On Friday, June 23, 1777, Congress took into consideration the report of the Board of War, of the 21st of April last; whereupon,

"Resolved, That a corps of invalids be formed. This corps to be employed in garrison, and for guards in cities and other places where magazines or arsenals or hospitals are placed; as also, to serve as a military school for young gentlemen, previous to their being appointed to marching regiments; for which purpose, all the subaltern officers, when off duty, shall be obliged to attend a mathematical school, appointed for the purpose, to learn geometry, arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, and the extraction of roots;

"That some officers from this corps be constantly employed in the recruiting service in the neighborhood of the places they shall be stationed in; that all recruits so raised, shall be brought into the corps and drilled, and afterwards drafted into other regiments as occasion shall require."

On Wednesday, July 16, 1777, Congress took into consideration the report of the Board of War, of the 23d of June last; whereupon,

 "Resolved, That for carrying into execution the resolve respecting Col. Nicola's corps of invalids, the following plans for raising one company, be adopted for raising the whole of the said corps:

1.That the director-general of the Continental hospital be desired to give directions to the physicians and surgeons in the different departments, at a reasonable distance from Philadelphia, that, before they discharge any sergeants, corporals, or private men from the hospitals, as unfit for service, they consider whether such men are actually, or likely soon to be, capable of doing garrison duty; and, if thought so, to mention it in the discharge, that they may not be entirely discharged from the service, but transferred from the regiment to which they actually belong, to that of invalids; and in case such men are at a distance from their respective regiments, that the director or steward of each hospital send such men to Philadelphia, in the best manner circumstances will admit.

2. That notice be sent by the Board of War, to the generals commanding the armies, of the raising a corps of invalids, and they be desired to give orders to the officers commanding regiments, that in case they have any sergeants, corporals, drummers, or private men, deemed incapable of doing field duty, such men be examined by the director of the hospital or some other physician or surgeon, and if judged fit for garrison duty, that they be not discharged but transferred to the invalid corps, and sent to Philadelphia as soon as possible. Men having only one leg or one arm each, if otherwise capable of doing garrison duty are to be deemed proper recruits for this corps."