Note 39 — THE CORRESPONDENCE OF C. A. DE LA LUZERNE. (continued 2)
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In Congress, July 31st, 1780.—"On a report from the Board of War, to whom the Minister's letter of the 26th was referred,
"Resolved, That, agreeably to the request of the Honorable the Minister of France, the Board of War be authorised to take such measures relating to the subsistence of the recruits, who shall be enlisted into the service of his Most Christian Majesty out of the German deserters from the enemy, as the said Board shall deem proper."