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<HEAD>ACT, Appointing the Officers of His Maje&s;ties Forces to attend their re&s;pective Commands.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the 30 day of <HI>July</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lord high Commi&s;sioner, and Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, Con&s;ider|ing how much it Importeth the Peace and Intere&s;t of the Nation, as well as the nece&s;&s;ary Defence thereof in this pre&s;ent Juncture, That all the Officers of the Standing Forces, Hor&s;e, Foot and Dragoons, attend their Re&s;pective Stations, for Ordering and Exerci&s;ing the Troops of His Maje&s;ties Forces, under their Command, and to have them in readine&s;s, to Pro&s;ecute and follow forth &s;uch Or|ders, as they may receive from time to time from the Lords of Privy Council, or the Commanding Officer of His Maje&s;ties Forces for the time; Do therefore in His Maje&s;ties Name and Authority, &s;trictly Require and Command, all Officers of the Standing Forces, Hor&s;e, Foot and Dragoons, upon this &s;ide of the River of <HI>Tay,</HI> who were not at the In|gagement with Major-General <HI>Mackay,</HI> within twenty four houres, to repair to the places where the Soldiers, under their Command lyes, under the pain of lo&s;ing their Re&s;pective Offices, <HI>ip&s;o facto,</HI> and being further Cen&s;ured by a Council of mar, and to March them from thence towards <HI>Striviling,</HI> and to continue and give punctual attendance at their &s;aids Commands, and not to depart therefrom, without a &s;pecial Order from His Maje&s;ties high Commi&s;&s;ioner, the Lords of Privy Council, or their Supe|rior Officers, under the pain fore&s;aid: And &s;icklike, The Lord high Commi&s;&s;ioner, and Lords of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, Con&s;idering, That many Officers and Soldiers, that have been at the late Ingagement above-mentioned, are &s;cattered and di&s;per&s;ed in divers places of the Countrey, Unli&s;ted, or brought again under Di&s;cipline: Therefore they Require and Command, all Officers and Soldiers, who have been at the &s;aid late Ingagement, betwixt Major-General <HI>Mackay</HI> and <HI>Dun|dee,</HI> to repair with all &s;peed to the Town of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and there to betake them&s;elves to their &s;aids Officers, and Li&s;t and Inrol them&s;elves in their Service, under the pain of being accounted and puni&s;hed as De&s;erters; And that the &s;aids Officers, how &s;oon they have Li&s;ted, and gathered toge|ther the per&s;ons fore&s;aids, make Report thereof to his Maje&s;ties high Commi&s;&s;ioner, or Lords of Privy Council, to the effect they may be furni&s;hed with Arms, and other Nece&s;&s;aries, for Military Service. And that none may pretend ignorance, Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Pub|li&s;hed by Macers, at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needful.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Extracted by me, <HI>GILB. ELIOT, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave King VVilliam and Queen Mary.</CLOSER>
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<P>Edinburgh, <HI>Printed by the Heir of</HI> Andrew Ander&s;on, <HI>by Order of Privy Council,</HI> 1689.</P>
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