Class Book' L I Jjt 7r THE OKDEHLY BOOK Colonel Willlvm Henshaw, OF THE AMERICAN AK.MV Ai-RiL 20— Sept. 26, 1775. WITH A MEMOIR BY EMORY WASHBURN, NOTES BY CHARLES C. S.MITH. ■r^ Q y ;**» ^'f^ Ji/zL^i^M.. f^'^X'/^^»-t3c^*^~~, M-^ THE OKDEKLY iU)()lv Colonel William IIenshaav, OF THE a:\ikijkan' ai;.mv Apuii, '20 — Skpt. 'IK, 1775. WITJT A jrEJfOIL' liY EMORY WAs/f/i rH.V, NOTES BY CHARLES C. S.XHTH. REPUIN'TKn FROM TIIK l'l!()rEKI>INd, the day on which Washington took com- mand of the army: and there are probably many other copies extant. In the Proceedings of tlu^ SociiUy at the meeting June 10, 1875, may be found several extracts from an orderly book sujiposed to lie Captain Chester's, including some "reg- imental orders."' IV I'REFATORY NOTE. By one of tlie earliest of tlie General (_)rders, — Aiiril iotli, — it was directed, "That eacli adjutant, sergeaMt-niajor, and orderly' sergeant, be immediatelj' provided with orderly hooks, in order regularly to enter the orders of tlie army.'' July .'Jth, tlie adjutants were required to take special care that all General Orders should he "communicated as well to the private men as to the oflicers, tliat there may he no plea of ignorance." Suljse(iuently, July 20tli, the aides-de-camp and majors of brigades also were required "to keep regularly en- tered in a book all the General Orders of the army, as well as those of the brigade they belong to." From the General (Orders, July ITtli, it appears that the orders had not been projierly i}ublished at that time ; and it was announced that a failure to jierform the duty imposed on the adjutants would sLibject them to the jienalties of a court-martial. If that duty was afterward performed, there must have Ijcen an orderl}' book for every regiment, or, at least, a copy of the orders of each day in some form. As Colonel Ilenshaw did not receive the book into which these orders are copied until Jvdy ("ith, the earlier orders must have been taken from some other book or from the oiiginals. It is not easy to determine when he began to make his daily entries. For the Committee, CIIAULES C. SMITH. M E >r () 1 u COLONEL WILLIAM II EX SHAW [The Orderly Book of Colonel AVilliain Henshaw, which is here printed from the original manuscript, belonj^is to his j;ran(ldauliau krpt up wiili lii.s lirotluT .IcKcpli anil liis cousin Jcisluia. Ainoiiy- the pupci's which he leti arc Mimlry letters, covering a period from May, 17(50, to August, 1771, written bv liis cousin, ill which he kei'ps him advised of what was doing upon the one side and tiic othei-; Imt in which, from motives of i)nidence, the name of the writer was leigned. or omitted altogelher. The records of the town also show a series of remarkable papers, coiiniieiiciiig as early as October, 17GJ, and contiiuied to May, I77G: consisting of instruc- tions to the representatives of the town in the General Court or Pro- vincial Congress, letters and communications in reply to those received from the inhabitants of Boston, resolutions setting fortli the rights of the people and the wrongs they were suti'ering, and the views of its citizens "on the jireseiit melancholy situation of this country." In their style, their broad and statesmaidike views of the condition of the country, the princiiiles for which they were contending, and the bold determiiialion they e.x|>ress of maintaining them, these jjapers will compare favor;d)ly with the best of the like docuiiieuts which ap- peared during that time, and have excited the admiration of students iu history. Several of the most striking of these wei'e drawn by Colonel Ilenshaw. and some of the others were prepared by committees of which he was a member. But an oci-nrrence in which he tiM)k a prominent part, in April, 1774. [lartook nioi'c of personal courage and open avowal of resistance to the objectionabh' ineasui-es of the government, than the papc-rs above ini'ntioned. Il, will be remembered that the government at home, in order to rendi r llie judges of the .Superior Court independenL of the people of the rrn\ince. to whom they looked for thi'ir salaries, made provision iu 177'_' for their being, in ftiture. ])aid out of thi' royal exclieiiuer. 'I'lie people regariled this as a direct attack uj the system undei- which they had liv(-d. The power of the court, as then conducted, was very imposing, and the dignity and resjiect it mahitained i-aised it above the ordinary criticism witli which the other branches of the government were discussi'd. With an almost tinlimited power to impose fiiu's and imprisonment upon such as |)re- sumed to disturb the course of the proceedings at its sessions, il is difficult to imagine the gravity of a measure which hail for its purpose to assail one of the ineinbrrs. and that the chief, at one of its sessions for the transaction of public business. Chief .Justice ( )liver alone had accepted his salary at the hands of the Crown, and in that wav had made himself the object of general odium. The House of Hei)re- Ylll MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. sentatives took measures for liis removal liy a formal liill of iiu- peac'limeiit. In this state of ))ublic; feeliiir;, tile trrm of tlie court was to lie iielil at Worerstur, iu A|iril. 177 1. It was a matter of j;rave (lifliciilly liow tliis fi'.'liii!; towards tlie Ciiief .liistice eoiilil iiroperiy lie maiiifcstiil, ami not Mrioii^iy ol)struet tiie ti'aiisactioii of tlir civii ami eiiiniiial liu>iiii'ss of t lie i-ounty, — especially as, ii|i to that lime, no oni'. seriously thoiiglit of eomiiromittiiig liis allegiance to tlic king ami royal aiillioiity. A ]iancl of fifteen grand jurors altindcd at tlie opening of tlieooiii-t; Colonel Ilenshaw was one of them. Instead of offering themselves, as usual, t(.) be sworn to the perfoi-maiiet' of tlieir duty as jurors, tliey Ininded to the court a wiilteii protest, sigiieil liy them all, ill wiiich lliey refused to act as jurors if Chief Justice (tlivei- was lo act, as one of tlie judges. In it they declared not only that he was disipialitied to' act, hut they added, that, "by his own confession lie stands convicted, in the minds of the people, of ii (rrime more heinous, in all pmbaliilily, than any that might come be- fore him." This was certainly a bold measure and bold language for a few yeomen and mechanics, callecl from their farms and their workshops, to address to the most august court in the Province. It carried. mnie.i\i-r, with it no little pi-ril, in \iew of the sensitive char- acter of the court to its own dignily, and the power of punishing any contempt committed towanls thian, by line and im|irisonnient. Fortunately the Chief .Tustice, for some re.ison, did not attend the term, as it luid lie(^n expected he would have done, and the Inisiness was not any fui-ther interrupted. lUit the Chief .Tustice was highly indignant with his brethren that Ihey had sutli-i'eil the measure to pass unpunished. '• Had any of my brethren," said he. ■■ be<'n charged in so infainous a manner, I would for ever lia\e (piilled the bench, rather than have sulfered such an indignity to them to have jiassed unnoticed." The protest was drawn by Colonel Ilen.shaw ; and among tliose whose names it bi'ars was Timothy T.igelow. who was afterwtirds a major in Aniolil's expedition to Can.ida. for whom Mount Bigi.dow, in Maine, was named; and was sub.sequently the gallant commander of the famous ]''i!teenth Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Continental army. Some of the best-known families in the State claim him :is tlnir anci'stor. This was the last term of the court held in Worcester County under i-oy.al tidministratioii. and was soon follnwed by a general cessa- tion of all civil authority of the royal goyernmeiit in tin; Proyince. Oil 1870.1 MK>roIi; OK (;()LONKL WlI.I.IA^r IIKNSII AW. IV: tlie 17lli of .luiir, 1771. Criicnil CuLa'. by prochiiiiatioii. dissolvoj the Gciierul C'cimt; ami I'nim that time till the lUtli .Inly. 177."), — more than a vi-ar, — the proplr u( Massachu-etts presenteil a moral spectaele, whieli is hardily to he surpassed in history, of a sell'-j^overneil eoin- niniiity in tin- incipient .stages of a war, wliose only rulers were men voluntarily <-liosen liy them, with no exeeutive prerogative ; whose recommendations wei'e laws, and to whose oliieers, military as well as civil, willing and uncpiestioaing ohedii-nee was renilered. These reprcsrntative liodies of tlie people were of two kinds: one made up of delegates from towns in the whole Province, who louk the name of Provincial Congress, and met for the first time at Silem, Oct. 7, 1774; the others man clerk, and took an adive pait in llie [iroceedings. On the 21st Sep- tember, the convention advised lo the "organizing and oHicering" seven regiments of troops in tliat couiiiy : and. upon the motion of Colonel Ilenshaw. reounmended tliat om-thinl of the men of there- S|iective towns. betWei'U si\teen .iml sixty years of .age. be enlisleil, " to be ready to act at a nninite's warning." and that eacli town in tlii' countv choose a sullicient nundier of men as a coimnitiee "to supplv and support those troops that shall move on any emergency." This was the origin of that nio^t etiirient organization known as " minute- men." who evinced their claim to ihe lille by the iiromptness with which they acted. In the case i<( the company w'lieli was raisc^l in Leicester, a messengei- liavi[]g reached : he lowji on the I'.tth ,\pril. a little after noon, giving the alarm thai tlie liriiisli iroops had marcheil for Lexington, the mendiei-s were collected from iheir farms, over a territory of six miles scpiare. and were imistered. and began theii- march for Cambridge, within four hours after the alarm was given. A regiment of thes ■ minnte-nien was cn-'jainzerl in Worcester Countv, of which Mr. Ilenshaw was the colonel. Immediately upon hearing the al.ii-m on the I'.hh. Colonel Ilenshaw took measures lo assemble the oliieers n{ his reginuau at Worcester ; X MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. and by ten n'l-lock lliat iii;flit they were there, ready with arms, amimiiiition, :iih1 (Uie wt-rk's iirDvLsiun, ami reaeheil Camhrid^e the next forenoon, lie ii'mainnl al t'amhridgc till the llltli .Inne. when he was diseliai-jicil. anil lel't t'oi- home. During liis .slay at ( 'a.mlnadi;e he was not inaetive. He was a inenilier of the counrij of war ; and, as oM(> of a committee of that liody, he to;^rellicr witli Colonel Gridley and Mr. Kichanl Devens, of this comniitlee, in eoniiec'tion with a deleiiation from the comunttite uf safety, on the ll'th of May, 177.'i, reeoniioitn-d tho hiuh lands in ('audiridi;c and Chaih'stown, and made a report, si^ined liv Colomd Ili-nsiniw. as cliairman id' a snli-eonnnittre of the eonneil of war, and Dr. Chureli, on the part of the committee of safetv. wherein tliey reeonnneiided si-verul points at which hreast- wiiiks and redonlits slionld lie ronstrmled lietwe.'u C'aml)ridi;e and C'harlestown : "also, a strong rodouht to he raisod on Blinker's Hill, witli eaniion planted there to annoy the enemy eoiiiin^ out of Charles- town, also to annoy tliose i;oiim hy water to Medtord. When these are, finished, wi; appivheiid the eoiinlry will he sate from all sallies of the enemy in that ipiarler." This report \vas made to tli immittee of .safety; but they declined to take- aetimi or ad\!se upon the matter, as the (juestion should rest wholly with the couneil of war. It has been gencrallv understood that it was in jiursiianee of this rei'om- meiidatiou that Colonel I'reseott was detailed to eieef w,,rks on Bunker's Hill on the Kjtii June; though, in the end, he concluded to occui)y Breed's instead of Bunker's Hill. f^ii tlie "i.'ld .lune, the Provincial Conj^rcss, who, as already stated, a]ipoiiiteil and coniiiiissioned officers of the Provincial armv around I'mston, reipiesled < ieiieral Ward, the commandw'-in-ehief, to nomi- nate an adjutanf-neiieral of the forces. This he did; and. on the L'Tlli of that month. Colonel Henshaw was commissioned to that ollii'e. Upon the arrival of General Washington, with ( o-neral ( iates, who had been commissioned by the Continental Congress as adjutant- general of the American Army. Colonel Ileiisliaw was thereby siijier- seded. This was on I he :id duly. 177."i: and Colonel Henshaw was about to return home, when lie was induced to I'ernain in the service as assistant to (ieneral (Iates. The account he gives in memoranda left hy liim. and made a short lime before his death, is as follows : •■ I rode three or four days around the eamp. show ing him [(J.ites] the I'cgimeuts and the colonels, intending to leliirn home. He requested me to stay through the campaign, as he could not do without an assist- ant, and I should have the same pay and rations as a colonel. General 187l>.] ME.MOU: OF ('()!.( IN Kl, WILLIAM IIKNSILVW. -'^' (Jatcs told me to write to llic C'oiiliiieiil:il ('oii;.'re>.s i'ov my w:e.nul upon the personal solicitation of General Washinjjlou, after a month or two. Ik- was induced lo accept ollice in the Contineutil service, under the follow iiiir circninstaiiees, as staled by him : "Pre- vious to the carllpai^n of 1 77ii, there were three regiments eonimanded liv lieiileii.-inl-colonels. and (ieneral W'ashinjitoii otl'ered me thi> com- mand of eilher 111 iheiu. 1 went and conversed witli the ollicers, and found them a\erse lo it: and intornied (ieneral Washington that, if I accepted his oU'er, it would lie injurions to the service, and dei-lined it. He then told me lie hoped I uoiild not leave the service, hut take a lieiiteiiant-coloners commission, which I did under Cohinel l.ilth' ; and in .V]iril marched to New York, in (leueral Greene's hrigaile. Soon afler. (ieueral Washington came and ordered ,-aid brigade to Long Island." llisi-egimeiil was in the disastrous liatlle of Long Lsland. ill August, 1770. When ii Ik nan. he was sl.-itioneil at Flathusli, and was in command of a picUei guard, and found him-elf cut off from the liody of the Conlineiilal Iroops liy llie >iidden advani'i' of the enemy lii-uveeii him anil their eiicaliipliieiit. 'I'lie details of llie hattle as given in the hishiries of that day are loo nuinerous fur a place in this memoir; lull llieie were those alive within the memory of many now living who ]iaiiicip.il.d ill the eveiils of ihal day. and have often ndated till' part whiili Colonel Ileiishaw's detachment took in them, and miiforinly asciilied to it great gallantry in eiitling its way ihroiigli the Hessian troops with an overwhelniing superiority in niiniliers. There is a \ery lirief and unassuming account of it iu a letter wiiicli he wrote to his wife, the day after the Iiallle. .and hefore the army begun their nieuioralile retreat to the inain-land : ■■W,- lia\.- had ail enija^i'meiil willi the eiu-my, were surrounded by them, and had a number killed and taken. 1 was with the party that were >urroiiiided. * If liny of tlie orders eontaiiUMl in tlic Onlcrly Honk of Colonel Ilensliuw, Iierewitli pulilislied, sliimld be toinid to eiirrespoml, sutistantially, witli wliat have Ijeeii pulilislied from otlier smirccs, it will not lie dillicult to understand Iiow tliis may liave lia]i|icned friiin tin' circinnst.iiii'e cf his cii-diieratiiii,' in ihity with (ieneral (oitcs, instead of having a ilistiiiet dciiartniciit to liiiiisclf. xii MASSACHUSETTS HISTOllICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. ami, tlir(]iii;h .'i kiml PnividcMce, got through their fire without being Mi.iuidcil or lak.