ens court martial, 458; bailed person allowed to enlist in three months' service, 464; tories from Newtown attempt to join enemy, 474; soldier captured at Stony Point confined in jail by justice of peace, 476; officer of levies to conduct paroled tories to Fishkill, 477; attack on Scho- harie, 4S8; capture of ensign belonging to Sir John John- son's corps, 515; expresses from enemy lodge in New Scodand, 534; British officer in corre- Military affairs — continued, spondence with persons in Cum- berland county, 549; persons who do not take up arms not to be molested by king's troops, 556; destruction of Scho- harie, 558; tories enlisted at Oniskethau, 564; tories enlisted in Livingston Manor, 565; tories enlisted at Johnstown, 591; persons dissuaded from enlisting in continental ser\'ice, 606; tories enlisted at and about the Beaver Dam, 611; persons dissuaded from enlisting in nine months' service, 618; resi- dents of Livingston Manor ac- cused of harboring British offi- cers, 624, 633; emissary swears in British recruit, 629, 630-, tories active in recruiting, 655, 657; British commissions to be distributed in Rensselaervvyck Manor, 658; British commis- sions concealed in Great Bar- rington, 665; troops to be em- ployed against hostile persons in Helderbergs 676-677; deserter from Colonel James Living- ston's regiment apprehended, 679; British captain secreted in Hoosick, 686; General Gates' army, 686; Germans of Bur- goynr;'s army apprehended and confined, 690; German soldiers released on bail, 697-698, 699; enlistments for enemy's service in Helderbergs, 699-700, 740; aid of levies sought for capture Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 147 Military affairs — continued, of Joseph Bettis, 700; deserter from Pennsylvania army, 700; Albany board instructs detach- ment of levies, 702-703; person enlisted in nine months' sers'ice captured by militia, 704-, deserter from Colonel Van Schaick's regiment, 708; party of levies subject to directions of Albany board, 728; deserter from Mas- sachusetts line sent to West Point, 732; removal of tories from Helderbergs a military necessity, 733-734; General Clinton sends detachment to remove tories from Helder- bergs, 738; continental troops to attempt to capture Joseph Bettis, 755, 756; supposed British officer apprehended, 766; act relating to British deserters, 791-793; governor empowered to fortify frontier dv/ellings, 797; destruction of stock, grain or forage lawful as a military necessity, 79S-799. Militia, 35; pass contingent upon recommendation from officer of, 41, 365; employed to arrest suspected and disloyal persons, 41; employed as rangers, 47-50; detachments of, arrest robbers, 52, 53, 181, 202; Albany board orders returns of tories from officers of, 56, 238, 246; officers of, in Albany regiments to re- port names of men absent from their homes, 139; allowance to, Militia — continued. for bringing in prisoners, 144, 195; to assist rangers in arrest- ing tories, 162; account for serv- ices and expenses of party of, 187; party of, arrests robber, 195; compensation to party of, for bringing prisoner from Bar- rington, 221; compensation to party of, for effiDrts to appre- hend persons from Canada, 261 ; goods seized by party of, to be restored, 270; of Tryon county^ 284; officers of, make recom- mendation in behalf of John Smith, 321; party of, to arrest person indicted for treason, 334; tory suspect ordered to appear before Albany board when dis- charged from, 345f orders of officers interfered with, 357; lieutenant of, fails to qualify, 357; party of, to go to Helder- bergs in search of robbers, 366; suspected person required to enroll in, 369; bailed person to report monthly to captain of, 377; capture deserters charged with robbery, 392; General Ten Broeck advised to order out one eighth of his brigade, 401 ; bailed persons required to do duty in, 410, 447, 489, 535, 572, 608, 610, 621; detachment of, to apprehend tories at Newtown, 417; Lieutenant Thomas Is- may's party of, receives money for pay and subsistence, 439; delinquent member of, brought - .:-r\ ■.-:l-'n: . J;5 .■: , !- i ■v , r>. , -■.-! - 148 State of New York Militia — continued. before court martial, 442; com- manding officers of, requested to furnish Albany board with returns of their regiments by companies, 445; refusal to do duty in, works forfeiture of bail, 491, 494; officers of, cer- tify to good behavior of Martin Crom, 513; persons charged with refusing to do duty in, 516, 587, 612, 679; to arrest tories who are enlisting, 565, 566; certificate touching service in, 582; resident of Helderbergs avoids service in, 587; delin- quency in militia duty to be re- ported to Albany board, 602; pass used to avoid duty in, 613; fines imposed for neglect of • duty in, 644; ordered to appre- hend persons from Canada, 691 ; certificate from officers of, in Mas .achusetts, 694; certificate from officers of, in Hoosick district, 694; aid of, sought for capture of tory party,