Gentlemen of his Majestys Council Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly 

I Could not pass the Aid Bill as it has hitherto been delayed So long and is besides restrained & Clog'd in Such a Manner, as to be of no Service to his Majesty & this Province, even in the War against the Cherokees—

In the first place no more than Twenty Shills. bounty to raise the men, when they Could not be Compleated in two Months upon a former Expedition, when a Bounty was given of ten pounds.

Secondly Warrants are Ordered to be given by the Governor to Such persons of the Militia or Others, who are to raise the Men, and after forty days upon their Returns to me, I am to Grant Commissions, to those who Shall have raised Most men, And the Major who is to Command the first Company of one hundred Men, must either be an Unexperienced Officer, or the present Senior Officer, must be received from a disciplined Established Company, which may be reduced Soon after, And all other Officers are to have Rank, according to the Numbers each raises, Whether Qualified or not for their Post, And the Officers, who are now in pay, and the Disciplined Soldiers, are not to be Employed or Act in the three Companys, which are to Serve against the Cherokees or elsewhere on this Continent, And Consequently an Unexperienced Officer must be made Major, and Other Unexperienced Officers must have the Command abroad with Undisciplined men, and Experienced Officers must be kept in Garrisons. 

Thirdly those Companys Cannot be Officered during forty days and Consequently can be of no Service to Joyn the Virginia Forces, if any Should be Sent nor are there Arms in the Province Serviceable to Enable them to Act, Whereas had they been raised Earlier, and had all been allowed to Joyn his Majestys Forces, they Might then have got Arms from his Majesty, and the only Armed and Disciplined Company his Majesty is to be Deprived of in Case the Men Should be required abroad, which is Confined to the Continent—

Upon the whole it is Impossible they Should be raised in time to do any Service in foreign Operations, or against the Cherokees for the Attack now formed against the Cherokees by South Carolina will probably be over before any of these men proposed can Act, And a peace Concluded with them. The Consequence of which is that these men proposed must again be reduced when the Service they are Wanted for is over, the Whole Scheme being Calculated to have £12000 Currency Issued without a Sinking Fund, & made a Tender in all payments; which you would have me pass Contrary to My Instructions from his Majesty, And as Soon as a Small part thereof is Expended to No purpose, then the Remainder is to be Applyed, for the Contingent Charges of the Province, but lock’d up and not to be applyed, but by future General Assemblys, with a View of Lodging it with the Treasurers, and paying them for issuing it, and So depreciating the present Currency, So that if there was never So great an Emergency by Insurrections Invasions or other Misfortunes the Govr. and Council can't Employ it upon any necessary Contingency—

[No. Carolina]
His Excellys Speech at Close of May Session the Second Session in May

Rx with the Govrs. Lre of 28. May 1760

Read Novr. 26. 1760.

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