. Bunker Hill: the story told in letters from the battle field by British officers engaged. Commissioners of theAdmiralty having directed, by their letter to Major Pitcairne,of the 2d of March last, that the captain of marines com-manding companies on shore at Boston should pay their com-panies in the same manner as practised by the land forces,the captains or commanding officers of companies will receivefrom Captain Johnston, deputy-paymaster, one months sub-sistence for the non-commissioned officers and private men oftheir respective companies, deducting Is. b^d. per week eachfor provisions
. Bunker Hill: the story told in letters from the battle field by British officers engaged. Commissioners of theAdmiralty having directed, by their letter to Major Pitcairne,of the 2d of March last, that the captain of marines com-manding companies on shore at Boston should pay their com-panies in the same manner as practised by the land forces,the captains or commanding officers of companies will receivefrom Captain Johnston, deputy-paymaster, one months sub-sistence for the non-commissioned officers and private men oftheir respective companies, deducting Is. b^d. per week eachfor provisions and the usual stoppages, as directed by the Ad-miralty, viz: — 8. d. For one Serjeant, per week 0 2 „ „ corporal or drummer .... 0 1^ „ ,, private man 0 1 Dollars to be taken at 4 8 Captains are to give the deputy-paymaster complete monthlypay-rolls, accounting for the subsistence distributed to theircompanies, and specifying every particular casualty that hashappened in each company during the preceding month, andto commence this day. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson & Son,.
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