-ii ; tin- partirulars of which 1 have not tiuie to rehite, as the eiieniv an- cliise to us, auil we expect to be attacked every hour." His statement of tile affair, as given a short time before Ids diMth. when his meniory had been souiewliat impaired, is: "I com- manded a picket-guai-d at Fkitbush, where the enemy were i-ncauiped, wlio marelied and formed a line l)et\veen us and onr encampment. Knowing we cnuhl net i-eceive in-ders. we marched for our lines. We fm-lnnately (j'll mi with little loss." lint, as showing how sudden the mo\-em(ait (Ui his part was. he states that -Iw lost his saddle-bags, spurs, night-clothes, ami gloves, which he had not time to take with him." After tliat he was, Uiv soim- time, with his regiment in the neigh- borhood of King's r.ridge and White I'lains. and took an active part in the battle at the latter place. At this time he was again (dVere(l a Colonelcy (]f a regiment, whieh lie deelined, as he did not think it right to prefer a junior ollin-i- to tli(jse who, by the disbanding of their regiments by evpiraliou of tlie times cjf their enlistments, would be hini;ton at Trenton. I'lineeton. .nid ,Mor- ristown ; at uliicli place. lia\ing resigned his office, Coloind ilenslunv h-ft the army, in February. 1777. The reason U>v this step was tin; nnmbiu- of ollicers who had lost their command by the disbanding of their regiments; and the demands of a young family, which called him home as a matter of pia-sonal duty. He left the service, however, with great reluctance, as his taste naturally led him to a military life, .anil tins had been streiiglhiaied by his earlv and later expeiienccs in aeti\c' service. Jlut he did not retire from public life, nor lo>e a jot of interest in the affairs of the countiy, up inccniiil.-tr >kctcli of tliclifcof Colonel Henshaw to show tlial lie possessed niaTiy stronj; ami decided traits of character ; lint it can, at best, givi^ a very imperfect idea of his personal qnalities as a citizen and a mendierof society. In his deportment and manner there was a coiiitcsv ami divinity which had ln'cn cultivated by his assncialioii with military life, and llie di>lini,aiislied men of his day. lie u.is a j;eiillcmaii of tin' old school in his dress as well as personal bearini;. lie rode a horse with 'jrace anm Colu. Joseph KeeJ, Esq.. to Win. Ilen.sliaw, .Inly Mi. 177o." — Kns. t In the list of eoinniissions onlered to he civen out to General Ward's roj;!- ment. May 'J.I, 177.'), and printed in 4 For.'e's AnierTean .■\rehive.'», II.. H'2'.i, only the first nine eoinpaihes are inclnded ; and the names of John Smith, Timothy Briiihain, and Thomas Boml are ^iven a~ lieutenants of the companies eom- nianiled by Captains llnhbard. Hood, and Wcelock, respectively. In Force's list there are several variations in the siiellin;; of the names, of which only two are important, — Miller instead of Milieu, and Wood instead of Hood. ' Ilen- shaw 's liaiuhvritins^ is very clear and exact, and in each instance it is iinpossil>Ie to mistake the name as he has written it. In Force's lists the second licuIeiiantH are called eusifins. — Fds. X In the list ]nanleil in 4 Fon'e, 11., 8'J.'>, 820, there are several variations in spelling' which are obviously mistakes of the copyist. The name of the second lieutenant of Cajitain .Stocklnid^'e's conip.iiiy is also iriven as Nicholson, and Solomon Shaw appears as secoiul lieuteinint of Captain Head's company, instead of David Cobb. — Eus. 2 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. Captains, I.ii'ut.ii.iiits. 2il T.iontoiiants. William Keail. Samuel P.rown. David C'uljb. Josiali Haii:uils. 2.1 Li.'iil.'iKiiit^. Oliver I'ond. Wi,n-;j,les\v,u-th Mes.sengiu-. Elias I'.a.-on. Samuel I'ay.son. lloyal Ivelloek. Enoch Hewins. * The list of Colonel Whitcnmli's reffinieut. June 3. 1775, in 4rnree, II., S'27, does not eontain the name.s of the reijiniental ottieers, and there are numerous variations in the company officers. Beiijauiiu Ilastinj;s ami his two lieuteuanis do not a]ij)ear, as they were not reeoiuuieii.led for eonuuissious imtil .Tune .')!). ('.■iptains Wililcn, Loiitrley, ami Wills are called Wil.ler, Lauijley, and Wells, ami tliese are no doubt the correct speHin>is. The lieutenants of Captain Burt".s coui)iauy are siven as Ebenezer AV Is ami Jahez Keep, instead of John Kin- drick and .hmathan Sawyer, who are assinn.'d t.i Captain Haskell's company, ('[iptain Wilder's lieuteuanis are .hinatliaTi Quits an.l Timothy Boutall, neither of whom appears in Cidonel ll.Mishaw's list. Caplnin Wells's lieutenants are !,'iven as Jae.ib I'oole ami Kzekiel Foster ; an.l Cajitain Davis's as Elisha Falluin an.l J.)l)n Mee.l. while Wynian and Benjamin West arc assigned to Cranston, and Hoar and Davi.l Foster to Bends, (iuil.l ami Samuel West do not appear in Force's list.— Fos. t The list (Mav IS, 177.')) in 1 F.iii'c. II., s-j:!, has llezekiah Chapman as chaplain. Levi Wiilanl as sur-e..n, and .h.Mpli A.hnus as surseon's mate. In- ste.iil .if I'ettv .ami Fanner .•inmu',' llie lieutenants his list gives Better and Farrer, — Fns. 1S7I).] OKDKUI.Y BOOK. Captains. I.iiMitfiiants. 2il T.ipUliMiaiits. Andrew IVtrrs. Levi AMci-ich. ■\Villiiii.i Dallii..;;. WillKini HriLCiJis. Siinon Leach. Jedidiali .Soiitlnvortli. Setli liiillanl. Thomas IVtty. Ezckiel riiiiil..ii. Saiiiiiel Wanvii. Jose]jh Cody. Georiie Whipple. David Hatched, .1-. Keiijaiiiiii Fanner. Kolu-Vt Taft. Samuel C'ohh. .Taphrt, Daniels. Amos Ellis. Mo.ses Knapp. Xehimiah White. Henj" rai>ron. Edward Sfj;i-ave. Joh Kiiap. I'eter Taft. .Icdiii Iliil.leii Adjutant. Williajn .lennison . . . Quartermaster. .... Surgeon. I'linotlii) \\ ulker, Ksi/r's Reyimait* TiMoiiiY W.\i,KicK, Coh>nel. N.VTii.wiKi. Li-:oN.\]:i), Lieut. -Colonel. AitiKi, MrrciiKL, Major. Cai.t.iiiis. I.iotiteiiants. i.X r.i.Milcnaiits. John I'errv. .lolni I'.iin. .T,-imes Hneklin. Saniiul liliss. .Aaron Walker. Joseph Allen. Silas Cold). I,saa(! Snnth. Isaae Fish.-r. Kraiiei.s idseondi. .Matthew Uand.d. Seth Pratt. Maev Williani.s. Samuel Lane. John Cook. Peter Pitts. Zehedee Praidc^an. Henry Hri'.'L's. Caleb liiehanlson. Enoch Kohinson. Solmnon Stanley. John Kii.L:. Xoah ]Iall. Al.raham llathuav. Oliver SopcT Simeon Cohh. Thomas Williams." Samuel Tul.hs, .Iim. .lohn Shaw. Jo.d Tuhhs. .Mason Shau Adjutant. Jacob Full.r Quarterma.ster. David Parker .Surgeon. Tlii'i>iih:iiis C.iUim. Esf/rs /i'l-i/i'i/iiiit.f TllKoiMiii.fs CiiTTdX. Colonel. I(-1I.\I!()I) Al.DKN-. Lieut. -Colonel. Ebe.nkzkI! SiMtoi'T, >Lijor. Captains. l.ioutonaius. 2.1 I.l.-iit.'iiaiit!' Tliomas Mahew. Nathan' Lewis. lienjamin Warren. Earl Clapp. Isaac Pope. Charles Church. John Braf I'rideau. — Fos. t The list in 4 Force, II., i'-Il. HS,. .May lilj, 177-'). ii.iuies William Tlioina- as 6tn-ge»n and .John Thomas as surireon's male, and li.as .John Bradford insica.l of S.ainuel Bradfonl, Jesse Sturtefant insteail of Jesse Shirtefaiit. .\rcluhiii3 Cole instead of Arcippus Cole, and Judah Allen instead of Judali Aldcn. — V.i>». 4 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. Captains. Lieutenants. '2d T.ii^uttmants. Amos Wadp. Arcippu.s Cole. Leiniii'l Wood. Edward Ilamiiniii. 'I'iinothy RugglfS. Natliau Sears. Joshua 'I'lionias .... Adjutant. John Cottuu (.^uai'ti-rniaster. Surt Ecglment* John- Maxsfkild, Esq . Colonel. Isirt^AI, HUTCHIXSON, l.ieut.-C'olonel. Ezu.\ Putnam, Major. Captains. I.i.iitriKuiis. 2.1 Lii-iilcnants. Ezra Newall. Zadoi'k ISuffingtou. John IVirce. Enocli Pntnani. John Dodge. Penj" Crafts. Ebenezer Francis. , lames Bancroft. James Matthews. Asa Prince. John U])toii. Grimes Tufts. Benj" Kimliall. .loh Whipple. Benjamin Gardiner, Thomas liariis. Xnlhanirl Chaves. Joseph Ilenriek. Addison Uiehardson. Praneis Cocks. Frederick Heed. J.ihn Low. Stephen Wilkins. Archb'' Hatehelor. Gideon Foster. liille Porter. Ilartfail White. Nathan Brown. ]-;phraim iMnerton. Thomas Downing. Adjutant Qiuirtermaster. Surgeon. ne;i;mei,l.\ TiMd'rnv P.wiin.sdN, Fsip. Colonel. \ViLi.iA.M SMi-,ei'Ai;i>, l>ieut -Coliuiel. Davmi I,i:o.n-.\ki>. Major. f'-O'Iiin^ l.i.'llfeli.'inlK. ■J.l I.ienteieoils. Silvanus Walk.'r. ICsau (•..Imrn. Samu,-1 Flower. Enoch Cliea|iin. l.llke Dav. John Shei.par.l, Juu. Warren I'arks. Kieliard Fally. Lem' lianerolt. Leblu'ins P.all. Levi Dunliani. Gedeon Burt. Aaron Still. Walter Pinchon. Paul Langdou. .Vverv Parker. Daniel Cadwell. * Tlie list in 4 Force, TI., 826, omits tlie names of tlie staff officers, and lias Francis Fox instead of Francis Cocks, Jolm Keese instead of John I'eirce, Simeon Tufts instead of (irinies Tulfs, Herrick insteail of Heiu'ick, and omits Downiiui's Christian name ; and there are some other slit;lit variations. — Ki)s. t The list in 4 Force. IL. yiill, .May 27, HTo. lias David Slicl.liard as surgeon, omits the name of tlie second lieatciiant in Walker's (■ompaiiy ; has Cadwell as first lieutenaiit in Laniidon's company, and omits the name of liis second lien- tenant : omits the names i>f Burt's or Burst's two lieutenants; has Enos Chapin and VVarham I'arks instead of Enocli (.'heapin and Warren Parks ; Farauison instead of Fur;;erson : omits Peters, Eyrees and his two lieutenants, and Kemp- ton anil his two lieutenants ; and ailds Jonatlnin Bardwell as captain, with Wil- liam Cillmore and .Moses How for lieutenants ; anil also omits from the lists of lieutenants, Slill, Barker, Lemuel Bancroft. I'inelioii. and Pickens, and adds to tlie lir.sl lieulenanls Samuel Flower, Caleb Keeii, .1. Slicpperd, Jr.. Sanuiel Ban- croft, ami David llanihleton | Hamilton '|, and names as second lieutenants Day, ,Ji.hn Caipeiiler, Falley, and Dunliam. — Ei.8. 1870.] OltDEKLV liOOK. Ciiptaiiis. Lieiilonants. 2(1 I.ieuli'iiuiits. JhmiA Kgr.'cs. Sill; Smith. John Ticki'iis. Xathaii IVti-rs. . Josiah \ViiitiT. .Iciliu Furijcrson. Daviil Iliiiiiiltou. Tliumas Kfiiiiitoii. John Clia^luick. Ainos .Sapur. AVilliaiu Tuo-ood .... Adjutant. AVilham Young .... (iuartL-rniaster. Sur;fcon. JiCffinieiiL* Wii.i.iAM PuK.'^rdTT, Ks(|., ('oh>nol. John Kdhi.nso.v, l.ii'ul.-C'ohjiul. IIe.nky Wool). Major. Caplains. I.iiiil.Ti:iiil!<. ■.'■! I.ii'iitiMiaiite. Ilrniv Fannv.-U. Levi Witurv. H.-nj' Hall, lluyll .Maxwell. Jcscph Strl.liin.s. John Xuttint;. Nathan' Lakin. John Mo.^ihrn. Joshua Parker. Amariah Fass.-tt. 'I'honia.s Ko.i;crs. Asa I'arker. Kl)eiii'Zir S|iaul(lon. Eliphalut Deiisniore. Joseph Sjiaulden. J.ihn Williams. Oliver I'arker. Jo.se]jli (lilhert. 'I'honias .Spauldeii. Josejih .Moon'. E]ilnaini Corey. Thomas Cuiumings. Aliijah Wvman. . ' Jo.sei.ii Baker. S.imuel CiUiert. ... ... Sa)i)url I'ateh. .losliua I'tonvu lleuhen Dow. John (i.>ss. William Gre,-n Adjutant. . Quartermaster. Surtreou. Re(jimi'til.\ Jamf.s Fi!Vi:. Ksh., Colonel. J.\MKS BuicKKTr. Lieut. -Colonel. TnoM.vs I'ooK, Major. * The list in 4 Foree, 11., 824. May 2.'), 177.J, has only the names of the first four eaptains, witli Asa Lawrence. K.lpt. Diusrnore. Sanuiel Patch, and ( (liver I'arker, as first lieutenants, and Aliijali Wyinan. Tliuo^ Woodward, and ,Ic>se]di Moor, as sei^ond lieutenants; hut in two reeonniieudalions of ihe Connnitlee of Safely, June 22, and .June 2:1, Samuel I'ateh is named as a captain, and Zaehary Walker and Joshua Brown as lieutenants in his company; and the tollowiu'; jiersons are also named: Khenezer Spaldiuf; as first heiilenant, Thomas Roi;ers second lieutenant in Parker's company ; John Williams as first lieulenant, Thomas Spaldiu}; seitond lieulenant in Lawrence's company, and Hall. Moslier, Cunnninirs, and liaker as second lieutenants in Parwell's, Xuttinfj's, Wynnin's, and tiilhert's companies respectively. — Kl>s. t Li copyint; this roster. Colonel Henshaw evidently made several ndslakcs. The list in 4 Force, II . S2.j, nivcs Daniel Uanly, adjutant; Thomas Kilterlrl^'e, surgeon; Benjamin Foster, (piartermasler ; Benjamin V.'innnn. surgeon's unite; and William Hudson as the name of the captain, ll also inchnles Samuel Johnson, Xalhaiiiel llerrick, John Kohinscm, Thomas Stickuey, Timothy John- son, John Merritt. Wells Chasse, Fox, and Ballard Poller as first lieu- teinmts; Cyrus Marble, Issac Abhot, Kliiihalct HodwIII, Benjamin Pearly, Eliphalet Uardv, Nathaniel Eaton, Reuben Evans, and Keed as seecunl lieutenants. Colonel Henshaw, however, is ri^dit with reiiard to Ihe name of the captain, William Hudson Ballard, (S.-c (Jeiieral < Irdcrs, Aiif;. Itlli.l — Fi.s, fi ma8SA(;hu.sktt.s historical society. [Oct. Captains. Lieuteuauts. 2d Lieutomiuts. Jnliii J):i\is. A\'illiain l\-arly. Nathan' (iage. Jami'.s .Sawyer. Jonathan Evans. John (.'mrier. Bi'nj' Farnuni. AVilliani Ilii.lscn RallarJ. Jonas Richanlsdn. Benjamin Ann's. David Chandler. Thomas Kitteridge . . . Adjutant. Daniel Hardy Quartermaster. Boujajiiin Foster .... .Snrgeon. Reriuneyit.'* Thomas G.iitDNER, Esq., Colonel. AViLH.vsi Bond, Lieut. -Colonel. Michael Jacksox, Major. Captains. Lu-nlfiiantw. 2il IJeutfiiants. Thomas Drury. William Maynard. Joseph Mixer. Pliineas Cook. Josiali Wai'ren. Aaron Richardson. Nathan Fuller. Nathan Smith. John fieorije. Isaac Hall. Caleb Brooks. Samuel Cutler. Josiah Harris. Barthol" Irace. Thonuis Miller. Abncr Craft. . . . John Child. Abijah Cliild. Joshua Swan. Jedidiah Thayer. Henjaniin Lock. Solouum Bowman. Stejihcn Frost. Mo.s'es Draper. Ehenc/.er lirattlc. Nailer Hatch. ... ... Adjutant. (Quartermaster. .Surgeon. Refihncnt.] Joiix Nixon, Esq., Colonel. Thomas Nixox, Lieut. -Colonel. John Butteuick, Major. Captains. IJfiit.-nants '_'tca(l of Culler. — Ed.s. t Tlic <.nl.s names iu -t l''orce, II., 829, arc those of tlic last three captains and Ihcjr lieuienants. In his list I'attee is given as ratten, Kiggs as Brigys. ""J JliNcr as .\hiiei'. — Ei.s. 187li.] OKDKRLY HOOK. ' Captiviiis. I.i.nitoiiaiifs. 2.1 I.i.-utcnniits. Samuel McK'ol.b. BiMijariiiii riitlco. .loliii Ki^;.;s. Eluucz' \\"nislii|i. William WaiTt-n. Hiclianl Hiu-kminstor. AIk4 IIol.U'U \.ljntai,t.. ,JGK, KsiJ , Crilonrl. MosKs Pakkek, Limit. -('(iloiiil. John BiiOoKs, Major. Canfjiin?. Lieutenants. 'J.l I.ii'nl.-n.intn. .lonatiiiui St.irkiicy. Klijali Danl'ortli. John lycwis. liciijamiii Walkrr. Joliii Flint. Khrmv.' Kilch. John Uatclulor. Khcnozoi' Dainmon. James Bam-i-oft. Khcnw.cr Baiicruft. Xathan' IloMcii. Samii.'l Br.iuii. J'ftci- Cobiini. Jo.siali Forster. Klx'iirZiT \'c-riion. John Foi'd. Jsaac Parker. Jona.s Parker. John Rowe. Mark Pool. Fhene' Clev.'lan.I. .\relielaiis Towiie. James ForN. Ks([., Colonel. SF.rii l!i;\i>, Lieut. -Colonel. Ji;itiMi.\ii (',M>Y. Major. C.ni.tains. I.iruoiianls. lM Linileiianls. Sainiiel Kelson. John Baeon. Naluim Powers. William Wvmau. S.unuel Chapiii. Peter While. Joseph .\Ios.s. William Bowiloin. Samuel Sloan. Zehailiah Sabius. Km)s Parker. Charles I)ibb..n. Simeon Smith. Milliaiii (ioodrieli. Davi.l V\\\v\. David Xolile. J.psepli Wahh. Jnsiah Wri-lit. Thomas Williams. Moses .\shlev. (Jran-je St. .d. lard. Xathan Ilaskiiis. William Claik. Samuel Wileock.-*. Theodore Bliss. John Lampson. Francis Cabot. A Wood, Major. r'aptniiis. Lieutenants. 2i|.. Culciu'l. Nai'Iiax lv\o i;ives Winner in>lead of Warp i. and I'.nvtwiek instead of Berwirii, .nid tliere are several slight variati.ais in ^i.ellin.;. — Kos. ISTti.] OKDKUIA' liOOK. Captains. Uvuleiuiiils. 2.1 T.i.Mit.