will not be expedient to authorize Congress to alter the mode appointed by the confederation, for apportioning the quotas of the respective states, as is proposed in the act of the 20th of February, 1782; and second, for the appointment of persons to examine and state, with all possible exactness, to the next assembly, the losses and injuries sustained by that state in the course of this war, from obstructed commerce and the enemy's cruizers within the bay of Chesapeake." On a report of a committee, consisting of Mr. Cornell, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Izard, Mr. Bland and Mr. Duane, appointed to consider and report the most just and practicable means of reducing expenditures in the several departments:

Resolved, That all resolutions and appointments respecting the department of the commissary-general of prisoners be, and hereby are repealed:

That the commander in chief be, and hereby is empowered to appoint, from time to time, a commissary of prisoners, who shall be subject to his orders and instructions:

That the commanding officer of the southern army have also power to appoint, from time to time, a commissary of prisoners, who shall be subject to his orders and instructions:

That the power of negotiating the exchange of marine prisoners be henceforth vested in the agent of marine, who is hereby authorized to appoint a com missary for marine prisoners to be subject to his orders and instructions:

That the secretary at war be, and he is hereby authorized, from time to time, to appoint so many persons as he may find necessary to assist him in superintending and safe keeping all prisoners of war, reporting such appointments to Congress as soon as they shall be made:

That the secretary at war direct returns to be made once in every three

onths, (or oftener if applied for) to the commander in chief, of all land prisoners, and to the agent of marine, of all marine prisoners who shall be under his charge:

That the pay of the commissaries for the army shall be 75 dollars per month each, and they shall each be allowed two rations of provisions per day, and 12 2-3 dollars per month subsistence, and also 6 2-3 dollars per month each for a servant, for whom they shall draw from the public the clothing and ration allowed to a private soldier, together with forage for two horses each, which pay and allowances shall include what they may be entitled to from the public as officers in the army:

That the commissary to be appointed by the agent of marine, shall receive in full for his services, including any pay or allowances that he may be entitled to as an officer of the United States, the sum of 1200 dollars per annum :

That the allowance of pay and rations to the persons to be appointed by the secretary at war, to assist him in superintending and safe keeping prisoners of war, shall not exceed 40 dollars per month, and four rations per day, or subsistence equivalent, including what they may be entitled to as officers of the

army.

On another report of the above mentioned committee,

Resolved, That the act of Congress of the 11th day of February, 1778, and all subsequent resolutions, so far as they respect the department of the commissary-general of military stores, be and they are are hereby repealed.

Resolved, That the secretary at war be, and he is hereby, empowered to appoint, from time to time, a commissary of military stores, who shall be subject to his orders and instructions, and shall receive a salary of 1000 dollars per annum : That the secretary at war be further empowered to appoint, from time to time, so many officers, to be taken from the officers of the army, if agreeable to them, as he may find necessary to superintend the business in that department.

THURSDAY, July 25, 1782.

On motion of Mr. Lee, seconded by Mr. Clark,

Resolved, That the post-master general be, and he is hereby, directed to use his discretion in so varying the time of setting out of the post-riders and their routes, from time to time, as to elude the attempts of the enemy to take the mail.

On motion of Mr. Lee, seconded by Mr. Osgood,

Ordered, That the report of the superintendent of finance, stating the application of the moneys of the United States in France, be referred to a committee to be examined and reported on:

Ordered, That the instructions given to capt. Harding, of the Confederacy, by the late board of admiralty, be referred to the same committee.

Ordered, That Tuesday next be assigned for electing a commissioner to liquidate and finally settle the accounts of all the servants of the United States, who have been entrusted with the expenditure of public moneys in Europe, and that Monday next be assigned for settling the salary to be allowed to the said commissioner.

A report of the secretary at war on a letter of the 15th of July, from cornet Middleton, of Lee's legionary corps, being read:

Resolved, That the superintendent of finance furnish 300 dollars to the paymaster general, to enable him to pay a warrant to be drawn on him for that sum by the secretary at war, in favor of cornet Middleton, of lieutenant-colo nel Lee's legionary corps, to defray his expenses on the business in which he is employed by major-gen. Greene, and for which sum he is to be accountable.

FRIDAY, July 26, 1782.

