THESE are to certify, that

aforesaid; born in the Parish of

Regiment of

whereof

in

in, or near the Town of

Years aud

hath served in the said Regiment for the space of
following Statement, but in consequence of

is Colonel.

Company in the Regiment
in the County of
Days, as likewise in other Corps according to the
is considered uufit for further service Abroad, and is proposed to
be Discharged; and has been ordered to the Army Depôt in the Isle of Wight, that his case may be finally determined on, having first received all
just Demands of Pay, Clothing, &c. from his Entry into the said Regiment, to the date of this Discharge, as appears by the receipt on the back
hereof, [except *

And to prevent any improper use being made of this Discharge, by its falling into other Hands, the following is a Description of the said
He is about

Eyes,

Years of Age, is Feet Inches in Height,
Hair,
Complexion, and by Trade a
Any Claims reserved for investigation at Home are to be here specified; if none, care must be taken that the blank is filled up with the following words, viz. ❝and
that he has no clain whatever upon the Regiment."

STATEMENT OF SERVICE

Quarter

Serjeant
Major.

Master Serjeant. Corporal. Drummer Private.
Serjeant.

To

Yrs Ds

Yrs Ds Yrs Ds Yrs Ds Yrs Ds Yrs Ds

Yrs Ds

Years.

Days.

Total

Given under my Hand and Seal of the Regiment at

197

I

do acknowledge that I have received all my Clothing, Pay, Arrears of Pay, and all just Demands whatsoever, from the Time of my enlisting in the Regiment mentioned on the other Side, to this day of my Discharge.

As witness my Hand this

Day of

18

I DO hereby certify that the Cause which has rendered it necessary to discharge the within-mentioned

as stated

on the opposite side, has not arisen from Vice or Misconduct, and that he is not to my Knowledge incapacitated by the Sentence of a General Court Martial from receiving his Pension.

N. B. When a Soldier has lost an Eye or a Limb, or has been wounded or disabled in the Service, the Discharge must particularly express the Cause from whence proceeding, as when, where, and how it took place. Should any mark remain in consequence, it is to be noticed in the Man's description; the Surgeon, or Assistant Surgeon in his Absence, will sign his name in the Margin, opposite the cause assigned for the Discharge being granted, which will be considered as his Certificate of the Man being unfit for further Service, and he will also countersign the Commanding Officer's Certificate above. The Period of Service in the body of the Discharge is to be filled up in Words. at length, and not in Figures. Service prior to the age of Eighteen is not to be included in the Statement.

said Act, for the Space of

hath served according to the Provisions of the Years and

Days; but in consequence of

is hereby discharged; having first received all just Demands of Pay, Clothing, &c. from his Entry into the said Regiment, to the Date of this Discharge, as appears by the Receipt on the back hereof.

And to prevent any improper Use being made of this Discharge, by its falling into other Hands, the following is a Description of the said

I

do acknowledge

that I have received all my Clothing, Pay, Arrears of Pay, and all just Demands whatever, from the time of my enlisting in the Regiment mentioned on the other Side, to this Day of my Discharge.

As witness my Hand, this

Day of

1

Regulations

Regulations to be observed in the Recommending of Soldiers in particular Cases for their Discharges, on providing Substitutes.

1. Commanding Officers of Corps (by whom only Applications must be made through the Adjutant General for the Discharge of Soldiers) are to be particularly diligent and circumspect, in the first place, in ascertaining the grounds on which such Applications are founded, and are to detail the same for the Commander in Chief's consideration, who will thereby be enabled to decide whether, and on what terms, the Indulgence is to be granted. These Reports are invariably to include a Statement of the Man's Age and Services, aud the Character he has maintained in the Regiment, in addition to the other circumstances on which he may rest his Claim to Indulgence.

2. Commanding Officers are in no instance to sanction or encourage any steps being taken to procure Substitutes, until the Commander in Chief's pleasure shall have been regularly notified.

3. The Substitutes are in every case to be provided solely by the Friends of the Party applying for his Discharge, and no interference whatever on the part of the Regiment, either by means of the Recruiting Parties, or otherwise, is to be permitted. If any such Agency be discovered to have taken place, the Parties concerned will be punished, and the Commander in Chief's sanction for the Discharge will be withdrawn.

4. No Soldier is to receive a Furlough on the plea of assisting to provide Substitutes for himself, or on Dd

any