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Committee Members: committee for provision of the army

Committee for provision of the army

The estates nominate [Alexander Leslie of Balgonie], lord general, [William Kerr], earl of Lothian, [John Lindsay], lord Lindsay², [Robert Balfour, lord Balfour of] Burleigh, [James Johnstone, lord] Johnstone and [John Carnegie, lord] Loure, [Sir William Douglas of Cavers], sheriff of Teviotdale, [Sir David Home of] Wedderburn, [Sir Ludovic Houston of] Houston, [Sir Thomas Ruthven of] Freeland, [William Rigg of] Aithernie, the commissioners [Robert Arnott, commissioner for] Perth, [Gabriel Cunningham, commissioner for] Glasgow, [Master Alexander Jaffray of Kingswells, commissioner for] Aberdeen, [James Scott of Logie, commissioner for] Montrose and [Master George Gray, commissioner for] Haddington to meet with the lord general in his own chamber, with Master Adam Hepburn [of Humbie] and Master Alexander Gibson, tomorrow at 7 o'clock in the morning, and the lord general to be president, to consider upon the means and ways of furnishing of all sorts of provision and giving orders to [Master Alexander Gibson of Durie], commissary-general, relating thereto; as also to think upon the means to redress the disorder of the fugitives of Munro's regiment and to report to the parliament.

This committee was nominated upon occasion of a proposition made by the Earl of Lothian from the general regarding the said provision.