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ade quarter-master, and an aid-de-camp with the ranlv of cap- 

 tain. Each regiment is commanded by a colonel, whose -staff 

 consists of a quarter-master, a pay-master, and adjutant with 

 the rank of lieutenant, and one surgeon and mate, with a lieu- 

 tenant colonel and major, a sergeant-major, quarter-master- 

 sergeant, and a drum and fife major. Each company consists 

 of one captain, a first and second lieutenant, and ensign, four 

 sergeants and four corporals, a drummer and fifer, and sixty- 

 four privates. At present there are thirteen divisions, each 

 commanded by a major general, comprising twenty-six brig- 

 ades under the command of brigadier generals. 



MILITIA AND TROOPS IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 



In the year 1775, the State of Georgia had one thousand 

 militia constantly in service, and which number was continued 

 until the spring of 1776. I am led to this belief from the par- 

 ties I know of my own knowledge to have been called out, 

 the frontier situation of Georgia, the struggle with our inter- 

 nal enemies, the defence of the country against the Florida 

 banditti, and the expedition against Savannah under Commo- 

 dore Barclay. For the years 1776, 1777, the militia in actual 

 service may be computed at seven hundred and fifty, exclusive 

 of two battalions of minute men which were in service until 

 July 1778, of seven hundred and fifty each, and a State regi- 

 ment of horse supposed two hundred and fifty, with three addi- 

 tional troops of forty men each, under the command of a ma- 

 jor. In the year 1778, exclusive of the State corps, there were 

 two thousand militia in actual service for nearly six months. 

 In 1779, 80, 81, 82, the militia maybe computed at seven hun- 

 dred and fifty, constantly in service for the whole period, as the 

 State during this time was totally ravaged by the enemy, and 

 the citizens of Georgia never quit the field, although compelled 

 to abandon not only their homes, but frequently their State. 

 This is exclusive of the Georgia Legion raised in '81 by order 

 of General Greene.* 



* From the MS. of Gen. James Jackson. 



