A Brief Account of the Finances And Paper Money of the Revolutionary War
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What pay they had received was chiefly depreciated money. But Congress was not un- mindful of their sufferings and services. As early as September 1776 it was resolved to make provision for granting lands in certain proportions to the officers and soldiers who would engage in the service and con- tinue therein to the close of the war or until discharged by Congress, and to the representatives of such officers and soldiers as might be slain by the enemy. On the 15th of May 1778 it was unanimousl...y resolved that all military officers commissioned by Congress, who were then or who thereafter might be in the service ' Elbridoe Gerry in IIouHe of Representatives, 18th February 1790: "Debates in Congress," ii. 1325-6. Digitized by Microsoft® The Revolutionary Finances. 75 of the United States and continue therein during the war, should, after the conclusion thereof, receive annu- ally for the term of seven years, if they lived so long, one-half of the pay then established for such officers, with a proviso that general officers should not receive more than the half-pay of a colonel; and it was re- solved also that non-commissioned officers and soldiers enlisted for the war should receive at the expiration of it, a reward of eighty dollars.
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