-iiants. William KiiiLC. Saiiuu'l lirc'Wi'r. (iamaliel Whiting. Joiiatliau Alien. Oliver I.vnian. Jonathan .Sterns. Israel fliapin. Perez liardNvell. William Watson. William IJaoon. John llulibar.l. Miehael I.oomes. Moses .Soule. Xoah .Mien. .Solomon Deninj;. Kobert Webster. Chris' liannister. lOverton Herwick. Kbenezer I'omroy. ■ — Wallis. Dan' Kirtlaud. Abel Thaver. Josei.h 'Warren. I'.lien. Webber. Samuel Bartlet. Simeon Ilazlelou. (!eori;e Blake. Steward Blake. Kbenezer IJennet .... Adjutant. Seth lluiit Quartermaster. iSurjrcon. Reyiment* Kl'IIli.^IM Dnoi.lTTI.K, Esq , Colonel. Bk.nmami.n' IIoi,I)1'..\, Lieut. -Colonel. AV'ii.i..\ui) MoDun, Major. CaptainH. I.i.'utenants. 2.1 Li.-iiti-nants. Joel Fleteher. John \Vheeler. .lonas Pronter. Adam Wheeler. Klisha Sterns. A. lam MavnarJ. .Inn' ll.ilman. J.>hn BowUer. Davi.l Boor. .I.ihn .l..iies. Saniu.d •rh..nis..n. i;..l.erl Oliver. 'l'h..Mias (;i.iver. Abraham Pennel Abel Wil.ler. .louas Allen. Daniel Peek. Adjutant. tiuart.'iinaster. Surireou. Jonathan Bitr.wiou, Ivsq.. C.donol. Wii.i.iAM BrcKMiNsi i:i;. Lieut. -Colonel. Nathan'- Ccdwduiti, .Major. raiitaiiiH. I.i.nl.TiaiU:!. 2.1 Li.MifPiinnts. Isaac (irav. Thomas Willin^xt.ui. Wilson. Edward lilake. Abraham Tuekenuan. John Kam.'s. John Bl.aek. IS.Tijamin (Jates. John Patrick. .'\aron llavnes. JCIisha Brewer. Daniel Wliilinv;. Zebadiah Dewey. Benjanun Hullar.l. Aaron (ianliner. Thaddeu.s Uusselles. Nathan' Mavnard. Nathan' Beeves. , . .". . Adjutant. Ijuart.-rmastiT. Surgeon. * 'I'lie list in 4 F.iree. II., 82S. lias liowkiu insteail of Bowker, Proctor in- steail lit rriiuter. Pike in>teail ot I'eek. — Kni. t 111 the list in 4 Foree. II., .vj'.l. the Clirislian name of I)e»-,-v is <;ivon as Ol.ailiah inslea.l of Zebadiali. and .losepli Sl.'l.biiis is naine.l as an ei.ulilli eap- taiii, but as lie liad on Ilie ITtli of .June. ITTj, only twenty-one luen in liis cou)- jiuny, be was not eouiniissione.l. — Ens. 10 IMA.S.SACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. Iic(liment.* David Brewer, Esq., Colonel. RuFUS Putnam, Lieut. -Colonel. Natii.^niel Danielson, Major. C.iptaiiis. Homes Walbridge. Peter Tnger.sol. Levi Rounseval. Malcomb Henry. Isaac Cotton. Jonathan Bardwell. Abiathar Angel. John Packard. Jonathan Danforth. TJeuten.ants. 2(1 Lit^utonants. Jehiel Mungcn. James Blog^et. Silas Goodrich. Thomas Barnham. Henry Peirce. Samuel Tabur. John Gray. Daviil Sacket. John Wriijht. Nathan' AU'xauder. William Gilmore. Moses How. Isaac Warren. Simeon Larned. David Brewer, Juu. Jonathan Allen. Joseph McNeal. Levi Bowin. Thomas Weeks Adjutant. Ebenezer Washburn . . . Quarternuister. Surgeon. Captains. Cliarles Cu.shing. Edward Payson Williai Moses Whiting. Joseph l_luild. Jolm Boyd. EHjah Vor.se. Silas Wild. Jacob Gould. William Bent. Job Gushing. Regiment.'^ Hon. W" HEATn, Esq., Colonel. John Gratox, Lieut. -Colonel. Jotiiain LoRixfi I'd, Major. Liruttiiunts. 2<1 LiouteiiaTits. Elias Wliitteu. Benjamin Beal. Sanuu'l Forster. Jonathan Dorr. Aarnn Pain. James Fiudale. Jolin Gay. Lsaac Bullard. Elii-uezer Dean. Joshua (lould. Phiuias Pain. A\illiam Suiuner. Kathaniel Niles. William Herman. Asa Dyer. Shaw. Theophibis l>yi)n. Isajah Bussey. Nathan' Nichols. Josiah Oakes. EeyiineHt.X Benjamin Ruggi.es WooniunDGE, Esq., Colonel. Ani.jAii Brown, Lieut. -Colonel. WiLi.i.v.M Stacy, Major. * Tliero are niinu'rcius variations in tlie .siielbnt;- of tlie names a.'; given in 4 Puree, n., 8-J'.l. IS:;il. Of tliese the most important are Waldrifluv instead of Wall. ridge, Colton instead of Cotton, Itbiel Maiigar insteal of .leliiel Munger, IJiee instead of Peirce, Lackett instead of Sacket, and Lewis Boon insteail of Levi linwin. — Eds. t Not in Fmce's lists. — Er>s. J The prineiiial variation.s in the list in 4 Force, H.. 828, are Cnwilen instead of Coiuler, Croaker instead of Cnieker, Rowley instead of Rawley, Sliay insteail of Sh.aes. and Thomas Goodenoiigh instead of Ithannr Goodnimgh. Shay is the person who afterward became famous as the leader in the insnrreetinn called by his name. .Inly ^id Asa Barnes was recommended for a commission as a captain, and Caleh Snnth and Timothy Head as lieutenants in his company, and William Smith ami ( Hiver Wagget as lieutenants in Captain King's company. Colonel Ilenshau's lists were probably made out about the 1st of July. — Eds. 1876.] ORDEHIA- BOOK. 11 ra)it!iiiis. Lieutenants. 2.i Lieutenants. Rtniln'u Dickerson. Zaclieus Cmcker. Daniel Sliau.s. Ni);uliah l,eoiiaid. Jo.siah Siiiitli. Samuel (JoiiUi. Ste|ilieu Pearl. Aaron Kawley. Abncr IVase. ])avi(i Coiiiler. ... ... Julm C'owles. ... ... Jchabod Dexter. Ithanor Goodnoiv.,'li. John Mayo. John King. . . . '. . .■ . Setli Murray. .... ... A List of Officers Coimiiissionaled h/ the MdisiicliHsrltn Coiu/rcss, dated May VS, 177.x 111 Provincial Conjiress, Jiiiio •'", l'7o. Tlio oonnnittce appointed to make out eoinini^sioiis for llitt ollicers of the Colony Army do hereby eertlfie tliat the followini; is a true list of tliu oflieers they liave made out eoiniuission.s for, and delivered. 'rtMOTIlV LaNGDOX. .li)si cii \\'ii[:i:i.KH. A true ropy. Attest : Samui:i. Flilci.MAN, Secretary. William Ilensluiw, Es(|., Ad jutant-fTCiieral. coininissiDned .Iiine 27. The regiments as they stand in the }/iil-kins. Tlinnip^mi in.«tca.l of Lampoon, Everlv iustead of Kvely, jukI P.iiuard in-lr.id n( r,.nii:ird — I-a.s t The li.-t HI 1 I'nv.v, 11 , .s:;o, .lane ■_'■_', I TT.'.. iiiv.^s Loauuiii I'.alilu iu as lieu- tenant-colouel, \V,'..>eu as uia j.ir, ami l)a\ ni .h.ncs as surueou. It does uot con- tain the uauics of Ko^ers au'd liis two henteu s. uor .lolui Woml, and it in- cluiles S.iuuiel Spra'.Mic as .a<'.aplaiu with .Joseph Clieevcr aud Wdliaui Oliver as his liealenanls, aud John Baker, Jr., as ii u;ipt:uu aud Joseph Pettiugill first lieutenaut. — Ens. 187(3.] ORDERLY BOOK. 1-^ Briir^'los. . Brisade-^fajorfl. Tlioiiias's. Brewer. .S[ici\(H>r's. Tniuibull. Heath's. Henley. Frye's. Carv. Gn'cirs. liox. ■Sulliv;ui'.s. Seaminell. Kirtc om.vrs. Colonel W" TiioMi'soN. IJcut. -Colonel Kr>\v-' II.v.nd. Jlajcir Hon' .M.\<:a\v. Adjutant lIorsKAci'.K. Quarterjiiaster Tuo" Cn.MGE. Siiri^eai .Iiidm^ l)anford".s liou.se by persons entering the same. Guard to eoM>i>t of :i sergeant and seven privates. That Colonel Green do marcli Ins regiment to Roxbury, and join (ii-neral Tliomas. The parole, " Sergeant." AprU -l-.-.d. Genkiiai, Orders. — That tu-o eompanies mount guard at Mr. Riehardson's. That Captain Hill repair to Woburn. and apply to the selectmen for a snitalih^ house for the reeeption of prisoners, and a, guaid of lifiy men, ami to know if the seleetmen can provide piovisions Uw ihe guai-d and ])risoners. Meii/iiraiidiiin. — l\e|)orted, that Josiah Breed is a pi'isoner at IJoston, and desired, that, if tliere should be an exchange of prisoners, he may be remembered. AjiHl 24//,. General Orders. — That the commanding oflieer of each regi- ment grant passes to such persons as bring ]irovisions and clothing for till' eamp. That General Thomas do send an otiieer, with a sullieient guard, to convoy a mortar and oi'dinanee stores to Mr. John Goddard, in Brook- line, where the powder is now deposited. A/,n/ -irx/i* General Orders. — That each adjutant, sergeant-major, and orderly sergeant, be imm<'diati'ly jirovided with orderly-books, in oi'der regularly to enter the ordei-s of the army. That the Adjutant-(ieneral olitain, as soon as possil)le, a eom[ilete return of the army, in order to form an equal duly-roll. That the ipiartermaster of each regiment be direi'ted to see tliat jiroper kettles be ])rovided by loan from the inhabitants for tin' use of the Provincial troops, until the Province stores can lii^ deli\cred out ; and that thicket lo consist of seven [captaiiis],t fourteen subalterns, twenty-iught sci'geants, three hundred and fifty rank and lile. * From Fenno's Onlerly Book it apjicars that those orders were issueii on the "Jtlh, iis well :is tile orders inuneiliatelv preceding, Tliey are probably what are elsewhere .lesi-nnlea MS "after orders. "— Kus. t Siipi.lie.l from Feuao's Onlerly 13ook. — Ens. 1870.] ORDERLY r.OOIC. Fic'ld-otlicers for the main .ciuinl. ('(iloncl liridjie, Major Carter. Main iiuanl to coiisi-t of six ea|itaiiis. twelve su1)alHTiis, tweiity- foiir sergeants, tlu'ee Imiidreil lank ami tile. The aforesaiil guard be paraded this morning at nine o'eloek. ai]d relievo the picsent guards. April ■i:>ih. Parole, " CllATlIAil." Genkkal Ordi'.ks. — 'I'liat vaults he ilug in sorn(! convenient place for each regiment. Adjutant of (he day, Nathan Fuller. Parole, " Ciiatha5I." That C-'olonel Fry be ollicer of tlu^ day. F^ield-otRcers for the picket, Colonel Presoot and Major Raymond. The picket to consist of seven captains, fourteen subalterns, twenty- eight sergeants, and three hundred and twenty rank and lile. Field-oilicers for the main guard, Colonel Green and Major Miller. IMain guard to consist of six captains, twelve subalterns, twenty-four .sergeants, three huntence, and then that tlu! said sergeant and file of men return to their duly. That a court of inquiry be ordered by (Jeneral Thomas to ex.imine the prisoner named lirindley, ami all others that may be afterwards taken, and discharge or conline them in such places as he shall judge suitable. That the sergeant and lile of men who have the c.ire of IJrindley safely guard him back to head-quarters in Koxbury. Thai Captain F'ox, with a party of twenty men, take; jirisoners Lieu- tenant Hamilton and his servant, and commit them to the place [the selectmen] have provided for them, and see that they have such things as are suitable for their comfortable subsistence.* That tlie commanding olUeers of the main guard dismiss Jame.s • The words between the brackets are sup]ilied tVoin Fonno's Orderly Book. — Ens. 18 MASSACHUSETTS HISTOPaCAL SOCIETY. [Oct. IToIden, under their care, and send liim, witli a sergeant and file df men, without the guards.* Tliat each guard kee]) a vigilant loolcout, and. if any movements made by the enemy, or if any discovery is uiiide. to give innncdiate intelligence to the next guard, and so from guard to guard, till it reaches the pii'ket guard, who are to give immediate notice to the Gen- eral, and parade tlie men. Thst tliis order he lianded to tlie succeeding guard, and ,so on, till further orders. That the officer of the main guard and oilicerof llie picket be innne- diatoly furnished with these orders. April -im. Parole, " Hancock." Officer of the day, Colonel Doolittle. Field-oHicers of the picket, Lieut.-Colonel Ilolden, IMajor Bigelow. Field-ollicei's of main guard, Lieut.-Colonel IJrickett, Major Deus- more. That two companies be detaclied from the picket, and jtosted us follows; viz., one at Mrs. Inmau's, and one in Charlestowu Road. That the reveille be beat every morning at fiuir o'clock. That, at the beating of the troop, tlie officers and privates be iniiue- diately assembled to parade. That the tattoo lie beat every evening at nine o'elcick. That, after the beatiug the tattoo, there be a profound silence througli the camp. Adjutant of the day, Sonthgate. That the officers of the main guard order that a sentry be a|ipointed out of the guard that is posted at the house of Captain Steki;s. — That as many men as are not enlisted, .and incline to remain iu the army, eidist immediately, in order that it may be ascertained what number it may still be necessary to be raised iu each town to complete the complement of troops for this Province, and * Fc'MiKi's OrilerW I5o()k lias " without tlie cami)." — Eds. 1870.] OKUKULY BOOK. 19 to forward to each town their remaining quota; and the men that now enlist may be assured that they shall have liberly to he under the com- mand of sncli otiicers as may be a|)|)ointed by the Committee of Safety, unlil the particular rejjiments antl companies are comjib'ted ; and the nlmost care will be taken to make ever^' soldier liappy in being under good olllcers. That the lield-officers take care that one-fiflh part of the training soldiers of each town from whence these companies c^iuie be immedi- ately enlisted out of the troops assembled in camp ; and. if a sulllcicnt number cannot be enlisted agreeable to an e(pial (|Uota. that, in such case, the deficiency of such (]nota be inuncdialely forwarded by a re- cruiting officer to each town, aiiRRs. — One captain, two subalterns, four sergeants, four corpoi'als, and lifiy rank and lile. be paraded lo-niorrow morning, and lie ready to march so as to bii at Charlestown Neck by rdne o'clock in the morning, to assist in launcliing several l)oats, and then to return to camp; said detachment to receive the dirtK-tions of Air. llichai'd D.'v.ms. That no person presume to charge his piece upon surprise, oi- on the quarter guaids. with cartriilges. but only [lowderand a running ball,* so that it may [be] drawn if occasion requires. If any guards or regiments hear firing of aiMus near them, lliev are to send out immediately to know the ])ersons and the cause e. and take particular care tiiat no person put any thing into said pump. M,.,j od. Gesei;ai, OltDElts. — That four captains, eight subalterns, si.vteen sergeants, two hundred privates, be drafted, to go upon f itigue. Coloiiei Doolittle conuiiand the detachment ; and thai he apply to the Conimis- sary-General for necessary tools, aut they are (-mployeci with their teams, by order of the (.^uarterinaster-(;eueral. That eight captains, sixteen sulialterns, thirty-two sergeants, four hundred privates, be drafted, to go upon fatigue. Colonel Fry to eom- tiiand the detachment ; and that he a|iply to the Commissary-General for necessary tools, and ret'arn ihein at night to th<' Comnussary-General. The ollicer to receive directions ot' Mi-. Chailwick, the engineer. That lieutenants Farnum. .li.hn-on. and Walkei-. .adjutants Feliiger, Warnerjand i''ox, escort ihr corps. ■ i,f Lieutenant Mull to Charlcstown.* That no lield-oilicer jncsuim- to giv<' a pass to any person to go out of camp lliat came down in defeuer of his liberties befw'e that jiersoii shall have presented to the lield-oflieer a person not belonging to camp, * Fenno's Onlcrlv Book lias, " the corpse of Lieut. Hull of 43d ri'ijhnout of the Keirulars." — Kn's. -^ JIASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. aiii(in lie driivered out at a time, and two days at a time, according to the rules of the army. For fatigue, Colonel Porter. Jlfny iJih. Parole. " York." Officer of the day. Colonel Pcirce. Fii'ld-ollic-ers uf main i;uard, Lieut.-Colonel Nixon, IMajor Piut- terick. Field-olhccrs of the picket guard, Lieut.-Colonel Clark, Major Fraiser. Adjutant of the day, . Otherwi.se as usual. Gexkrai, Oi:i>r.i!S. — That Colonel AVyman fake |iarlirular i-arc of his men, that no outrage be committed on the person uv propiMly of any one individual whatever, and use his utmost cndcaAors to rediic<> his men to sjjood order, as there have been repeated com[ilaints from the houses of Mr. Temple of very disorderly conduct. M,fi/ 6M. Parole, '• PoiiTSMOuTii." Otlicer of the day. Colonel James Prescott. Main gnai'. Parole, " Worcester." Officer of the day for to-morrow, (.'olonel ( ierrish. Field-ollieer of" the main guard, Lieut.-Coloiiel Parker, Major Bigilow. I''ield-offieers of the picket guard, Lieut. -Colonel .loseph II<-nsha\v, ]Maj day, Lieut.-Colonel ISrickett. Field-olli.'crs for the picket guard to-night, Lieut.-Colonel Clark. IMajor Stacy. Field-otficers for main guard lo-morrow. Colonel Paterson, Major Woods. Ficld-oHicer for the fatigue, Lieut.