The petition of Capt. Joseph Braday's Company of Militia, belonging to ye first Battalion of Cumberland County, Humbly sheweth:

That Petitioners having been formed into a Company agreeable to the Militia Law now Existing in this State, according to the order of one of the Sub-lieutenants of this county, net for the purpose of being divided into Classes. a Majority of the Company there present, were of opinion that such a Number as were the proper Quoto fro a Class agreeing to Go together according as their Lot should hapen by one Drawing for the whole, was agreeable to that part of the Melitia Law, which Respects Classing. And accordingly several Classes were formed and lots Drawn, which fixed their Rank or place, as their lot hapened to be, from one to eight in Numerical order. A number in the Company Dissented from this mode of Classing, alleging it was proper for Those who had not Been formerly out in Defence of their Country to go first. Then, agreeable to the order of the sub-lieutenant, The company were Called together the Second time, were all who had not been Classed as above specified were by lot Distributed so as To fill up the whole of the Eight Classes. Then the s'd Captain made Return of the same to the sub-lieutenant, and no Complaint was made untill the first Class of the Company was called out, then some of said Class made Complaint to said sub-lieutenant that the mode of Classing had not been proper, upon which the Company were again called Together By order of said sub-lieutenant, and the order Issued by him to the Capt. to Class the whole Company anew according to law. The Capt. proceeded accordingly and Classed the whole upon another plan, But your petitioners Remonstrated warmly against any Return being made of this last Classing by the Captain. The matter thus standing, there appears no way by which in a legal manner the Quoto from our Company can be Called out in defence of our country..."[Numerous spelling errors in the copy.]