Congress Session: Thursday, December 3, 1789

Upon the arrival of Mr. President to the Senate, Mr. Stanisław Małachowski, Speaker of the Polish-Ukrainian Confederation, in his opening address, urged members of both Houses of Congress to move forward with enthusiasm on the project regarding recruiting soldiers, which has already been largely converted into law, to be continued and decided upon.

Mr. Jan Łuszczewski, Congressional Secretary, firstly read out what had already been established by the Parliament with respect to the recruiting of soldiers; then he proceeded to present further Articles from the same Project that were coming up for Decision, such as: concerning the penalties for those who fail to present a Recruit within the designated time, as well as regarding the Directors, who would be responsible for deserters from the Regiments due to the fault of Commanders and Captains, where these Commanders should answer before the Civil-Military Commission.

After several amendments and introductions, these Articles were unanimously accepted; however, the complete finalization of this Project was postponed to the following session. The session was adjourned until 10 o'clock the next day.

Topics: Sejm procedures; arrival of the monarch; Stanisław Małachowski; recruitment project; discussions on legislative articles; regulations concerning recruits; military directors and commanders; Civil-Military Commission; adoption of resolutions; postponement of decisions to the next session;