Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

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By His Excellency, Major General Viscount Walter of Bladensburg, Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in America

To <font color="yellow"><b>Mark Nelms</b></font id="yellow">, Sergeant in the 71st Regiment of Foot

Reposing full confidence in your loyalty, courage and good conduct, I do hereby constitute and appoint you, during pleasure, to be <b><font color="yellow">Ensign</font id="yellow"></b> in the 71st Regiment of Foot, taking rank and precedence from the present day. You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of ensign by exercising and well disciplining the inferior officers and men of the said regiment, and I do hereby command them to obey you as their ensign, and you are to observe and follow all such orders and directions as you shall from time to time receive from me or your superior officers, according to law.

Given under My Hand and Seal at New York this Eighth day of October 1776 and the Sixteenth year of His Majesty's Reign,

D.S. WALTER</font id="Trebuchet MS"></center>

Congratulations Mark.

Good work Mark.

Thank you Gentlemen, you to Al. Now isn't it traditional for everyone to buy the newly promoted officer a drink?

Actually sir, it is traditional to fly ensigns atop tall poles. Seein' that you live in the land of lynch mobs you might want to keep a low profile. hehehe....

BTW, I understand Texas will be observing 3 hours of silence this Saturday followed by a state wide week of whining and finger-pointing follwed by a lynching of the staff of a certain collegiate athletic team. [:D]

Where I live nothing would gladden our hearts more then to see UT take one in the chops. Around here it's "Guns Up", go Red Raiders.

An Ensign now, Congratulations Mark, well deserved, I'd better watch out I don't lose my Command.

Ensign Paul Smith
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