-Colonel Powell. Adjutant of the day, . Otherwise as usual. * In Fciinii's Onlerly Hmik tlii- countersign is "Freoiloni." — Eds. t Supplicil from Fenno's Orderly Book. — Eds. 187ii.] onnKmA- v.dok. 2o Parole, " Lancaster " ; c'omitt;rsi:,'ii. •■ Pkace." Officer of tlio (lay. Colonel W'" I'n-scott. F'iekl-officers for the picket iriianl lo-iiij;lit. Colonel Oreen, Major Baldwin. Field-olliccrs of main gn/inl lo-nion-ou- niiirnin/ 1. ■!//,. Parole, " ButioKiTf.i.i) " ; countersign. '• Diki.ft." Officer of the day. Colonel Patterson. Field-officers for the picket guard to-night, F,ieut.-Colouel Hrickett, Major Stacy. Field-officers for main cuard to-morrow. Lieut. -Colonel Clark. >Lijor Woods. For fatigue, Lieut. -Colonel Ilolden. Adjutant of the day, Fox. Otherwise as usual. Gknkral Ouiiiajs. — That Captain Is.aac Foster he porrnilteil (o carry provisions into Charlesluwn lor the heiielit of such persons only who have niovecl f)ut of Boston and are going into the counlrv. and our friends in said tdwn. That no jierson excepting the said Isaac Foster be permitted to pass the guard with provisions, till further order. ^f>,>/ I \tL Parole. " ILvkdwick " ; countersign. •• Pi;ti:rsiia>i." Oflicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Woodhriilge. Field-officer for the picket guard to-night. TJeut.-Colonel Robertson. Field-officer for main guard to-morrow, .Major I'aldwin. For fatigue, Lieut. -Colonel Ilolden for to-morrow inste;id of to-day. Adjutant of the day. . Otherwise as usual. 4 2G MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OuT. Mail \')tb. Parole. " Billf.rica " : iMiiiiitcTsijxn. " Chelmsfoud." Officer till- the (lay. to-iimridw, Licnit.-Colouel .)()se]ih lleiisiiaw. Fielcl-(jllici-r for the piekct miard to-night, ]Maji)r Higilnw. Field-dHicer for the main ^uard to-morrow. Colonel VV" Trescott. Officer for fatigue to-morr(j\v, Colonel Porter. Ailjiitant of the day, . Otherwise as usual. Ma,/ 1 (',///. Parole, '■ Xoutii.vjiI'Ton " : coiintcr-.iL'n, •• IImh.I'-.v." * Field-offieer for picket guard t..-iii^hl. Colour) Ward. Field-officer for main guard to- iidw, Coloml Do.jlitlle. Field-officei- for fitigue, Cohnnd I'circe for to-morrow. Adjutant for the day. . Otherwise as usual. M,,,/ 1 llh. Parole, " Ticondkroga " ; countersign. " CiiowN Point." Officer of the day for to-morrow, Ccdonel Parker. Field-ollicer for picket guard to-night, Ccdonel Clark. Field-officer for main giuu'd to-morrow morning. Major Moore. Field-officer for fatigue to-morrow, Lieut-Colonel Patterson. Adjutant of the ilay, . Otherwise as usual. Mau 18//i. Parole, " Eastox " ; countersign, " ARNor,D." t Officer of the day, Lieut.-Colonel Robertson, for to-morrow. Field-officer for the picket guard to-night. Colonel Woodliridge. Field-ollicer for main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-Colonel llolden. For fiti'/uc. .Major P.aldwin. Adjutant ol ilir'di.y. ■. Otherwise as usual. Mail VMh. Parole, " Ethan " : conntrrhigu [•• Ai>i,i'.\ "].t Officer of the day fjr t.i-nKurow, Colonel W" Hi'IisIkiw. Field-officer for "the picket guard to-night. CoIcmicI I'.ond. Field-ollicer for main guard to-morrow morning. Colonel Witney. Field-officer for fatigue. Colonel .Scammons. Adjutant of llie i'KI£Ki,i,.'' Officer of the day for to-morrow, Colonel .loseph Ileiishaw. Field-officer f()r the picket guard to-night, ^Lljor Bigilow. Field-officer for main guard to-morrow, Colonel liridge. Officer fiu- fatigue. . Adjutant of tlu! day. . Parole, " KhiikwsbIj'RV " ; countersign. '• AVoijckstf.k." Officer of tlut day, Lieut.-Colonel Clark, for to-morrow. Field-oflii'cr for the picket guard to-night, Alajor Bigilow. Field-offici-r for the main guard to-morrow, Lit'Ut.-(_'olonel Paterson. Ollicer for fatigue. Major '.Moore. Adjutant of the day. . .lAo/ 2:U. Genkhal Okdkus. — That tlie dflicers of the train of artilh-ry may eidist persons from any regiment in camp, in order to ciimplcie the train as soon as possible; and the commanding officer of ca<'h regiment and company is ordered to permit four men, and no more, from each company to eidist voluntarily into the train, — the commissions, bv a resolve of Congress, to be made mil tn the several captains of com- panies, notwillistaiidiiig tlie fniir men enlisted out of their res|)ective companies ; Ijnt the ('ompaiues are to li(^ filled up as soon as po.ssible, afterwards. Parole, " Maiu-houough " ; ccMintersign, " Xi.)in'iii'.()iiOi:Gii." Otlicer for the day, to-morrow, Colonel Gariliner. * Fenivi's Onlcrly Book lias " sloop " instead of " sclidoiier." — Kds. 28 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OCT. Field-officei' for the picket t(i-iiiglit. ^Nfjijor Ijuliivvin. Officer for the iiiaiu guurd to-moiTow morning, Lieut.-Colouel Witney. Fiehl-ofRcer for fatigue, Major Cady. Adjutant for the day, Hunt. Mmi -nth. ■■ Parole, " SuDituuv"; countersign, " Fkamixgham." Officer for the day, to-morrow, C " : ciiunter>iLrn. " ( 'iiki.ska." Officer for ilie day. to-morrow. Colon./l Patterson. Field-ollieer for tht! picket to-night. Major I'.rocjks. Field-olliicr fur the main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-Colouel Bond. Field-.. ili.vr for the fatigue. Colonel Ward. Adjutant liu' the day, Waiaier. Parole, " Maldf.n" : countersign, " Di:liveuance." Officer of the day, to-morrow, Colonel W'" Prescott. Field-ollicer for tlie jjicket to night. Major Stacy. Field-officer for the main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-Colouel Hutch- inson. Field-officer for the fatigue, !\Iajor Putnam. Adjutaut of the chiv, — '■ . lt<7. GlvNKRAL Onnr.KS. — That .Major Alden deliver the brass lield- piece in his jios^ession to Mr. Dinmn Morton, of the ti-ain of artillery, for the use of tiie army. Parole, "Dedham"; countersi<;n. " M i:ii|-ir.i.ii." Ollieer of the day. Colonel Brid'i.'e. Field-oiricei- forliie picket guai'd to-night, Major .Tackson. Fiild-otlii-er for tlu- main guani to-morrow niorniirg. Lieut. -Colonel Keed. Ollieer for fatigue to-morrow. Major .Sawyer. Adjutant of tiie day, Fox. .)/rriixv. Mrziii riitiiam. Adjutant for the day, Muntaguc. Jauc :>lh. Parolo, " SAi.isi'.rriV " ; coniitcrsiun, " 11a vi.iimi.i,." Otiiivr for the day, Colonel I'allrrsoii. Field-ollicer for the ])iekct, to-nij;lit, ^Major Poor. Field-oHicer for the main fjuard to-morrow, Lieut. -Colonel \VliitJiey. Fiehl-ollieer for fatigue, Major Jackson. Adjutant for the day, to-morrow, Colonel Pallerson. Jinti- r-morrow. Colonel Scaunuons. Field-oHlcer for the jiickel to-night. Major lU-ooks. Field-olRcer for the main guard to-moriow, Lii-ut. -Colonel i[onltoii. Field-otiieer for fatigue to-morrow. Major St.-icy. Adjutant of the day, ■ I\Lisden. Jimi' '.)M. Parole, " SuNDERLANii " ; countersign. '■ MoNTAcrr.." Officer for the day, to-mori-ow, Coloiiid .\i\cn. Field-ollieer for the picket to-night, ^Lijor Woods. Fielil-otHcer for the main guard to-morrow, Lieut. -Colonel I'ond. Field-officei- for fatigue, Major Wood. Adjutant of the day for to-morrow, [from] Colonel Nixen's regi- ment. Jiiiif 10'//. Parole. " Nortitfield " ; countersign, " I!rimfii;i.1)." Officer for the dav, to-morrow. Colonel Gerrish. 32 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. Field-officer for t.Iie picket to-night, Major Butterick. Fii'lil-olticer for tlie main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-C'olonel Urickett. Adjutant of llio day, Febiger. Genkral Okders. — That the commanding officer of the picket guard be parlicuhirly careful that no damage be done to the meeting- house, as he must be accountiible for it himself. This order to be handed to the next officer that relieves, and so on. The meeting-houie and parade round it to be kept clean. Jhiip Wtlt. Parole, " Glyn " ; countersign, •' Wilks." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Mansfeild. Field-officer for the picket to-night, Major Putnam. Field-officer for main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-Colonel Clark. Field-officer for fatigue to-morrow. Major Poor. Adjutant for the day. Putnam. June \-2th. Parole, " York " ; countersign, " Kittery." Otiieer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Woodbridge. Field-officer for the picket to-night, IMajor Wood. Field-oflicer for the main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-Colonel Parker. Officer for fatigue to-morrow, . Adjutant for the day, Montague. Jinto ISt/i. Parole, '• WoiU'RN " ; c(iuTiti'rsii;n, '■ Concord." Officer of the day, to-morrow. Colonel W'" Prescott. Field-officer for the |)icket to-night. Major Stacy. Fitdd-oilicer for the main guard to-morrow, Lieut.-Colonel Robinson. Officer for fatigue to-morrow, . Adjutant for the day, Hardy. Jfi'(ii/-i/iiiir/i'rs. JiDio 13, 177.'). General Orders. — 'J'hat a general court-martial be held this day, at nine o'clock, at the school-house, to try such persons as shall be brought before them. Colonel Fry, PrrsideDt. MEMBERS C,-irl:""»- Lieutenants. Coit. Foster. Bancroft. Hide. Francis. Hunting. Newell. Kyes. Gleason. Goodnow. Butler. Port4-r. Joseph T ruuili all, Ksi|., Jndije Advocate. All evidences to atteni 1876.] OKl>Ki:IA' r.OOK. June Wlh. 33 Parole, "AVki.i.s"; countersiijii, '• Ukkwick." Officer of tlie (liiy for tcp-morrow. Colonel (Jardeiier. Fiekl-offioer of the picket lo-iiij;lit, Maj.ir Jackson. Fi(>lil-oirieei' of the niaui triiaril to-morrow, Lienl.-C'olonel Storrs. Officer for fatigue to-morrow, . Adjutant for the day, to-morrow, limit. H,;id-,j,iarh,s. .hme Wlh. Gf.nkral Ordees. — Thai each colonel of a reLriment take and keep a list of his men, their names, when enlisteil, placid of residence, age, stature, and complexion, ami order the roll to he called ep a (piarter guard. That the arms and ammnnition of ihe (licket guard lie ex- amined hy the commanding otfu-er of the picket hefore they go upim dulv, ./»/;<■ I.V/i. Parole, '■ TAfNTnN " ; countersign, " Hi:ilui;or!I." Officer of the dav f>r tomorrow, Colomd Scammons. Fi(dd-officer of the picket to-idght. Major Durkee. Field-oflicer for tlii' main guard to-morrow, I, ionl. -Colonel Xixoa. Officer for fitigue to-morrow, • . Adjutant for the day. to-morrow, Marsden. Gl'.NI'.liM. Oi;r)i;Ks. — That the connnanding officer of the jiicket guard never leave his |iost hy idght nor hy day. not more than half an hour at a time, leaving directions with llie next commanding ollicer where to lind him, Xot more than ten of the picket he allowed to [h(^] off their post at a time, hy night or liy day. That the second in command never leave his |iost when the first is ahsent. Thi'se orders to he delivered to the next commanding (jflici-r, and so on from lime to time. That .Samuel ^lurray he r<-moved from the jail in Worcester, to his father's homestead farm in Rutland, tln' limits of which \w is not to l)ass until further orders ; and all persons are heri-liy strictly forhidden to offer an V \ ioleiice to said .Murray while he contimies in the peace of (hid within these limits. 34 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. June IGl/i. Parole, "Lkhanon"; countersign, " Coventry." Field-officer of the day. tu-morrow. Colonel Nixon. Field-officer fnr the jiickct to-nij;lit. ^laj.ir liiitl.-rick. Field-officer for the main guard to-uinn-iiw nioining, Lieut. -Colonel Plutchinsou. Adjutant of the day, to-morrow, . * Heud-qiiarters. VuniJtrithje^ June \llli. 177."i. Genf.kal Oudeks. — That General Thomas immrdiatcly send tlie following ordnance: viz., one 18 and one 2-1 |)ouiidir. with iH(i|ii-r ordnance stores, to the cam[) at Cambridge, aiul |irii|ii-i- cnuiluctor.s for the same, if they can well be spared from Roxbury eam[). June Mtli. 177.'.. Parole, " Di;f.i;fii:i,1) " ; countrrsign, " Conway." Field-officer (if tli.- day. td-mmidw. Colonel (JiM-rish. Field-officer for the |iirk,( to-nighf. ('ol..ncl Wood. Fiekl-ollieer for tlic main guard to-mori-ow morning, Lieut.-Colonel Baldwin. Adjutant of tlic day, to-m(U-row. Feliigiu-.f * Chester's Orderly Biiok (Hroceedinss (if Mass. Hist. Soc, .riiiio, 187.3) lias BriKiks instead s. t In Fenno's (.)rdcrly Bodk, which was apparently not written ont Inun day to day, lint was prepared at a later date, either from the orij^inal orders or from memoranda taken at the time, the foUowinir aceoiuit of tlie liattle of Bunker Hill is inserted, between the 17th and IHlli of .Iiine : "The three regiments above-mentioned, liavint; received orders about ten o'clock of the evening bhli instant, beixau to entreiKdi on Breed's Hill, directly o|iposite Co]ie's Hill in Boston. By daylii;ht they had thrown up a small fort and part of the lines of circumvallation. .\liout iour o'clock in the moniinj; of the 17th, the Lively, which lay in Charlestown Ferry, haviii}; put a spring on her calile, be^an to fire on our peoiile. Sonie time after they fired also from Cojie's Hill, wiiere was a battery of seven or eii;lit batterint; cannon. As the tide rose, aliout ten o'clock, three or four floalinn' batteries he^an to play on the aliove entrenchment. Be- tween twelve and two o'clock two thousand men laniK'd on a point northieast of the entrencliment, and iinmediatelv lie.t;an to cannonade the same; so that at this pcjiod the hre of three sliiiis, tli'ree liatteries, several lield-pieces. the battery on Cope's Hill, from si.x different directi(jns, all centred on the aliove ineom- )ilele hreastwork. No reliet or reinforcement having arrived, about nine hun- dred men of the above three re};iments alone maintained the ground till about thri'e o'clo(dc, when, being overpowered by mimliers, they were obliged to retreat, pt'he I'rovincials lost aliont one hundred and thirty men in this engage- ment, aitd had about three hundred wounded. From a, very intelligent regular who was in ttie above engagement, and who alterwards deserted, I had a list of the killed and woimded'of the Kegnlars, which areownt General Gage trans- mitted to England, and was as follows : — '■ Acciiiml of the killed and wounded of the ministerial army in the engage- ment at Charlestown, June 17, 177o. li'lvl.l-iilti.vis. Capf.'iiiis. Siili:illrnis. .'sl-ix'i'.-oiIs. Ilniiiiliicrs. I'riv.-ili'S. 4 '.I I:; l.'i 1 r.il killed. 2 -J.'i :;'.! 40 12 7oti wmmded. "Total, \Km killed and womided." — Ens. 1876.] ORUKULY liOOK. 3o Sui„hi,i.Ji,„p 18///. Parolo, '• Maluf.n '" ; C(iiiiiti'r.sii;ii. " Wr.^TON." Fifld-dttii'er of tlir day, to-moirow, C'dlom-I Maiisfeild. ]>'icl(l-(iirn-c.T ofllic |iii'kct lo-iii.iilil. Major Poor. Ficlil-oiru-cr of the iiiaiti uiianl to-morrow inorniiiij, Lieut.-Colonel BoikI. Ailjutaut of tile (lay, to-morrow. • Putnam. ■/«».■ 111//,. General Oiii>i;i!;i. — That Captain David Mason* repair to tim several eiitreiiehinciits, to direct, in.siiecl, and oversee the artillery and militarv stores tliroiigliout tlie lines, and see thai ihev are in pi-oper order." That an adjutant furnisli a siihaltcrn and twentv im-n witlmnt arms to attend the committee of CoUiriess, at the commissary's ollicc, and there assist in loadinj; and unloadinj; provi>ions, and in other hilior. Parole, '• ScAlUiOltOfCll "; countersign, " l?i;i Nswii K." Odicur of tlie day, to-morrow. Colonel Woodhridge. Officer for the picket to-nij;lit. Major Stacy. Officer of the main yuard to-morrow. Lieut.-Colonel Briekett. Adjutant of till! day. to-morrow. Moiita^'ue. Gk'.nkhai. ()i!I>i:i:s. — That Colonel Ward and Colonel AVhiicomh furnish one company hetweeii hoth their reirimeiits to be taken from No. 2, and send them to Jlrs Iiiman's. to he relieved hy said re;.ninints from day to day till fiirlhi r ordi'rs : aUo furnish Captain Homaiis with a sergeant and lil'ieen pri\atrs e\erv eveiiin;;. ./»»,■ :.'