LETTER from the Lieutenant de Roi of the Cap to the Commandant of the Parish of Limonade, on the Bearing of Arms by the Non-commissioned Officers of the Militia Companies of People of Color

M. de Lilancour consents that the Non-commissioned Officers of the Companies of color carry their arms, on the express condition that they be in uniform, and at the same time carry a certificate from their Captains establishing their rank as Non-commissioned Officers, which certificate shall be endorsed by the Commandant of the Parish; but he forbids them to carry their arms when they do not have their uniform.