Journals of the Continental Congress, Saturday, November 4, 1775 Resolved, That a ration consist of the following kind and quantity of provisions, viz:     1 lb. of beef, or 3/4 lb. pork, or 1 lb. salt fish, per day.     1 lb. bread or flour per day.     3 pints of peases, or beans per week, or vegitables equivalent, at one dollar per bushel for pease or beans.     1 pint of milk per man per day, or at the rate of 1/72 of a dollar.     1 half pint of Rice, or 1 pint of indian meal per man per week.     1 quart of spruce beer or cyder per man per day, or nine gallons of Molasses per company of 100 men per week.     3 lb. candles to 100 men per week.     24 lb. of soft or 8 lb. of hard soap for 100 men per week.