(!///. Gi;m:i!AI, Oudkiis. — That .Sergeant (Jreen and .Inhn Koleh take the command of the guard at the sniall-|io.\ hos|iital. near Fre^li Pond, and keep a setilry at the irate, who is to permit no person to go in or out, e\ce|)t tlie iloetor. and .such as the doctor shall permit to pass: and thtit a \ery stiici guard he t slantly kejit at said hospital. I'aiole, ■■ IIaui'swki,!, " ; countersign. '• Win-i)IIA-M." Officer of the day, to-morrow. Coloi'iel Fry. Officer of tht' picket to-niglit, . Officer of the main guard to-morrow, Lieul.-Culouid lirown. Ailjulant of the day, to-morrow, Hardy. Jun,- -Mft. Parole, " Pomi-I!i;t " ; counteivign, ■■ 15i!istoi.." Officer of tiie day, to-morrow. Colonel \V"' Prescott. Otiicer of the picket to-night. Major Jackson. Officer for the main guard to-morrow. Colomd Haldwin. Adjutant of the day, to-morrow, Colonel Pi-e,>cott. • In Fenno's Orderly Hocik he is c;i11(m1 ".Major Mason"; tint lie chil not receive liis commission iis UKijor iiiilil .liiiie "Jlst. Sue Frotliingliani's " History of tlie 8iege of Boston," p. ls4. — Kns. 36 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. General Oudicrs. — That tlic cnmmamliiii; officer of eafh I'egi- ment, detachment, and coni]>aiiy make a complete return of tlie nvnii- bers ill their res]iective I'egiments, detachments, aiid companies tit for duty, ali>i nt on liirlough, deserted, sick, killed, and wounded in the late eujrauenii lit. and missing upon account thereof. That each colonel appoint a i-ei;imeiital court-martial to try pri.soii- ers belonj;in;; to their respective reuinuMits, lor errors that are not capital. That one-half of Colonels iJrewer's, Nixon's. Scainmon>"s. Little's. Gerrish's. (iardiner's, Woodhrid-e's. [and] :\Ianslield's ivuimeiils l,e di-ufted every day to relieve the parly n|ion Pid.-pect, Hill ; ihe saiil party be j)araded and ready to march by seven o'l-lock in the inoinini;. till further orders. Jum •2-2,/. Parole, " LANnrioN " ; coiuilersign. " Afrt.ETOX." Officer for the dav liu- tli-morrow. Colonel Scaunnons. Officer for the picket to-night, Colonel Glover. Officer for the uiaiu guard to-morrow, Lieut. -Colonel Ni.xon. Adjutant for the day, to-morrow, ALirsdi'ii. Gen'eiial Orders. — That all such persons as may have in their possession gnus, ])acks, clothintr, and any other article whatever that fell into their hands, at and since the time of the engagement n])on Bunker's Hill, the owners of which are unknown, immediately relnrn them to head-(juarters. June -rdd. Parole. " Lyman " ; countersign, '• IIoi'iciNS." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Glover. Officer of the picket to-niglit, [from] Colonel Glover's regiment. Officer of the main guard to-morrow. JLajor Brooks. Adjutant of the day, to-morrow. Colonel Glover. General Oiihers. — That Cohuuds Brewer, Nixon. Little. Scam- mon, Gerrish. Caidim-r, Woodbridge, [and] Mansfeild's regimeuts encamp on or near I'ldspect Ilill; the oflicers of said regiments not to desert their posts upon anv consideration whatever, and use their utmost endeavors to prevent the soldiers doing the same. .1,111,' -1 Uh. //,„,/-,/,i„,t,,-s, <',„„/„■;,/,/,: Parole. " TR(.)Wiu;]i)iii'; " ; counlersign, '• AValter." Officer of the day. to-nun-i-ow. Colonel Bridge. Officer of the [licket to-uight. Captain . Oflii'er of the main guard, Lieut .-Colonel Storrs. Adjutant of Ihe ilay, Lox. G<'nci.il orders his llianks to be giviii lo those officers and soldiers who behaved .so \ery g.-dlanlly in (be late aclioii at Charleslowu. Such liravery gives the (iciieral srn^ilile ph'aMnc. he being thereby fully satisfied that we shall liiially come otf victorious, and triumph over IIh' enendes of freedom and America. 18TG.] OKDEItLV BDOK. 37 Skiii/iii/, ,/iiiic 'i-'lh. Parole, " IIali.ey" ; coiuili;-rsij;ii, ■■ Fuk.k:«an." Ollicei' of the day, to-morrow. Colonel Fry. Oflicer of the main ^uard. J>ieiit.-('oloiiel Kobiiisou. Adjiitaiit of tin- (lay, llanly. Parole, '' Swaxskv " ; coiiiitersign. •• DAur.MoiTH." OfFieer of iho day, to-morrow. Colonel Preseutt. Ollieer of the main nuard, .Major .lohonnot. Adjutant of the day, (Jrern. Hcml-i/Kurltrs, June illli, 1 77."), CiDnhriilije. Gexei!AI. ()ki)i:hs. — 'I'iiat a lieneral eourt-inartial lie held this day at the lines, to try Ca|itain Calleiider, of tin- train of artillery. I-",vi- denees on holh sides be chdy ordered to attend said court, which Ls to sit at eiulit o'clock, A.M. Colonel Little, President. C^iptuins. (^.pt^iina. •Crofts.* 15ak.-r. Gerrish. Barnet. Hill. CV'SWell. I'lrkins. AVilliams. Popkiiis. Nohle. Tyler. Dodge. Captain .Mom ly, Jiuhje Adrncii/e. June 27M. General Okdeus. — That the commanding officer ;il Prosjieet ITill keep a main gnard. ami ap]ioiiit an otiicer liir the dav. The ficld-otIi<'crs are orileie^th. Genkral Or;i>Ki!s. — That Lie.iit.-Coloiiel Boml occupy mic romn, in the south-e;ist coriici- iif Colonel Vassall's lioiise, upon the .-ccoml floor, for the sick heloni^inrr to said regiment.* till a convenient phice can be procureil elsewhere for tlie above-said purpose. Parole, " Wokckstkk " ; countersign, " Brookfield." Officer for the day, to-morrow, Lieut.- Colonel Brickelt. Officer for the main guard, Major Poor. Adjutant for the day, Fox. General Orders. — That Edward Previor assist in baking, till further orders. Jinie 2'Jt/i. Parole, " Wasiiincjton " ; countersign, '• Virhinia." C)fficer of the day, to-morrow. Colonel Gerry. Officer of the main guard, Major Brooks. Adjutant of the day, Hardy. General Orders. — That the regiments in tliis encampment par- ade to-morrow morning at live o'clock, on the common, where the pris- oners will be brought from the main guard, and tlie (entence of the general court-martial will lie put in execution against them. The officers commanding companies w'ill take care tliat the men in their respective companies ttirn out immediately when called upon lor duty. The adjutants will take i-avi' to bring the men upon lla^ place ol' parade for guards and other duty, prei-isely by the time prelixed by the Adjutant-General. Jii/ir ;;i)///. IffiKhquiirters. General Ordeiss — 'I'liat all profane cursing ami swearing, all indecent language and liehaxiiu', will not he tolerateil in camps. The General e\|)eets that all iIk' oHie.-is. tVom the highest to the lowest rank, set a good example to ihe soldiers in this I'espei-t. That three subalterns be appointed ilaily to visit tin- colleges at nine o'clock in the morning, and see tliat they are daily swept clean: and that the olhcers im]iro\ ing dwelling-houses take care that those soldiers who are ipiai-tia-ed in the same see tliat, tliev are dailv swept. That the lield-ollierrs at Candiriilg.'. ( ■haile>t,,wn.' and Medf.rd see that the adjutants make a list of the names of all the otli.-ei-s of rank anition amon;: the men, the sur;.'con of riicli rej^iment will examine tln-i'einto. and. if there be any svni|itoHis (it' tlie small-pox upon them, that they be immediately reuiovccl. That one soldier be taken out of raeli company in Putnam's, I'rcs- cott's, Uridjie's, Fry's, ami Glover's ri';.'iuients. for eanip color-men, whose daily business shall be to swecji ami keep clean the e:iin|). Ili'iid qiKirlcfs n/ ('iimliii'hji: Jul;/ '-'xl. Parole. •• Look oit"; countersii;n. " .SiiAlti-." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel iSridge. Otiicer of the main guard. Major Poor. Adjutant of the day, Gibbs. * 111 Feiino's Orderly Book tlie army is culled " the Mnssachiisetts army," ami il is sliiteil that the rules ami regulations ure to he read "at least onre a fortnight." — Kns. 40 MASSACHUSETTS HISTOPJCAL SOCIETY. [Oct. IL'dd-qiKirtors at Cambridge, Jiihj od, 177^). By liis Exi-cllciH y ( !ror(je Wa-^liiMiitoii, I'>c|.. C<>mm;iiHler iix.'liicf of the Foi-ci's of tlic Uuit.cd Ccjlonies of Niinli Anicricn. — The colonel oi' commandiiii; oHircr of iMi'h n-ijiiiieiit is ordered forthwith to make two returns of the niunlic-r of men in their n-spective refrimeiit.'', distingnishinu; those who arc sirk. umuidHd, or absent on furloni;h, and also the (|iiantity of aininiiiiiliim i-arh ri-;;inicht now has. AlKi:s. — Four o'el(H-k, p.m. ISy liis Kxccllrmy (ieneral Wasliinj^ton, — It is ordoi-ed. that Colonel (ilover's ivj;iinrnt lie ready this eveinnt;. with all tlii'ir .McrontrHini'iits. t(j march at a ininntc's warnini; to suppoit General Folxmi of the New Hampshire forces, in case his line slaadd be attacked. It is also ordered, that Colonel Prescott's regiment equip tiiemselves, march this evening, and take possession of the woods leading to Lech- niore's Point, and in case of an attack, then Coloni-1 Glover's regiment to march immediately to their snpport. Ifr„d;/Nartn-s. J,,!// Ml. Parole. " AmsiiTdx " : countersign, " 1>ei>foi{D." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow, Colonel Prescott. Otlicer of the main gnard. Major Brooks. Adjutant of the ,I,/ \lh. Gknuuai. ()i^ui-:t!R. — 1. Exact returns to lie made by the proper officers of all the provisions, ordnance, ordnance stores, powder, lead, working-tools of all kinds, tents, camp-kettles, and all other stores under their respective care, belonging to the armies at Cambridge ,-iiii1 Ro.x- liurv. The commauiliug oflicer of each regiment to make a return ions, e\ery ollicer is to coutinne to do duty in the rank and station he at present liolds. until further onleiv. 3. Thomas Millliii, Fs,|.. is appointd liy the (ieiicial one of liis aides-de-camp: .biscpli Keel. F.^([.. is in like niaiiner appointed secre- tary to the Gcneial ; and they are in fiitniv to be considered and regarded as sticli. '4. The Continental Con-ress haviii- imu laken all the troops of the several colonies, which have lieen raised or uhich may lie heieattcr raised, fir the Mippoi-l and defence of the libeiiies nf Anieiica, into their |iay and si'rxicc, they are now the troops of the United I'loviiices 1870.] ORDICP.I.V liOOIv 41 of North America, ami it is Ii(i|mi1 tliMt :ill erv- ance of those articles of war established for the government of the army which forbid profane cursing and swearing, and ilrunkenness ; and iu like manner reipiires and expects of all ollicers and soldiers not engaged in actual duty a punctual altenu^dit. bled, and died in the cause of liis country ans. •i'-^ MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. 13. C.'iptam Griffin is appointed ;uile-fle-c;imp to General Lee. and to lie rci^arded as such. It. The guard for the seenritv of the stores at Watertown to lie increased to thirty men initneilialely. 15. A sergeant and six men are to lie set as a guard to the hospital, and are to apply to Dr. Hand. If). Complaint Vicing made against John White, (piartrrniastrr of Colonel Nixon's regiment, for misdemeanors in drawing pro\ isions for more men than the regiment eonsisted of, and for alm-ivi- lichavioi-. a court-martial, consisting of a captain and four subaltcni-. i> ordiird lo be held on said White, at nine o'clock to-morrow morning, wlio are to niake due inquiry, determine, and report. IL;id-qinirkrs, Ciudfr'uhj,', J.ihj [>th, 177.'). By his Excellency Cieneral Washington. Parole, " BicDKOUL) " ; countersign, " Cami'.ridge." Officer of the day for to-morrow, Colonel Glover. Officer of the main guard, Lieut. -Colonel Holiinson. Adjutant of the day, Hardy. GKNiiKAi- OitUEHs. — 1. The adjutant of each regiment is required to take special care that all general orders are communicated as well to the private men as to the officers, that there may lie no plea of igno- rance. They will be deemed answerable for al! conse(juences which may follow from a neglect of this order. 2. A general court-martial is ordered to sit to-morrow, at ten o'clock, A.M., for the trial of William Patten, charged with leaving his post while on guanl ; David Wells and Gi-. B. _"\V"' Piittcii and David Wells helon;;" to Captain Gri.lley's company, ami Colonel (iridley's refrimenl. (iideon Cole belonj;s to Captain Chester's company, in Cieneral Putnam's regiment. John Scott belongs to ('ai)lain Aloney's company. Colonel 's regimi'iit. * James Foster belongs to Cajitain Bntler's company. Colonel Nixon's regiment. TJwrsiliiii, Jiihj i\l/i, ITT.'i. ' Jfiati;i.in.AM) " ; counter.-ign, " Darby." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow, Colonel liricket. Ollicer for lh(^ main guard. Major Johonnol. Adjutant of the day, (iibbs. (h;ni:i;ai. ( )i!i>r,i;s. — ^ 1. A general conrt-marlial is ordered to sit to-morrow, at ten o'clock, A.M., fir the trial of John Seymore. .lohn I'.alehelor, and \V"' Croslon.t all of Colonel (Jridley's regiment, charged with desertion and theft ; at the same lime, ihey are to liear and de- termine the case of Thomas Dnidey, a stroller, accused of theft. No- tice to be given to the |)risonei-s to-day. 2. Captain Ijconard, of CoKum I W'oodbridge's regiment, and tin? remainder of his company, are oi-dered to join the guard at Watertown. ;>. The clothing ]>ro\ ideil by the Massaclmseits committee of sup- ])lies, for thosi; men of their government who lost their clothes at the late action at linnker's Hill, to be distrihuled to the most needy and necessitous men of each regiment, and an account to be kept thereof by the commanding ollicer of each regiment. ('innl>riihji\ llctiil-tjUfirlers. Jnli/ llh. 177.). Gi'.NFnAr. ()i:iiKi;s. — I'y his Kxc(dlency (Jeneral AVashinglon, Parole. " !)( iKi in-.sTKi: " : countersign, •• KxK.TEK." Ollicer of the' day tor to-morrow. Colonel IJri.lge. Ollicer of ihi' main guard. Major Woods. Adjutant of the day. Fox. 1. It is with inexpressible concern that the (Jeiu'ral, upen lii< lirst arri\al in the army, sjioulil liiiil an otlicer sentenced by a gener.-il cunrl- mailial lo be (M>hicn-il loi- ciiuaidice, — a crime of all others llie ni.i..i infamous in a soldiei-, the most injurious lo an army, and the la^l to be forgiven, inasmuch as it may. and (d'leii does. happ<'ii that the coward- ice of a single ollicer inav prove the destruction of the whole army. T'lie General thertfore, though with great concern (aiul more espe- eiaJly as the transaction happened before he had the command of the troops), thinks himself obliged, for the good of the service, lo approve * In Fenno's Onlcrlv Hmik the iinine cf llic captain is !.'ivcii as '■ M.mcv." Butli Ili'iisliaw anil Feiino leave a liliuik for tlie name of tlic colonel. — Kns. t In Fenno's Orderly Book the name is " Curston." — Kns. 44 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIKTV. [OcT. the judgment of the court-martial with respect to Captain .Tolin Callcn- fler, who is liereby sentenced to be Cflsiiiered. Captain Jolm Callender is accordingly cashiered, and dismissed from all further service in the Continenlal Army, as an officer. Tlic ( !f'ncr;d, haviin; made all due inquiries, and maturely considered this matter, is led to the above determination, not only from the par- ticular guilt of Captain Callender, but the fatal conse(ineuces of such a comhict to the army, and to the cause of Amei'ica. He now therefire most earnestly exhorts otlircis of all ranks to sliow an cxaniiilc (^f bravery and courage to thi-ir nn-n. assuiing tlirni that sU'h as d(j their duty in the day of battle as hrave and good ollicers shall be honored willi every mark of di-tinction and regard, their nanu-s and merits made known to the General Congress, and all America; wdiile, on tlie otlier hand, he most pcsilively deebires that evuartefmast<'r-( bneral is liereb\- directed to-in([uire into the matter, and report upon it ; at the same time, to inform the bakers that if any more complaints are made, and they shall be foimd just, they will be most severely punished. 