By the act. "To augment the Army of the United States, & for other purposes" Twelve Regiments of Infantry, and Six Troops of Light Dragoons, are to be added to the present force. — By the Establishment of them, the first are to consist of 7500 Rank & File, and the 2^d of 354. — If four Regiments of the former, and all the latter, are to be raised in the States South of the Potomack, the quota of each State, agreeable to their Population, — to their present Representation, — and to a medium between the two — will be as, Shewn [Table with columns: States | Population ([undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]) | Represent.^t ([undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]) | Medium ([undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable])] Virginia ———— 1296 · 160 · 1476 | 1218 · 167 · 1383 | 1256 · 174 · 1430 N° Carol.^a —— 530 · 69 · 569 | 620 · 88 · 728 | 570 · 79 · 649 S° Carol.^a —— 432 · 60 · 492 | 364 · 55 · 439 | 308 · 57 · 465 Georgia ————— 143 · 20 · 163 | 128 · 21 · 148 | 135 · 18 · 153 Kentucky ———— 127 · 76 · 143 | 128 · 16 · 154 | [undecipherable] Tennessee ——— 62 · 8 · 76 | 64 · 8 · 72 | 63 · 8 · 71 The remoteness of Kentucky and Tennessee from the sea board, where it is [undecipherable: probable reading "Meditated"] the Theatre of War will be, is opposed to the raising of Dragoons in either of those States. — And to avoid broken Companies of Infantry, or Troops of Dragoons in any of the States, the following [undecipherable] arrangement of both both Officers & Privates, conformably to the preceding calculation & principle (as nearly as the case will admit) is suggested for consideration — [Table with columns: States | Infantry ([undecipherable sub-column headers]) | Dragoons ([undecipherable sub-column headers])] Virginia ————— 2 · 4 · 20 · 20 · 20 · 80 · 40 · 1200 | [undecipherable] · · · · · · 177 N° Carolina ——— 1 · 2 · 9 · 9 · 9 · 36 · 18 · 576 | [undecipherable] · · · · · · 118 S° Carolina ——— 1 · 1 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 24 · 12 · 382 | [undecipherable] · · · · · · 59 Georgia ————— [undecipherable] · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 8 · 4 · 128 | —— Kentucky ———— [undecipherable] · 2 · 2 · 2 · 8 · 4 · 128 | —— Tennessee ——— [undecipherable] · 1 · 1 · 1 · 4 · 2 · 64 | —— [Total] ————— 4 · 6 · 40 · 40 · 40 · 160 · 80 · 2[undecipherable]56 | 1 · 6 · 12 · 6 · [undecipherable] · 6 · 354 The appointment of Adjutants, Quarter Masters; Pay masters; Surgeons and Surgeons Mates; Serjeant Majors, Quarter Master Serjeants, and Senior Musicians, does not press — and of necessity must be postponed where Regiments are composed of Troops from different States until they [undecipherable] await. The Corporals, Saddlers, and Farriers are included in the above Rank and File. — The Lieutenant Colonel Commandant is assigned to no State; because it is not known from who the most eligible character can be obtained. — Another Major of Dragoons is also wanting. — If Major Talmaidge would accept the command of this Corps, I know of none who is preferable. — A Cap^t. Watts of this State — an Officer of celebrity in the Revolutionary War, is very highly recommended by General Lee — as is a Cap^t. Armstrong (now of Georgia) by the same, but what the conduct of these Gentlemen have been latterly, — and what their Politics he knows not. — Perhaps the oldest Captain of Dragoons, now in Service, or both of them, may be meritorious Officers, — and entitled to consideration. — Mount Vernon 15. Oct.^r 1798 G^o Washington [Manuscripts Department stamp: partially legible "may not [undecipherable] without [undecipherable]"]