Early References to cartridges for Co A, 27 NC, Goldsboro Rifles

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To the Commissioners of the Town of Goldsboro: The undersigned
officers and members of the Goldsboro Rifles represent to your
honorable body that they have at considerable personal expense
and with a sacrifice of much toil and trouble organized a volunteer
company for the security and protection of the lives and property
of the citizens of the town. They also represent that they were
furnished with arms by the Governor of the State, but no ammunition
that to insure efficiency they have been compelled to purchase a
quantity of cartridges at an expense of $35.00.

They also represent that in their opinion this expense should
be divided equally among the citizens of the place, as it was for
the common good that they were purchased; that the company should
be relieved by the Commissioners and an appropriation made from
the funds of the town to pay for the cartridges. We have left them
in charge of the Intendant of Police and we proposed that they be
left in his safe keeping, only to be used in cases of emergency,
at his discretion.

(Signed)

M.D. Craton, Captain

S.M. Hunt, Lieut.

W.S.G. Andrews, Lieut.

J.A. Washington, Sergt.

J.W. Gullick.

In regards to an earlier thread; Captain Craiton later refers to the arms from the Governor as ''... the old flint and steel muskets from the (Fayetteville) Arsenal.''