By The United States in Congress Assembled

Resolved

That the Legislature of each State raise, at the expence thereof in the first instance, to be reimbursed by the United States, so many Men as may be necessary to compleat the quota assigned to such state out of the number of Land forces agreed upon in the Resolution of the third, and twenty first days of October 1780 calculating the deficiency upon the number of Men whose time of Service will expire on or before the first of March 1781. Resolved

That the Legislature of each state be called upon in the most pressing manner to cause the quota thereof of Land forces to be compleated and in the feild by the first day of March next, and to provide for replacing those Men, whose time of service shall expire between the said first day of March 1782, and the last day of November in the said Year. Resolved

That it be recommended to the Legislature of each state to fill up the quota thereof of Land Forces, by Enlistments for three Years, or during the War. Resolved.

That such States as now have any non-Commissioned Officers or Privates in any of the Regiments of Cavalry, Legionary Corps, Artillery, or Hazens Regiment be creditted in their Quota’s for such Men according to the numbers from time to time, For which purpose the Commander in Cheif is hereby directed to specify such non Commissioned Officers and Privates to the states to which they formerly belonged, in the returns which he shall make to the states, and in his Annual Return to Congress. Resolved

That the Commander in Cheif cause Returns to be made as speedily as possible to the Legislature of each state, as well of the number of Men whose time of service expire before the first day of March 1782 as of those whose time of Service will expire, on or before the last day of November in the Year aforesaid