7. The" guards 'on the r,, ads leading'to Hunker's Hill are ordered not to snlfer any person to pass them, unless an oliicer is sent down from the lines to onler it, ov lliev will be severely punished. 8. 'J"he (eneial Inis great r. a'sou. and is highly displeased with the negligem-e and inatteiilion of those ollii-eis who have placed as sentries at the (Uilposls 111(11 with whose character tlie\ are not acquainted. 187G.] OUnEULV MOOK. 45 lie tluTcfore cinlciv. tlmt tor the fuliirr lui man sliull lie appointed to tliost; iniportHMt sUitions who is not a nalivc of this (•ouiiti'y, or lias a wife and family in it to wliom lie is known to he attached. This order is to he considered as a slandini^ one, and the otiieers are to pay oliedi- ence to it, at their i)eril. i). A complaint of the most extraordinarv kind haviiiij; heen made to the (Jeneral, that soldiers enlisted in one rei;iment have heen sednecd to i-e-enlist into others, hy agents enlisted tor that purpose, nnder the specious promise of money, or leave of absence tVom the army. — a procedure so snhversive of all order and discipline, an prisorii'i- was confined, and h'ai'u from him upon whose eoin|)laint, and what witnesses there are to siip])ort it. 11. A regimental court-martial is ordered to sit to-morrow, ten oVrloek. on Sanuiel Bartlett, of the company late Captain Callender'.", and Colonel (iridley's regiuuMit, eonlined tor abusiv<' behavior. 1"-. A general court-martial to sit lo-niorrow, ten o'clock, a.m.. for the trial of Thomas Domily, charged with stealing, Kac-h of the .above prisoners to have notice to-day; and the witnesses in like manner ordered to attend. l.'i. In order that all ihe sii'k and wounded in the arniv mav be jii-ovided tor and lakcMi care of in the best way and manner possible, it is ordered, that when any ollicer or soldier is so ill, eiihei- liv a wcjuihI or otherwise, that the sui-geon of the regiment to which he belotigs finds he cannot be properly taken care of in >in-h rciximiait. sui-h sur- geon sli.all send him to ihe camp hospital to which lli.'y liel.ni,'. with a certilicale, the man's name, ihe company and iei;iment to which he belongs, v&c.; and, in that case, the surgeon of the hospital shall receive the said sick and wounded. And in cas(! such hospital shall be too full, in that cast' the surgeon of said hospil.al shall send such of his patients as may be removed with safely to Ihe hospital at W'alei-town, with the like certilicate as above; on which the surgeon of Watertown liospital is to receive and take care of him. J/ciiil-ifiiirfcrs, Jidij Sf/i, 1775. By his Excellency Genei-al Washington. GkNKR.^I, OliOEItS. Parole, "Essk.k" : countersiirn, " Fai.ki.axd." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Glover. Officer of thi^ main guard, ilajoi- I'oor. Adjutant of tlu^ day, llanly. Ordered, 1. Tiiat the main guard oti no .■icconnt whatc^ver be with- '^^ MASSACHUSKTTS HISTOPaCAL SOCIETY. [OcT. out a drum, which is to boat to arms on any ahirm, and followed hy all the drums iu the eamj), on wliich every officer and soldier is to repair tii tlie alarm post. 2. The eoiuinaiidiiii.' ollii'er of each reitimeiit or corps in Candiridge, as soon as the men are paraded after an alarm, to send an ollicer to head-rpiarters for orders. 3. The comniandinj; oHicers at Roxhiiry, Prospect Ilill, Winter Hill, and Sewall's Point to send e.xpresse.s, iu ease of an alarm, to head- (piarters, with an ai'couut of the situation and moveuKMits of the enemy. If thev are not eai'h provided witli a horse for that purpose, the AilJutaut-(Temn'al to apply to the Committee of Supplies. 4. Colonel (iridley of the tirtillery, or the ne.xt iu command, to i;ive in a return of his men, stores, anil ammunition, aureealile to the order of the 4th instant, and to (hstinguish the |iosts to which his re^imeul is assigned in case of alarm. The direction is given as to llie return of men. ammunition, tVc, to the commanding otticer of the regiments late Colonel Gardim/r's, of Colonel Glover's, and Colonel Gerrish's, who liave omitted (-(unplving with the above order hitherto. r>. Tlie comniauding ,. Ulcers at Winter Ilill. Prospect Ilill. and Iloxliurv are to make purlicailar iui|uiiy into tin.' ammunition of the men in those lines, aud, if there is any ileliciency, immediately to report it to the Gein-ral at iiead-cpiarters. G. A seueral court-martial is ordered to sit on Monda)' next, ten o'clock, for till' trial of Lieutenant Brigliam. charged with rescuing a person from lawful custody. The prisoner to have notice to-day. J/ni,/-nt absent upon furloin;li. and all oHicers, non-commissioned ofllceis. and soldiers, who have not joined their respective corps, to he ordered forlliwilli to camp ; the commanding olhcers of corps to be answerable to the (ieii- eral, to an imiui'diatc obedience to these orders. The General (or, iu his absence, the commandiug olliciu- at Pox- bnry) 1o send a report e\erv day in writing, sealeil up. to the Coni- maialer-in-chief, at liead-(pi:irleis, in Cambridge, of all ihc material occairreiK'es of the preceding day, mentioning particularly all iirrivals of ships and vessels in the bay, and wdiat changes and aherations are made in the stations of the men-of-war, trausuorts, and fluating bat- teries, &c. 18TG.] ORDERLY BOOK. ■^' Heail-qmirters a! < 'amhridgr. Jith/ \>>//i. 177.'). Parole, " FHKDKKirK " ; coiiiiter-iign, " (il.OfcKSTtu." OllicM-i' for the ilay, to-mornnv. Colonel 15i'ir the contrary at tl'ieir peril. The colonels of the Massachusetts regiments to order oni' snliaheni from each com|)any in their respective corps forthwith upon the recruiting servici\ I'roper instnu^tions will be given liv the Adjntaul- (-Teneral to the ollicers ordered npon that serxin'; tliev will iheieloi-.' call at head-(iuarters as soon as possible to receive iheir instructions. The General recommends it to the colonels of regimtMits to send active anil vigilant ollicers npon this service, and those who are most in esteem with the people in the district iln'v arc sent lo recruit in, /f,;i,/- " ; countersign. •■ II.M:ri-i>i;i>." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow, Colonel (ilovcr. Ollicer of the main guard, Colonel Robinson. Adjutant of the day, Hardy. Genki:al Ohdi'.ijs. — 1. The general court-martial of which Colonel W'" Preseolt was president is dissolved. A general court- martial is to be assembled as soon as possible, to try such persons as shall be brought before them ; all evidences and pc?'soiis ennccrned to attend the court. 2. The General understanding there is a bad custom prevailiii'.' of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers absi-nting themselves from 48 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. guard, undiT a pi'etence of going for provisions, it is therefore ordered, tliat all oilicers and soldiers bring their provisions to the guard they mount, and on no pretence quit tlieir giianl till it is regularly dis- misseil. o. Notwillistanding the order of the Provincial Congress, some per- .sons are so daring as to supply the soldiers with immoderate ipiantities of rum, and otljer spirituous li(|Uors. [If] any sutler, tavern-keeper, or licensed innholder, shall presume, after the date of this order, to sell to any non-commissioned oHicer or soldier any spirituous liquors whatso- ever, without an order from the captain of the company to which such iion-commissioned officer or soldier belongs, he or they so ofl'ending may expect to be severely punished. Lieut.-Colonel Ward to be president of the geuer.al court-martial. J„hi VM. Parole, " Falmouth" ; countersign, "Worcester." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Prescott. Officer of the main guard. Major Poor. AER.s. — The Adjutant-General will deliver at orderly time a certain niiinlier of printed returns to the adjutant of eacli regiment, so that for the future no excuse can be admitted for not m.aking exact and regidar returns when denKinih/ Wtli, 177.0. Parole, " Halifax"; countersign. •' I.vvi;iiNi-;ss." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Bridge. Oliicer of the main guard. Major lirooks. Adjutant of the day, Fox. As the health of an army principally de|)ends upon eleaidiness, it is recommended in the strongest manner to the commanding ollicer of corps, posts, and detachments, to be strictly diligent in ordering the necessaries to be filled up once a week, and new ones dug ; the streets of the lines and encampments to be swept daily, and all ollal and carrion near the camp to be immediat»dy buried. The otlicers com- manding in barracks or quarters to be answerable that they are swept every morning, and all filth and dirt to be removed fiom about the houses. Ne.\t to eleaidiness, nothing is more conducive to a soldier's hcalili than dressing his provision in a decent and proper manner: tin- otli- cers commanding companies should therefore daily ins])(-et the camp kitchen.s, and see that the men dress their provisions iu a wholesome way. The commanding officer of those parts of the lines and of recloubts where pikes are placed will order the quartermaster of corps to see the pikes greased twice a week. They are to be answerable that tin; pikes are kept clean, and always fit and ready for service. The General, observing great lemissness and neglect in the several guards in and about the camp, orders the ollicer commanding any guard to turn out his guard immediately upon the near approach of the Commander-in-chief, or of any of the general ollicers : and, upon passing the guard, the Commander-in-chief is to be ri-ceived with rested arms, the officers to salute, and the drmns to beat a march ; the Major-General, with rested arms, the ollicer to salute, and the drums to beat two ruffles; the Brigadier-Generals, with rested arms, the officer to salute, and the drums to beat one rullle. There being something awkward as well as improper in the general 50 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. officers being stopped at the outposts, asked for guard (who it some- times liappeiis is as much unacquainted with the person of the gen- erals, as tlie private men), before they can pass either in or out, it is recommended to botli otlicers and men to make themselves acquainted with the persons of all the officers in fient-ial command; and in the meanwhile, to prevent mistakes, the general officers and their aides-de- camp will be distinguislied in the following manner : viz., the Com- mander-in-chief, by a blue rilibon worn across his breast, between his coat and waistcoat; the Major and Brigadiers-General, \>y a pink ribbon worn in like manner; the aide-de-camp, by a green ribbon. The court-martial of which Colonel Ward was president is dis- solved. Daniel Carmicle, soldier in Colonel Paterson's regiment, tried for disobedience to orders, for re-enlisting and taking advance money twice, and for drunkenness, is found guilty of the several charges, and ordered to be whipped on the bare back, with thirty-nine laslies, and discharged from the army. The General apjjroves the sentence, and orders it to be executed to-morrow morning, at the head of the regiment he belongs to. July \bth. Parole. " Virginia"; countersign, " Martland." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Glover. GUicrr iif till' main gu:ird. Major Lee. Adjutant of the day, • ■ I'lardy. Okders. — 1. The commanding otHcer of each regiment to report the names of such men in their respective corps as are most expert in the management of whalr-hoats. 2. AV'hen any commissidiied or non-commissioned officer is sent upon any detachment, duty of liomu-, fatigue, or to see the e.xecution of any particular work, ho is, so soon as the work is performed, to make report thereof to the commanding othcer. 3. It being found advantageous to the public service to remove sundry horn cattle and sheep from the grouiii:!!.s, — The Continental Congress having earnestly recommended that Thursday next, tlie "ioih instant, lie observeil by the inhal)itants of all the Knglish colonies \ipiin the continent as a day of public fasting, humiliation, and prayi'r. that they may with united hearts and voices uideignedly confess their sins before (Jnd, and supplicate the all-wise and merciful ])is|ioser of KverUs tu avoid the devastations and calamities of an unnatural war, the Cleiieral onlers that day to be religiously observed by the forces uiwler his command, in manner exactly direited by the pnjclaniation of the Continental Congress. It is therefore strictly enjoined on all officers and soldiers not upon duty to attend divine service at their a<-custnme(l places of worship, as well in the lines as in the encampments and .[iiarters : and it is expected that all those who do go to worship, do take their anu>, ammunition, and accoutrements, ami are prepareil for iunucdiaie action, if called niion. If, in the judgment of the olhcers. the works should be in such forwardness as the utmo-t .security ot' the camp reiiuires. tliey will command their men to abstain from labor on that soleum day. It was with mui-h suri)ri.se and concern that the (ieneral, in |iassing along the New Hampshire lines yesterday, obscrx^d a iuo>l wanton, mischievous, and unprolitable abuse of projierly. in the destruction of many valuable trees which were standing on tin! sidi' of the road, out of the wav of our works or guns ; he therefore orders tiuu an elVect- ual stop be put to such practices for the future. A severe pnnishiuent will fall U|>on the transgressors of this ordei'. William Palfrey. E-scp, is appointed aide-de-camp to .Major Cienera! Lee, All oriler.s, whether written or verbal, coming from (ieneral Lee, and delivered by Captain I-'alfrey, are to be |iunctually obi-yeil, A particular return to be delivered to the ,Vljutanl-( Ieneral to- morrow, at orderly time, of the regiment of artillery, distinguishing how every man and otHcer iu the cor[)s is at present employed, and where posted. 52 MASSACHUSETTS HISTOPaCAL SOCIETY. FOcT. Head-quart ers at Oanibriili/e, Jti^y ilt/i, 1775. Parole. " Boston "' : countersign, "• Salk.m." Officer for the il:i\', to-morrow, Colonel Brickett. Officer of the main guard, Major WooJs. Adjutant of tlie day, Gibhs. Genkral Ordeiis. — There is reason to apprehend that the gen- eral orders are not publislied to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the army. As pleading ignorance of orders will not for tiie future be admitted iu excuse for any delinquency, it is once more ordered that the adjutants of the several corps will be exact in seeing the orders read every evening to the men off duty of their respective corps, as they may depend upon answering before a court-martial for any neglect in ol)eying this order. The general court-martial whereof Colonel John Nixon is president, to sit again to-morrow morning at eight o'clock, to try snch prisoners as shall be bronglit before them. All evidences and persons conrenieil to attend the court. There being a gi-eut neglect in sending iu the returns to tlie Adju- tant-General, as directed by the general orders of Friday last (espe- cially from the regiment* posted in Roxbury), the General assures Commanders of corjis from whom returns are expected that he will not for the future pass over the slightest neglect in sending returns to the head-quarters at the time directed by the general orders. If there is any remissness in the adjutants, tiie coloiu-ls will not do tlieir duty, if they do not confine the transgressors forthwith. After Ordicks. — Captam Benjaiuin Perkins, of Colonel Little's regiment, confined by Colonel Doolittle for assisting and abetting soliliors to mutiny in rescuing a prisoner from the quarter guard of Colonel Doolittle's regiment, is to li<' ti-ii'd to-nmrrow morning by tlie general court-martial whereof ('oloucl iNixon is pi-esideut. AH evi- dences and persons concerned to attend the court. Camp hcfore. Boston., July \Sl/i. 177.'