A motion was made by Mr. Duane, seconded by Mr. Root,

That baron Steuben receive, until the further order of Congress, in addition to his pay as major-general, 80 dollars per month for his travelling expenses in the execution of his office of inspector-general, to be computed from the 10th day of January last.

On the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Condict,

N-Hampshire, Mr. Gilman,
Massachusetts, Mr. Osgood,

Rhode Island, Mr. Cornell,

Connecticut,

Blount,

ay

ay

New-York,

Izard,

ayay

ay

New-Jersey,

Jones,
Few,

The order of the day being called for to fix the salary of the commissioner to be appointed pursuant to the resolution of the 28th of May:

On motion of Mr. Montgomery, seconded by Mr. Lee,

Resolved, That the resolution of the 28th of May last, for the appointment of a commissioner to liquidate and finally settle the accounts of all the public servants of the United States, who have been entrusted with the expenditure of public money, be re-considered.

On motion of Mr. Bland, seconded by Mr. Witherspoon,
Ordered, That the said resolution be committed.

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 1782.

A committee, consisting of Mr. Gilman, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Howell, Mr. Dyer, Mr. Duane, Mr. Witherspoon, Mr. Clymer, Mr. McKean, Mr. Hanson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Rutledge, and Mr. Telfair, being a member from each state, appointed to take into consideration and report the most effectual means of supporting the credit of the United States, reported,

That it is their opinion, and therefore they recommend, that Congress decide upon the cessions from Connecticut, New-York, and Virginia.

The report being read, a motion was made by Mr. Witherspoon, seconded by Mr. Duane,

That Wednesday next be assigned to take the report made by the grand committee into consideration.

And on the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Witherspoon,

Pursuant to the resolution of the 27th of February last, the superintendent of finance reports, that he has appointed William Denning, esq. a commissioner for settling the accounts of the quarter-master's department.

On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. Cornell, Mr. Izard, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Bland, and Mr. Duane, appointed to consider and report the most just and practicable means of reducing the expenditures of the United States. in the several departments, and to whom was referred a plan for regulating the department of the adjutant-general:

Resolved, That the adjutant-general be appointed by Congress from the general officers, colonels, lieutenant-colonels commandants, or lieutenant-colonels in the army; his pay shall be 125 dollars per month; he shall receive four rations per day, and 25 1-3 dollars per month subsistence. The adjutant general shall also be allowed forage for four riding horses, and be furnished with two four-horse and one two-horse covered wagons for the transportation of his official papers, his own, his assistants' and clerks' baggage. He shall have two assistants and one clerk, to be appointed by himself, and approved of by the commander in chief. The assistants shall be majors or captains in the army; the pay of each shall be 50 dollars per month, one ration and a half per day, 8 dollars per month subsistence, and forage for two riding horses. The assistants shall be allowed each 6 2-3 dollars per month for servants' wages, and the clothing and rations allowed to a private soldier. The clerk shall be a subaltern or volunteer in the army; his pay shall be 40 dollars per month, he shall draw one ration per day, and receive 6 1-3 dollars per month subsistence :

That there be as many deputies adjutant-general of the rank of field officers as there may be separate armies in the United States, that consist of one or more divisions, to be appointed occasionally by the commanding officer of such army, whose name shall be returned to the commander in chief for his appro

bation:

That the deputy adjutants-general shall each receive 75 dollars per month. pay, two rations per day, and 12 2-3 dollars per month subsistence, forage for three riding horses, one four-horse and one two-horse covered wagons, for the transportation of their official papers, their own and assistants' baggage.

The deputy adjutants-general shall each appoint one assistant, of the rank of major or captain, who shall be approved of by the commanding officer under whom they serve. The assistants appointed and approved as aforesaid, shall each receive the same pay and allowances as are given above to an assistant of the adjutant-general;

That there be one major of brigade to each brigade in the armies of the United States, whether of cavalry, artillery or infantry, who shall be appointed by the commander in chief or commanding officer of a separate army as occa sion may require, upon the recommendation of the adjutant-general, or deputy adjutant-general as the case may be, and they shall each receive the same pay and allowances, as is given to the assistants of the adjutant-general by the foregoing resolutions:

That the provisions hereby made for the respective officers aforesaid, shall be in full compensation for their services, and of all pay and allowances to which they may be entitled from their rank in the army: