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2 JUNE 1784 - THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IS DISBANDED & THE AMERICAN REGIMENT AUTHORIZED
With the Revolutionary War won, the Continental Army - which had first been authorized on 14 June 1775 - was no longer needed to secure the new nation's independence.

Congress disbanded the Continental Army on 2 June 1784 when it ordered the discharge of "the several officers and soldiers now in the service of the United States, except 25 privates to guard the stores at Fort Pitt, and 55 to guard the stores at West Point and other magazines."

The next day, 3 June, however, the Congress resolved "a body of troops to consist of seven hundred non-commissioned officers and privates, properly officered, are immediately and indispensably necessary for securing and protecting the northwestern frontiers of the United States"

The newly authorized "American Regiment" was to consist of eight companies of infantry and two of artillery to be raised by drawing men from the state militias of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a one-year term of enlistment.

The American Regiment represents the link of continuous service during the Confederation Period between the Continental Army and the U.S. Army as authorized under the Constitution of the United States.

The Continental Navy and Continental Marines were disbanded at the end of the Revolutionary War and not re-established and authorized under the U.S. Constitution until 1798.

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