The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

794 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761quarter’d at Charles-town for about two months, when Col. Grant intendsto take the field, which is as early as it can be done.I have therefore given directions to have the barracks fitted up withbedsteads & chimneys for their accommodations, on the same terms as formerly.Colonel Grant, in order to give as little inconvenience as possible tothe town, has crowded all the private men, & as many of the officers as it waspossible; in the barracks, & desired quarters in private houses for about fortyofficers that cou’d not be lodg’d there. I have accordingly procured an hospitalhouse for the sick, & rooms for the officers, with the consent of therespective landlords, & make no doubt but you will readily provide for givinga reasonable satisfac[tion] to them for the short stay these troops willmake in these Winter quarters. I have directed the commissary to providesuch barrack necessaries as you agreed upon when colonel Boquet was herewith His Majesty’s troops in 1757. But with respect to firewood, upon the frequentcomplaint of the officer of the main-guard, where the number of personswanting wood is increas’d by the Cherokee prisoners, I have, in very colddays, occasionally exceeded. And I have also been induced to consent to acertain ratio of wood desired by major Hammilton for the officers; which Ihope you will not think unreasonable in me, as I am satisfied you will notbe inferior to any other colony in your care, & hospitable reception of thesetroops, sent for our particular defence, & at our particular request. However,to be as frugal as possible, I desired colonel Grant to re-consider theratio of wood, as the reduction comes with more grace from their own commander;& he accordingly reduced it to a much less quantity, which he thinkswill suffice, with proper oeconomy, which he will take care shall be observ’d.A copy of which estimate for a month I herewith lay before you.And the officers of His Majesty’s independent companies belonging tothe province, to whom you formerly gave the additional pay of one shillingsterling per day, for their subsistence, which was taken away in consequenceof some orders from his excellency lord Loudoun in 1757, have respectfullyexpressed their hopes to me that they shall not be disgraced by being lefton a worse footing than the other officers are; & I make no doubt but yourimpartiality to them as officers, & your regard to the relation they bear tothis province, will incline you to do them justice in making the same allowanceto them as to other officers. They are but three Lieutenants & oneensign, the rest being on duty, or out-commands.As the Ordinance passed last April, relative to the impressing & regulatingthe price of carriages is now expired, I desire you to provide for therevival thereof.The 19th January 1761.William Bull.