General orders. Head-quarters, Boston, June 6, 1794 : By the act of Congress, of the 9th May last, a detachment of 80,000 men, including officers, is directed to be made ... the proportion to this state ... as estimated in the said act, being 11,885 men ... The several divisions and brigades of the militia of this commonwealth, will furnish the detachment in the following proportion, viz. ...