TO ALL BRAVE, HEALTHY, ABLE BODIED, AND WELL DISPOSED YOUNG MEN,
IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD,
WHO HAVE ANY INCLINATION TO JOIN THE TROOPS,
NOW RAISING UNDER GENERAL WASHINGTON
FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE LIBERTIES
AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AGAINST THE HOSTILE DESIGNS OF FOREIGN ENEMIES,
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT, (days of the week; place, who) COUNTY, ATTENDANCE WILL BE GIVEN BY (who)
WITH HIS MUSIC AND RECRUITING PARTY OF (regiment) COMPANY IN (battallion) OF
THE 11TH REGIMENT INFANTRY, COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL AARON OGDEN FOR
THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING THE ENROLLMENT OF SUCH YOUTH OF SPIRIT, AS MAY BE
WILLING TO ENTER INTO THIS HONOURABLE SERVICE. THE ENCOURAGEMENT AT THIS TIME,
TO ENLIST, IS TRULY LIBERAL AND GENEROUS, NAMELY A BOUNTY OF TWELVE DOLLARS,
AN ANNUAL AND FULLY SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF GOOD AND HANDSOME CLOTHING, A DAILY
ALLOWANCE OF A LARGE AND AMPLE RATION OF PROVISIONS, TOGETHER WITH SIXTY
DOLLARS A YEAR IN GOLD AND SILVER MONEY ON ACCOUNT OF PAY, THE WHOLE WHICH THE
SOLDIER MAY LAY UP FOR HIMSELF AND FRIENDS AS ALL ARTICLES PROPER FOR HIS
SUBSISTANCE AND COMFORT ARE PROVIDED BY LAW, WITHOUT ANY EXPENCE TO HIM. THOSE
WHO MAY FAVOUR THIS RECRUITING PARTY WITH THEIR ATTENDANCE AS ABOVE, WILL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING AND FREEING IN A MORE PARTICULAR MANNER THE GREAT
ADVANTAGES WHICH THEIR BRAVE MEN WILL HAVE, WHO SHALL EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY
OF SPENDING A FEW HAPPY YEARS IN VIEWING THE DISTANT PARTS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL
CONTINENT IN THE HONOURABLE AND TRULY RESPECTABLE CHARACTER OF A SOLDIER,
AFTER WHICH, HE MAY, IF HE PLEASES RETURN HOME TO HIS FRIENDS, WITH HIS
POCKETS FULL OF MONEY AND HIS HEAD COVERED WITH LAURELS.
GOD SAVE THE UNITED STATES.
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