History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

Short Enlistments.
CHAPTER XXVII.
^REVOLUTION—DEATH OF GEN. POMEROY.
FREQUENT requisitions for men were made
in 1776. Most of them were required for
short terms, and generally for a specified purpose. None
seem to have been enlisted for more than one year, and
most of them for two, three and six months. On the 9^^
of April, eight companies were ordered to secure the town
and harbor of Boston, of which one company was enlisted
in Hampshire County. It is believed that no one from
Northampton was enrolled in that company. On the
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of June, another call was made, and five thousand men
were wanted from six counties, including Hampshire, to
reinforce the army in Canada. Northampton's quota was
forty-seven. Again in July another order was issued for
enlisting every twenty-fifth man to reinforce the northern
armies ; that is, one man in twenty-five of the numbers
composing the training and alarm lists. They were to
serve till December 1^', and were to receive 18s. each for
blankets and use of arms, one month's advanced pay. Id.
per mile instead of rations on the march, and one day's pay
for every twenty miles traveled between home and the
place of general rendezvous. A forfeit or fine of £10, to
be paid within twenty-four hours, was levied for every man
drawn, who refused to serve.
Soldiers for Canada. Under thcsc calls the Committee of Safety
for Hampshire County, consisting of Joseph
Hawley of Northampton, Noah Goodman of Hadley,
Major William Pynchon of Springfield, David Moseley of
Westfield, and Capt. Israel Hubbard of Hatfield, raised a
regiment in this county. The soldiers for Canada were to
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