New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . pment of the militia an interest-ing light is thrown by the orders issued by thegovernor from headquarters at Elizabeth, underdate of the 24th of March, 1813: Every enrolled militiaman is to provide himself with a good mus-ket or fire lock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, anda knapsack, a pouch to contain not less than twenty-four cartridgessuited to the bore of the musket, each cartridge to contain sufficientpowder and ball ; if a rifleman, with a good rifle, knapsack, shotpouch and powder horn, twenty bal
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . pment of the militia an interest-ing light is thrown by the orders issued by thegovernor from headquarters at Elizabeth, underdate of the 24th of March, 1813: Every enrolled militiaman is to provide himself with a good mus-ket or fire lock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, anda knapsack, a pouch to contain not less than twenty-four cartridgessuited to the bore of the musket, each cartridge to contain sufficientpowder and ball ; if a rifleman, with a good rifle, knapsack, shotpouch and powder horn, twenty balls suited to bore of rifle and one-quarter of a pound of powder ; or if a dragoon, with a serviceablehorse, at least fourteen hands and a half high, a good saddle,mall pillion, and valise, holsters, a breastplate and crupper, a pairof boots and spurs, a pair of pistols, a saber, and a cartouch boxto contain cartridges for pistols. Nor was the protection of the southern coastneglected. At Cape May from May 24 to October30, 1813, Major William Potter commanded a de- /. KORT FISH AND CUNTON IN 1812. ONY AND AS A STATE 105 tachment of militia with companies from Cumber-land County, Salem County, and Burlington Coun-ty, and a company composed of Burlington andGloucester men. The fourteenth of July, 1814, brought a callfrom the governor of New Jersey for five hundredartillery and forty-five hundred infantry. Theregimental organization was effected upon Au-gust 12, 1814, by detailing a regiment from Ber-gen and Essex Counties, a regiment from Morrisand Sussex Counties and a regiment from Somer-set, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties, thesethree regiments composing a brigade commandedby Brigadier-General Colfax. The second brigadewas composed of a regiment from Hunterdon andBurlington Counties and a regiment from Glouces-ter, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May, com-manded by Brigadier-General Elmer, both bri-gades being under the general command of Major-General Shinn. The brigade of Genera
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