16 Jun 1775
Resolved…That there be a chief Engineer for the army, in a separate department, and two assistants under him; that the pay of the chief engineer be sixty dollars per month, and the pay of the assistants each, twenty dollars per month.
Who Said It
Entry of June 16, 1775, Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
Source
Library of Congress
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