1. You are to inlist no man who is not a Protestant and a native of Great Britain; if any Irishman, or foreigner, through mistake, should happen to be approved of, and, within three months after joining the regiment, shall be discovered to be so, he will be discharged at your loss; provided it can be made appear, the Officer had reason to suspect him.
   
2. You are to inlist no man under the age of seventeen, nor above twenty-five, unless he has served in the army; in which case he will be accepted of, provided he does not exceed twenty-eight years of age. No man who has been whipped or drummed out of any regiment, will be approved of; if any such is found out, within three months after joining the regiment, he will be discharged at your loss.
   
3. You must inlist no man under the size of five feet ____ without shoes, or who has not straight limbs, broad shoulders, a good face, and is every way well made. You must inlist no man who cannot wear his hair, who is thin, or who has the least defect in his knees.
   
4. You will take particular care to have all your recruits carefully examined by a Surgeon; for a man who is subject to fits, or has any appearance of a rupture, broken bones, sore legs, scald head, ulcers or running sores, on any part of his body, old wounds ill cured, or any infirmity in body or limb will not be approved of, but will be discharged at your loss, if discovered within three months after joining the regiment. Should you discover that your Serjeant, Corporal, or any man of your party, knew that any of your recruits was afflicted as above, and conceal it from you, he or they shall be brought to a Court-martial, and severely punished.
   
5. All recruits to be duly attested before a magistrate. A receipt to be taken on the back of their attestations, and witnessed, for the bounty-money agreed on. If any of your party inlist a man for you, you must allow him five shillings as an encouragement.
   The attestation of the inlisted men are to be sent to the regiment by the Serjeant or Corporal who brings the recruits to quarters, who is to deliver them to the Commanding-officer, who will give them to the Adjutant, in order that recourse may be had to them, if necessary.
   
6. You must inlist no strollers, vagabonds, tinkers, chimney-sweepers, colliers, or sailors; but endeavour to get men born and bred in the neighbourhood of the county you are recruiting in.
   
7. For every recruit, approved of at the regiment, you will be allowed three pounds, thirteen shillings and sixpence, out of which sum no more than one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence shall be given to each recruit as bounty-money.
   
8. The non-effective fund shall be charged with the real expence of all the recruits who may die before they join the regiment, provided the day of their death and the exact bounty-money given them be certified on the back of the attestation.
   
9. Not less than four recruits to be sent at a time; they are to go under the care of a Serjeant or Corporal to the regiment, with money to subsist them.
   
10. You will take particular care that the recruits furnish themselves out of their bounty-money with linen, shoes, stockings &c.
    A return of their necessaries must be sent with them to the regiment, signed by you, and also a return of the sir-name, age, size, country, and description of each recruit, &c.
    
11. All subsistence given to the recruits before they join their regiments shall be charged separately from the levy-money.
    When you arrive at the place where you are to recruit, you will write to the Commanding-officer at head-quarters, to acquaint him of it; and also if you change your place of recruiting.
    No Serjeant, Corporal, drummer, fifer, or private man, once inlisted in this regiment, must be discharged, but as the Articles of War direct.
    When you send any recruits to the regiment, you will give notice of it to the agent by letter, inclosing a state of your account.
    N.B. When directions are given to inlist lads for drummers or fifers, they are to be inserted in their certificate: when the Commanding-officer shall think proper, they shall be put into the ranks, and serve as private soldiers, without being intitled to any further bounty-money.
    

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