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every thing to be conformable and obedient to the several requirings 

 and lawful commands of the naval officers who may from time to 

 time be placed over us. 



Secondly. We do also oblige and subject ourselves to serve during 

 the term of the cruise, and we do severally oblige ourselves by these 

 articles to comply with and be subject to such rules and discipline of 

 the Navy of the United States, as are or that may be established by 

 the Congress of the United States. 



Thirdly. The said Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, for and in behalf of 

 the United States, doth hereby covenant and agree to and with the 

 said non-commissioned officers and privates of the marines who have 

 hereunto signed their names, and each of them shall be paid in con- 

 sideration of such services, the amount per month which, in the column 

 hereunto annexed, is set opposite to each of their names respectively, 

 and likewise to advance to each and every of them, three months' 

 bounty, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and that 

 they shall be punctually discharged at the expiration of the term of 

 their enlistment, or as soon thereafter as each vessel of the Expedition 

 shall return to a port of safety in the United States. 



The foregoing is a true copy of the terms of agreement entered into 

 between Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones and certain non-commis- 

 sioned officers and privates of marines, of the late Exploring Service 

 of the United States ; the signatures of whom are witnessed by com- 

 missioned officers, either of the Navy or Marine Corps : the original 

 of which agreement is on file in the office of the Fourth Auditor of 

 the Treasury Department. 



(Signed) John Etheridge, 



Clerk. 

 January 9th, 1843. 



GENERAL ORDER. 



The undersigned, commander-in-chief of the United States Explor- 

 ing Squadron, in promulgating the sentences of the court-martial, in 

 the cases of Ward, Riley, and Sweeny, takes the opportunity to revert 

 to the causes that have brought about the crimes with which they are 

 charged, and of which they have been found guilty. 



The intemperate use of intoxicating liquors appears by the evidence 

 to have had a strong influence in inciting the convicted men to the 

 commission of their offences; and the commander takes this public 

 opportunity to express his abhorrence of the practice, and to state that 



