The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First ProfessorsJones, Bence
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The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors
Jones, Bence
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; Royal Institution of Great Britain; Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814; Young, Thomas, 1773-1829
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| | Commission || Staff || Non-Commissioned || |
| | Officers || Officers || Officers and Privates|| S |
| +--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--+--+--+---+---++ |
| |A |B |C |D |E |F ||G |H |I |J |K ||L |M |N |O |P | Q | R || |
+-----+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--+--+--+---+---++---+
| X | 2| 3| 1| 5| 6| || 1| 1| 6| 1| 1||18|18| 6| | |318|360||388|
| Y | | 4| | 4| | 4|| | | | | ||12|12| | 4| 4|208|240||252|
| Z | | | | | | || | | | | || 4| 4| | 2| | 50| 60|| 60|
| +--+--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--+--+--++--+--+--+--+--+---+---++---+
|Total| 2| 7| 1| 9| 6| 4|| 1| 1| 6| 1| 1||34|34| 6| 6| 4|576|660||700|
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‘Distribution of the six quarter-masters, two to remain with
the six troops of dragoons, one to act as adjutant and one as
quarter-master to the four companies of light infantry, two to
serve with the company of artillery.
‘The four pieces of cannon to be on the flank of the battalion, two
on the right and two on the left, and the company of artillery to
be formed in two divisions. Each division to be under the command
of a quarter-master.
‘The privates of the company of artillery to be _blacks_. To have
no other arms but swords, and to be accoutred for drawing the guns.
The non-commissioned officers to be _whites_, and to be armed with
muskets and bayonets. The whole to have infantry pay. Permission
to be granted to take one private from each troop of dragoons for
a drummer to receive pay as a private. As the trumpeters of the
King’s American Dragoons are _blacks_, permission to be granted for
the drummers and the fifers to be _blacks_ also.
‘The officers of the four companies of light infantry to be
Americans, and to be all taken from the Provincial Line, and the
men to be volunteers from the different provincial regiments.’
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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