"Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. . toRhode Island, and the remainder joined Gen. John Stark in Al-bany. In June, 1779, an order was issued for 102 men from Hamp-shire county to serve in Rhode Island until the following Janu-ary, and to be paid sixteen pounds per month in addition to theregular continental pay. At the same time 2,000 more men wereordered to be raised to fill up the ranks of the fifteen continentalbattalions of the state. The troops raised under this call wereto rendezvous at Springfield, and Justin Ely was to care for andturn them over t
"Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts. . toRhode Island, and the remainder joined Gen. John Stark in Al-bany. In June, 1779, an order was issued for 102 men from Hamp-shire county to serve in Rhode Island until the following Janu-ary, and to be paid sixteen pounds per month in addition to theregular continental pay. At the same time 2,000 more men wereordered to be raised to fill up the ranks of the fifteen continentalbattalions of the state. The troops raised under this call wereto rendezvous at Springfield, and Justin Ely was to care for andturn them over to the officers sent to receive them. The termof service was nine months, and the penalty for refusing to servewas forty-five pounds. Of this number of men 228 were re-quired from this county. In October following 450 more menwere asked from loyal old Hampshire, to serve in co-operationwith the French allies of the Americans. The penalty for re-fusing to obey this call was fifty pounds. The men received aspay sixteen pounds per month in addition to regular pay, and ( 79 ). o WAR OF THE REVOLUTION also received a bounty of thirty pounds from the towns fromwhich they enlisted. In addition to the many men called for by the military au-thorities, old Hampshire county was asked to contribute clothingfor the use of the men in the field. In 1778 a general order wasissued calling for sheets, shoes and stockings for the army, andAVilliam Scott, of Palmer, was apopinted collecting agent for thecounty. In 1779 another call for clothing was made, and thepractice was continued throughout the period of the war. These supplies were furnished willingly, although the inhab-itants were seriously burdened with expenses growing out of thecontest. Mr. Holland describes them as an immense draughtupon the physical resources of AVestern Massachusetts, in con-nection with the other sections of the state and country. Soweak, writes he, became the towns after two or three yearshad passed away, so necessar
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