118 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW
Mr. MatarwsoN. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary
 War, volume 5, page 186:
Casey, James; Boston. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from
Capt. Samuel Ward's and Cap. Thomas Nash's Company's dated Weymouth,
January 2, 1778, enlisted for town of Weymouth ; joined Capt. John Langdon’s
Company, Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment; enlistment, three years (also given
during war) ; reported a foreigner; also, list of men mustered in Suffolk
County by Nathaniel Barber, muster master, dated Boston, August 17, 1777;
also private, Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment ; enlisted August 12, 1777; reported
‘“ deserted and never joined.”
That is one record.
Senator Reep. How many times did James Casey appear?
Mr. Maraewson. Well, I have listed James Casey four times
here, the ones which are duplication, sir, without question. James
Casey was listed in other forms of the same name. and so often it
would be quite a job to keep up with him.
And then James Casey, Petersham. Return of men mustered by
Thomas Newhal, muster master for Worcester County, indorsed
July —, 1777; Captain Blanchard’s Company, Colonel Wessons’s
Regiment ; mustered June 27, 1777; enlistment, eight months.
Another James Casey, private, Capt. Thomas Will’s company,
Col. David Morgan's (Eleventh Virginia) Regiment, given © Eleventh
 and Fifteenth Regiment of foot in ‘the service of the United
States”; pay roll for October, 1778.
Then James Casey, Matross, Capt. John Doughty’s company, Col,
John Lamb’s (Second Artillery) Regiment; muster rolls of February,
 April, 1781, dated West Point; enlistment, during war.
Now, there are countless other names I could read, but will not
bother to do so, because the memorandum is going into the record.
That is just given as an illustration of the way these names are duplicated,
 and that is only duplicated comparatively few times compared
with other duplications. I do not want to take up the committee’s
time with needless repetition.
Senator Ree. We have a number of other witnesses, as you know.
Mr. MaraewsoN. So I will just close with the statement that I
can not see how it is possible for anybody to take the muster rolls
seriously as a means of information, for arriving at the number of
people in the country as of 1790, whether they be English, Irish, German,
 Scotch, or French origin.
Senator CorrrLaxp. Just one moment. It is frequently stated by
the friends of the Irish that they fought the war for us.” Have you
gone far enough in your searches to determine or to reach the conclusion
 as to the proportion of the soldiers in the American Army who
were Irish?
Mr. MaTuewsoN. No; I have not gone into that subject. I noted
the statement which Mr. O’Brien made.
Senator Coperanp. I tried to find it. I could not locate it in the
brief reference.
Mr. Maraewson. His statement is to the effect that 38 per cent
of the forces of the Revolutionary Army were composed of Irish,
and in support of that statement he quotes testimony given by a man
named Galloway, who was a speaker of the Assembly of Pennsylvania,
 who was a Tory; and his testimony was given in London ye