>. Parole. "Wilmington"; countersign, " Chicstku." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Bridge. Officer of the main guard, Major Poor. Adjutant of the day, Fox. Gi'".NKRAr, OunEii.s. — As tin; c/ievan.r-de-fri'se are not in readiness, the officers commanding the different lines and redoubts are, as speedily as possible, to provide a sufficient number of gabions, which are to lay empty at the entrances of the respective posts, in order to be filled >ip a.s occasions may reiptire. General Putnam will forthwitii order his post to be furnished with a large quantity of fascines. The officers commanding the different posts to srnd an exact return to head-quarters this afternoon of all tlie intreiu-hiiig tools in their * Fenno's Orderly Rook reads " roginHnits." The copy in 4 Force's " Amer- ican Archives," 11., 1708, lias "the regiments posted in and near Koxbur>-." — Ens. 187G.] OKDEKIA' BOOK. 53 pojisession, — spades, pickaxes, wheel-liarrows, axes, ami crow-bars ; and to mciitioii llic mimbcr ami i|iiaiitity of any of those iin[ileiiieiUs tliat, are still waiitiiii; to cany on tlieir respective works. Five captains, twehe suliallrrns, twelve serueanls. and three huu- di-ed rank and tile to parade to-morrow niorniiii; immediately after divine service, from the regiments now stationed in t'amlirid;;e, as a working party to assist in raising the New IIamp>hire lines. Colonel James Scammons, of the Massachusetts I5ay forces, tried hy the general court-martial of which Colonel John Nixon was president, for disobedience to orclers and backwardness in the execution of duty, the coui't, after dulv examining the evidence for and against tiie pris- oner, together with what the pi-isoiicr had to say in his own defence, are of opinion that Colonel .Scammons is not guilty of the crimes whereof he was accused, and therefore do acipiit the prisoner. Colonel Scammons to be immediately released from his arrest. If. after what has happened, the enemy in revenge for their late losses should dare to attempt forcing our lines, the army may be assured that nothing but their own indolence and remissness can give the least hope of success to so rash an enter])rise; it is therefore strongly recommended to the commanding ollicers of corps, guards, and detachments, that they be assiduously alert in parading their men at their sevi-ral posts half an hour before dayl)reak, and remain there till the counnanding ollicer thinks proper to dismiss them. The General hears with astonishment the veiy fre,h/ ■2\sf, 177.V. Parole, " JI.vlden " ; countersign, " Ciielsi'.a." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Johonnot. Officer of the main guard. Major Woods. Adjutant of the day, Gibbs. Ilinil-iiuaiiers ul ('iimhrithje, Jiili/ -liil, Ml a. Parole, " \ant\ski:t "' : countersign, " IMlssis.sirn." A coui't of iiKpiiry to sit forthwith (president. Dr. Foster; Dr. Warren aiKl Dr. Eustace, members), to examine into a complaint exhibited by Mr. .John Spaulding, surgeon to General Putnam's regi- ment, against Mr. Penuel Chiney, surgeon's mate of said regiment ; all evidences to attend the court. Captain lsra<4 Putnam and Lieutenant Sam' Webb, being appointed aides-de-camj) to Major-General Putnam, they are to be obeyed as such. Regularity and due sidiordination l)eing so essentially necessary to the good order and govermnent of an ai'iny, and without it the whole must soon become a scene of disorder and confusion, the General finds it indispensably necessary, without waiting any longer for despatches from the (General Continental Congress, immediately to form the army into three grand divisions, and of dividing each of those three grand divisions into tw;- adier-Cieneral Cireen, and posted n])on I'ro-peet Hill. .Vnd these two brigades compose the left wing, or second division, of the army, under the command of Major-(jeueral Lee. That (ieneral Heath's, Colonel Patterson's. Colonel Scammons's, Colonel Gerrisii's, Colonel Phinney's, Colonel Prescotl's, be foiined into another brigade, and conunande]* to occupy No. 1 and the redoubt between that and No. 2; Colonel (ierrish's f regiment to take post at the redoubt upon Sewall's Pi>int ; Colonel Gerrish's regiment to furnish the companies for Chelsea, !Mal- den, and Medford. JJead-quarlers at Camhridge. Jubj '2:'id, 177">. Parole. " Hrlnswiciv " ; countersign, " Piuncktown." Ollic^er of the day for to-morrow. Colonel (jlover. Oliicer of the main guard. Major 15rooks. Adjutant of the day, Hardy. * Supplied from the copy of tliis diu^'s orders in 4 Force's " American Ar- chives," 11.. 17;!8. The copy in Fenno's OrdeTly Book is incomplete. — Kns. t The copy in Force, ii( sujna, reads " I'rescott's " instend of " tierrisli's." — Eds 56 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. As tlie Continental army has unfortunately no uniform, and conse- quently many inconveniences must arise from not beins; able always to distinguish commissioned otRcers from the non-commissioned, and the non-commissioned from the privates, it is desired that some badges of distinction may be immediately provided : for instance, the fieid- officers may have red or pink colored cockades in their hats ; the captains, yellow or buff; and tlie sulialterus, green. They are to fiirnisli themselves accordini;ly. Tlie sergeants may be disliuguished by an epaulet, or stripe of red cloth sewed niioii the right shoukU'r ; the corporals, by one of green. The people employed to make spears are desired by the General to made four dozen of them immediately, thirteen feet in length, and the wood part a good deal more substantial than those already made, particularly in the New Hampshire lines. [They] are ridiculously short and slight, and can answer no sort of purpose ; no more are, there- fore, to be made on the same model. The commanding otlicers of the different works and posts are once more enjoined to furnish themselves with a sufficient number of gabi- ons and fascines, which are to stop up the entrance of their respective redoubts and lines, and to repair tlieir works which may be either dam- aged by the weather or by the tire of the enemy. It is observed that several of the entrances of the redoubts are still left open, without any sort of defence ; the commanding otiicers of each redoubt are tlierefore ordered to cut a wide, deep ditch at the entrances, and (brow a bridge of strong plank across. This to be done without delay. John Davis, in Captain Foster's company, in Colonel Gridley"s regiment of artillery, tried for desertion, and suspicion of intending to go to the enemy, is acquitted by the general court-martial. Ensign Trofton, accused by Colonel Scammous of abusive and insulting lan- guage to the said Colonel Scammous while under arrest, tried by a general court-marti.al, of which Colonel Nixon was president; the court were unanimously of opinion that the prisoner is not guilty, and do therefore acquit him, with honor. Lieutenant Trofton to be forth- with released from his arrest. Michael Bury, Ca[)taiii Parker's company, and Colonel Prescott's regiment, trieil by the same general court-martial for refusing his duty, and enlisting in another company ; the court condemns the prisoner, and orders him to receive thirty-nine lashes. The General orders the sentence to be put in execution at the head of the regiment the delin- quent belongs to. Colonel Little's regiment, omitted in yesterday's orders, is in General Green's brigade, and to be posted on Prospect Ilill. Head-rpidiicrs (if VamJiridge, Jidy 2\tli, 1775. Parole, "SAi.Tsr.ri;v " ; countersign, "Cumberland." Olhcer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Prescott. Officer of the main guard. Major Lee. Adjutant of the day, Tyler. It being thought pi'oper to distinguish the majors from the brigadiers- 1S7G.] OKDF.IU.V BOOK. •')< gciier:il l)y Sdiiic particnhir inaik. fur (hr t'utiirc llu' inujor-gonenil will wt'ai' a broad piirpie ribbon. Notwithstanding the geneial Ofdcrs making tlie distinction of gen- eral oliicers, aides-de-camp. tfec. the generals are freipienlly stopped by the sentinels, which can only happen d'on; the captains liaving neg- lected to read the orders to their res|)ective companies. If any general oliicer, aide-de-camp, or major of bi'igade. is again slopped through the ignorance of the sentinels, the captains w ill b<' c()ii>iorilcr of each officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier, to be mcnlioiied in the return. The returns of the surgeon of the corps stationed in and near Kox- bury to be made to the cominanlh. 177.J. Parole, " Halifax" ; countersign, '■ Yoiuc." Continual complaints being made that soldiers of regiments and companies, after enlisting in one company and regiment, have gone and enlisted in another ; insomuch [thatj it woidil engross the Cieneral's whole time to hear the disputes upon this subject, for the future, any oliicers who have any dispute in regard to tlm men recruited are to 58 MASSACHUSETTS HrSTORICAL SOCIKTV. [Oct. apply to the brirfadier oonmiaiuliiig their brigado, who will order a court-martial of tlie brigade to hear and deterniine the matter. The general court-martial of whieii C'olonel Nixon was president to be dissolved this evening, and another general coiii't-inartial et the lines to sit to-morrow morning at the usual time and |il:i<-e. u> try sueh prisoners as shall be brought betbi'e them. All evidenees and persons coneerned to attend. llcud-ijunrfers, Canifiridr/e, Julij '2Ctlh, 177a. Parole, " Amsterdam" ; eountersign, " Amkov." It is recommended to the commanding olUcers of corps that all coverings made of boards [be] built in the form of bai'racks, and in the most advantageous manner, at the same time so contrived as to be warm and comfortable in cold weather. All passes to be discontinued for the future, and no jierson to be admitted into the lines, unless introduced by an ollleer who can vimcli for him, or by order of the othcer commanding in tlie line^. It l)eing I'epresented that the present liospital is nut large enough to contain the sick, Lieutenant-Governor ()li\'er's licmse is to be cleared for tliat (uirpose, and care to be taken that no injury is done to it. Notwitlistanding the strict and repeated orders that have been gi\en against liring of small arms, it is hourly practised. All officers com- manding guards, posts, and detachments to be alert in appreheuding all future transgressors. Ca|)tain Clark, of (Seneral Putnam's regiment, conlined in arrest for a neglect of duty when upon guai'd, tried by a late general court- martial, is ac(piitted, and immediately to be released from his arrest. Levi Wood, soldier in Captain Nutting's company, in Colonel Preseott's regiment, conlined for alisenting himself without leave, and refusing to take the oath, and threatening to leave the army, the court- martial, upon the prisoner's pleading guilty, and promising to behave obediently for the future, recommended him to the General's mercy, who is pleased to pardon the prisoner. Jlrad-ijiuirtcrs, < 'aiiihriilfip, Jnli/ 'lltli, 1775. Parole, " Bedfoud " ; countersign, '• CU:ii,FOiiD." OHicer of the day for t(j-morrow, . Oilicer of the main gu;n-d, . Adjutant of the day, . John Trund)ull. Est]., being appointed aide-de-camp to his Excellency the Comuuuider-in-chief, he is to be obeyed as such. A court of inquiry to sit to-moiTow morning, at eight o'clock, in the tutor's chamber (Mr. Hall's), to examine into a complaint, exhibited U|)on oath, in the public newspapers, against Mr. Benjamin Whiting, a prisoner in the college. All evidences and persons concerned to attend the (■ lines, who is immciliately to escort, them in the same iiiauiK r to the iiKijor-general euiimiaiKliiii!; that division of the afniy, ■>vho, as soon as lie has examined them, will forthwith send tiiein under a proper escort from his jinard to the head-quarters. Some of the de- serters being maU)r rii " ; couiUirsign, ■•('oKK." A sergeant and six men to parade at the heail-(piarters, at elev(>n o'clock, to escort certain prisoners aiul desi-rlers to Woreesli-r : this ]iai'ty to 1)1^ victualled for this day iind to-nioifow. Tin; sergi-ant will lecrivc his (ir(ler> from the Adjnlant-(jeneral. .Mr. Kenjamin W'liiiing, Irieil by a court of imniirv, ordi-reil in the general orders of the ■J7th instant, whereof Lienl.-Colonel Iirickilt was president. The court having malun-ly con-id. ^n-d the exidi-m-i' for and against the prisoner, as well as what the prisoner had to otUr in his di'fcuce. ari" of opinion that the prisoner is nol guilty of lli«! crinn- laid to his cliargi-. and do lhei-ftc)re ac(piit tin- pi-i>oner. The General therefore orders tln^ pri.-oner to be ndeased. James McDaniel. trielu's, and to suffer on(! month's fatigue. The General appi'oves the sentence, and orders it to GO MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. be put in execution ;it tlie heiul of (lie regiment, after prayer-time to- morrow morning. W'" Winslow. of Captain Perkins's company of artillery, tried b_v tlie same eoni't-martial for stealing a common carlriilgu of powder, is acijuittcd. Head-quarters, Jnhj SOt/i, 1775. Parole, "Essex"; countersign, " Dfi'.LTX." OHioer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Prescott. Officer of the main guard, ^Major Woods. Adjutant of the day. (iihhs. William Tudor, l'".s(|., being appointed judge-advocate of the Con- tinental Army, lie is in all things relative to his office to be acknowl- edged and obeyed as such. The drummers and titers of the regiments in and about Cambridge are to be ordered constaiuly to attend the druui-aiid-life major, at the Usual hours, for instrurtion. Head-quarters, July ■ilst. 1775. Parole, " Faltcland " ; countersign, " Elpenton."