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1779-03-12

ORDINANCE of the Gouverneur-Général, providing for the formation of a Corps of Volunteer Chasseurs of People of color of Saint-Domingue

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ROBERT, Comte d’Argout, etc.

His Majesty placing entire confidence in the attachment and fidelity to his service of his free Subjects, People of color, at Saint-Domingue, and having ordered us accordingly to assemble a Corps of about 800 volunteers of them; we, by virtue of the powers entrusted to us by the King’s order, have regulated and ordered, and do regulate and order what follows.

ART. I. This Corps shall bear the name of Volunteer Chasseurs of Saint-Domingue, and shall be formed of ten independent Companies, each commanded by a Captain, a Lieutenant and a Sous-Lieutenant, and composed of a Quartermaster-Sergeant, 4 Sergeants, 8 Corporals, 64 Fusiliers and 2 Drummers. The 8 Corporals and 64 Fusiliers shall form 8 Squads of 9 men each.

ART. II. The Staff shall be composed of a Colonel, a Lieutenant-Colonel, a Commandant of Battalion, having the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by Warrant of the King, a Major, an Aide-Major and a Sous-Aide-Major.

Source  ·  p. act 05:812 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 5) (1784-1790), p. act 05:812