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New Jersey Gazette April 24, 1778

"Congress, having resolved to raise a Corps, consisting of Infantry and Cavalry, to be commanded by General Count PULASKI, all those who desire to distinguish themselves in the service of their country, are invited to enlist in that corps, which is established on the same principles as the Roman Legions were. The frequent opportunities which the nature of the service of that corps will offer to the enterprising brave and vigilant soldiers, who shall serve in it, are motives which ought to influence those who are qualified for Admission into it, to prefer it to other corps not so immediately destined to harass the enemy; and the many captures which will infallibly be made, must indemnify the Legionary soldiers for the hardships they must sustain, and the inconsiderable sum given for bounty, the terms of their service being no longer than one year from the time that the Corps shall be completed. Their dress is calculated to give a martial appearance, and to secure the soldier against the inclemency of the weather and season. The time for action approaching, those, who desire to have an opportunity to distinguish themselves in that corps, are requested to apply to Col. Kowatz at Easton, to Major Julius, Count of Mont-Fort at head-quarters, or at Major Benken’s quarters at Trenton

In CONGRESS, April 6, 1778

Resolved,

That if any of the States in which Brigadier General Pulaski shall recruit for his legion, shall give to persons enlisting in the same for three years or during the war, the bounty allowed by the state, in addition to the Continental bounty, the men so furnished not being inhabitants of any other of the United States, shall be credited to the quota of the state in which they shall be enlisted.

Extracted from the Minutes,

CHA. Thomson, Sec.

New Jersey Gazette, November 1778

All those men that have deserted from General Count Pulaski’s legion, and will deliver themselves up at the General’s quarters at Sussex Courthouse, in New-Jersey, on or before the 19^th day of November instant, shall have the General’s free pardon. –And those who do not return by that time, shall, If caught, be punished as a general court-martial shall direct, agreeable to the articles of war.

Nov.1 1778

Chevalier de Kowats

Col. Command. of the American legion

Strayed or stolen away from a fence near Mr. Pott’s bark house in Trenton, on the 28^th of October last, two dragoon HORSES, belonging to General Pulaski’s legion, both branded I. L. one a dark sorrel, the other a dark brown, each has a blaze face. Whoever delivers them to Major Gordon, D.Q.M.G. in Trenton, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all reasonable charges paid by

Chevalier de Kowats

Col. Command. of the American Legion

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