* Offii^er of tlie day for to-morrow, Cnlonel .Johonuot. Otlicer of the main guaid. Major Poor. Adjutant of the day, Fox. The Continental Congress having been pleased to appoint Joseph Trumbull, Es([., to be commissary-general to the army of the United Colonies, all commissaries heretofore appointed by any of the dis- tinct Colonies' Congres;5es, or by particular authority of any particular districts or colony, are forthwith to make an exact return of the pro- visions, and all the different species of provisicjus. they liave in or near the camps at Cambridge and Pfixbury. Thereniiou Commissary- General Trnmliull, being assured by tlie report of his clerk, assistant, or from his own ex:iuiiiiatiiin, that such return is just and true, is to give his rpceiiit for the ([uantity deliveri'd into his hands; which re- ceipt will lie a gndd vduelier in the passing the account of the diflfer- ent colon3' eommissaries heretoforii appointed, and will be allowed as such. The commissaries at |iresent appointed by the several colonies are forthwith to make up their aeeuunts unto the third day of August, inclusive, ready to be laiil before the Coinmander-in-eliief, aud by him transmitted to the Continental Congress, or to be adjusted, and finally settled by him, as the Continental Congress shall think proper to direct. A return, signed by tin' ecnnmanding officers of regiments and corps, to be didivered to the Adjutant-l ieiieral to-morrow morning, at general orderlv-time, of the names, ranks, and dates of the officers' commissions * Fenno's Orderly Booli re.ids " Tvleiitown." In tlu' cojiy in 4 Fiiree's " Anu'ric:ui Arcliives," III. 31, it is " Edtnton," wliicli is tile modern spelling of the iKiiiiu. — ICns. ISrC] OUDKIU.V liOOK. Gl ill tlii'ir respective regiments and corps, nuiitiiMiiii^ ;il>o the vac-iucies, anil how occasioned. A general court-martial to sit immediately, to try Captain (ianliier, of Colonel Vernon's re. and lor the number of jnisoners they took there, ami douhts not hut the Continen- tal Army will he as famous for their mercy as their v.ilor. Two >ulialteriis, two sergeants, one drum, and thirty rank and lile. to ]iai:ide at head-quarters, at noon, to i-scort the prisoiu'rs to \Vorci-s- ter. I'he commanding otlicer will receive his oiders from the Aioncil oHicers and soldiers in their respecti\e rcf;iincnls. distinguishing those that have been mustered and paiil from those that h.ave not, that such methods may be pursued as shall remove all just ground of complaint. Pead, and ordered, that Colonel Cushiiig and Mr. Webster, with such as the honorable board shall join, b(i a coiniuittee for the purposes above mentioiKMl. Sent up fir concurrence. , , ,,- .. , In council, read and concurred, and Colonel Lincoln is joined. Attest: P. yVoMVitS, Serretury. Tlie officers commanding Massachusetts regiments will pay all due attention to the foregoing resolution. * Fcnno's Orderly Book lias " Colonel Hitchcock's reijiiiieiit." Tlie copy in 4 Force's " Aiiierican Arcliives." 111. :il, lias " ('oloiicl Vaniiiin'.s refriiiiciit." wliicli is correct. See also tlie general onlei's tor August 'lA. on llie next p:ige. — Eds. ij'2 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. One man in a company to lie aiipointeil a cauip culor-nian, from every company in i-v(i\' rcifiment in tlie arm}', wliose particular duty it must be to atrcml llic (|uarterniastcr ami quartermaster-sergeant; to sweep tlie street uf their respective eni^impments ; to fill up the ,/. 1775. Parole, "Halifax": I'ountersign, " Geneva." Captain Oliver J'arker, of Colonel Prescott's regiinent. tried by a general court-martial, wlu'i-eof Colonel Glover was ])resident, for defrauding his men of their advance pay, and by false returns inqiosing upon the commissary, and drawing more rations than he had men in his company, iind for .selling the provisions lie by that means obtained, is by the court found guilty of the wliol.' charge against him, and sentenced to be cashiered, midcted of all bis pay. and renderi'd incapa- ble of future ser\ ice. Captain Christopher GardiiuM-, of Colonel \'ar[unn"s regiment, in the Eliode Island brigade, tried bv a general court-martial, whereof Coloiiel Thomas Chinch was president, for deserting his post, is found guilty of the (a'ime, and unanimously senteuced to l)e cashiered, as iuca|)able of serving his coimtry in any military capacity. The General approves both the above sentences, ami orders tin; commanding officers of the regiments to see the prisoners dismissed the tirmy. JIniil-qiKirtiTS. Aiu/llst 3d. 177.'). Parole, " Iitia.ANt) " : comitersign, " Haktfokd." Wlien any plnndi'i- is taken from the enemy (not excepted by the Continental aiticles i,\' war), such plinider must be all snrrenilerc-d to the eonmianding olHeer; and, as soon as c..n\cnient after his ariival at head-(inarters, pnljlie notice must, be made that an auction will bi' hidd 1870.'] ORDEULV nooK. 63 in the tVoiit "f the pnc:im|)inent fur the sale thereof tlie next day iit noon; ;in three brigades posted in the lines, or in Candiridge, and those employed in the artillery, to be at head-iiuarters by eight o'eloek to-morrow morn-. ing ; and none will be entitled to any pay lu-real'ter who does not attend at that time. U(ii(/-qii(ir/i'rs. AiKjust \ili. 177.">. Parole, " LoNr>oN " ; countersign, " Icki.axd." Otiicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel lirickct. Olli"cr of Ihc main guard, Major I'oor. Adjutant of llie day, (iihbs. It is with indignation and shame the (ieneral observes that notwith- st.-inding the repeated oiders which have been given to ])revent the firing of guns in and about the camp, that it is daily and liourly prac- tised. That, contrary In all older, straggling soldiers do still |)ass the guards, and lire at a di>tan(<-, where there is not the least probability of hurting the enemy, and where no other end is answered lint to waste their annnunition. e.xposo themselves to the ridicule of the enemy, and kee|i their own camps harassed \iy fre(|uent and continual alarms, to the hurt and detriment of every good sohlier, who is ihereliy dislurbid of his natural rest, ami at length will never be able to distinguish be- tween a real and false alarm. For these reasons, it is in the most ]ierempt out- guards, unless authorized by the eommamling ollicer of that part of the lines, sigtutied in writing, which must be shown to the oflieers of the guard as they pass. Any person offending in tins particular will be cnnsidered in no other light than as a connnon enemy, and the guards will have order.s to fire upon them as such. The connnant/t. 177.'<. Parole, " WlcsTMiNSTKit " ; countersign. " ]\Iiiim()N"D." Officer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel .lohonnot. 04 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. Officer of till' main guanl. Major Brooks. Adjutant of llif day, Fox. For tlie establisliiniMit of order and to prevent disputes between officers, as well as for fixinc; a regular and proper distribution of the commissions of the Continental Armj. part of wliieli are already arrived from the Congress, and the rest hourly expei-tc^l, it is ordered, that a meeting of the iield-officers of eaeli brigade be held to-morrow morning at ten o'clock, as near as may be to the centre of the encampment of each brigade, who are to choose, by ballot, one out of their body to represent them in forming a court for the adjustment and final settlement of — F'irst, The rank of the regiments of the Continental Army, and numbering of each regiment accordingly, as all differences and distinc- tions are to be now laid aside. The regiments of the several provinces that form the Continental Army are to be considered no longer in a separate and distinct point of view, but as part of the whole army of the United Provinces. Secondly, Tiie rank of the iield-officers of all the regiments forming the Continental Army. Thirdly, The rank nf all the captains, subalterns, and staff-oflicers. And as doubts may arise which cannot be determined by the six tield- officers so chosen" by ballot, they are hereby directed to choose by ballot one brigadier-general, who will preside as moderator of the court for finally settling the rank of all the cor|)s and all the com- missioned oflicers that compose the army of the United Colonies. This court, being duly constituted and appointed, are to sit on Mon- day morning next, at Deacon Jones's, in Cambridge. The church to be cleaned out forthwith, as the Kev. Mr. Doyle will perform divine service therein to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. JTcdd-fjiKniers, Aiif/iist Gt/i, 1775. Parole, " Manchestku" ; countersign, " Lancaster." Otticer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel Bridge. Officer of the main guard. Major Lee. Adjutant of the day, Sartell. JJcad-qyarters, Aiir/i'S' "ilh, 1775. Parole, " Newcastlk, " ; countersign, "^Iai.pen." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel (ilover. Ofiicer of the main guard, Lieut. -Colonel Rol.iiuson. Adjutant of the day. Hardy. Captain Kilton, of Colonel Patterson's regiment, tried by a general court-martial for neglect of duty, is found guilty of a brcaih of the forty-ninth article of the rules and regulations for the Massachusetts army; they tlierefove sentence him to receive a severe reprimand from the commanding ullicer, at the head of the r<'ginient. Application having liien niaile for sutlers to supply the different regiments with necessaries, the Conunamler-in-chief has no olijection 1S70.] OEDEIILY BOOK. C)0 to c:\rh Cdloiifl ap|ioiiilin(T oiio for his |iarticiilar rc;:iiiieiit. providi'd the ])iiblic is not to be taxed willi any expense by tlie appi)iiitiiient : and jn'ovidcd, also, that each colonel doth beeoine aiis\verai)ie for the eon- chietof the sntler so ai)pointed, and takinscare that he conforni strictly to all orders given for the regulation of the army, and (hat he does not in any instance attempt to impose upon the soMiers in the priees of their goods. No ofiieer, directly or indirectly, is to become a sutler. It is in an especial manner rccoinmeinled to the coniniaiiding oOlcer of each regiment to see that a store of shoes and sliirts are laid in for tlieir men, as these are at all times necessary. 'I'lie General recoin- nieners. Aiirivale euKjlumenl, at the same time that the public is taxed with their pay, if not with their jirovisions. These insinuations being but obliipiely maile. the General is unwilling to believe that any ollicer can be so lost to all sense of honor as lo defraud the piUilic in so scandalous a mannt'r, and therelbre does not at present pay any further regard to the insinua- tion than to declare that he will show \u> favor to any ollii-er who shall be found guilty of such iniquitous practices, but will do his utmost endeavors to bring them to exemplary pmiishmeiit, and the disgrace due to such malconduct. The following is (he ration of provision allowe(l by tlu; Continental Congr<'ss unto cai-h soldier, viz.: one pound of fre.-~li beef, or three- ipuu-ters of a p(jund of pork, or one pound of salt fish per diem ; one *^'j MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. pound of bread or flour ])er diem ; three pints of pease or lieaus per week, or veijetalile.s eijuivideut at live sliiliiiigs sterling per bushel for pease or beans; one pint of milk per iVwrn per man. when to be had, one half pint of riee. or one pint of Indian un-ai. per man pev week; one quart of spruce l)eer per man per dii-m, oi- nini' gallons of molasses per company of one hundred men : three pouiiils of candles to one hun- dred men per week, for guards, itc ; twenty-four pounds of soft, or eight ])0uuds of hard soap, foi- one hundred nu'ii per urek ; one ration of salt [meat*], one ration of fresh [mi'at*], and two rations of bnail, to be delivered Monday merinng; WedneMlay iu(iruing the .same; p^riday morning (he same, and one ration of salt tish. All weekly allowances delivered Wednesday morning. When tlie number of regiments are too many to serve the whole the same day, then the number is to be divided equally, and (ini- pai't served Monday morning, the other part Tuesday morning, and so lhn)iii;h the week. Hni,l-(j>i,iiiers. Ainjuxl Will. 177."). Parole, " Riicni':sTF,i; " ; countersign, •• Plymouth." Olficer of llic day for to-morrow, Colonel Robinson. Officer of main guarallard. of Colonel Frye's regiment, tried by the late gen- eral i-oni-t-martial fir |ii-ofanc swearing, and for beating antan<-cs of pro- fane swearing, and of beating one of his nn-n, and tlierefore sentence him to pay a fine of four shillings for each otli-iice. Captain .lessee Saunders, of Colonel Sargcant's regiment, tried by the late general court-martial for freipiiaitly drawing more provision than he had men in his company to consmn(% for forcing the sentries, and taking away a gun, the property of William Turner, and threat- ening the life of Sergeant Connor, cockitig and presenting his gun at * Sapplieil IVdin ]<\'iuio's (.)iikTly ISook. — Eds. ISTii.] oi:i)i:i;i.v nooK. IJT liim when in tlir cxi^'ution (if liis duty. Tlio coiirt lire of opinion tliai t!ic |irisoncr is irnilly of tlu' uliolc of tlie rli;ir<.'i.' t-xliiliiled iiiiainst liini, anil unanimously ailjuil<;e liial In- lie forlliwitli ca^hiorL-d. 'i'lie (Jcn- iTal approvts ihe above seiitunoc, and oiik'i's it- to Ijo [iiit in inmicdi- ale execution. To-inori'ow tlie rules an<1 articles formed Iiy the Ilonoratile C'oiiti- nentiil C'oUL'ress for llie n-oxcrinneut of tlie twelve I'nited Colonies will be delivered out. to be distributed tbroni;li tin- several corps of the unnv. They are to be siL.nied liy the several olliei-rs of each regiment, beniiinin\i>." Ollicer of the day for to-morrow, Lient.-Colonel .lohoiniot. Ollieer of the main i;ii:ird, .Major IJrooks. Adjutant of the day, Fox. It isanialterof excei'diiig ^'real concern to the (ieiieral to linil. that, at a time when the uniteil elloits of .\ineriea are exertinj; in defence of till- coniinon riL;hts and liberties of mankind, that there shoiihl be in an army c instituted for so noble a purpose such rep(>ated instances of olliccis. who. Iii^t III every s.'iise of honor and virtue, are seekiiij.', bv (liny and bax! means, the promotion of their own dishonest j^ain, to the eternal disi;iace of themselves, and dishonor of their country. I'laclices of this sort will never be overhxjked, whenever an aeeiisalioii is lodi;-ed ; but the authors brouijht to the most exempl.iry |iUMishment. It is therefore iniicli to be wished that the example of .lessi/e Saiimlers, late captain in ('iiloii(d Sarjieant's rciiiment. will prove the last, sli.ame- ful insi.inee nf such a jrro\ellin;,' (lisp(i>ition : and that for the fiiliire, every oHicer. for his own lioiKU' and the saki' of [an] injnr(-d |inblic. will maUe a point of detectins; every ini([uitou.> |u-aclice of this kind, iisinij their utmost endeavors in their .several c.-ipaeilies to lessen the expense of the war as much as possible, that the i^eneral c.iu.se in which we are slncinliiig may receive ik) injury fimn the enorniily of the expense. The several payniasl.'rs are immediately to ascertain what pay was due to the dill'ereiit re;;inienls and corps on the first day of this inslanl, that each man may receive his respective diU', as soon a.s the money arrives to pay them. It is earnestly recommendeil that i;reat exactness be used in these settlements: lirsl, that no man unes without his pay; and, next, that not one farlliiiii; more be drawn than what is justly due. After this, the pay may be drawn once a month, or otherwise, as shall be found •J8 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [OcT. most convenient. In tlie mean while, the soldiers need be under no apprehension of [not] getting every tai'tliins; tliat is justly their due : it is therefore expected that they do their duty with that cheerfulness and alacrity becoming men who are contending for their liberty, jiroperty, and every thing that is valuable to freemen and their posterity. Hcad-qnarters, Atif/iist \\l/i, 1775. I'arolc, " TuNP.RiHGF, "' ; countersign, '• SQUANTU-'ir." Complaint liaving been made l)y the inhabitants east of Watertown that their gardens are robbed, their fields laid waste, and fences de- stroyed ; any persons who shall for the future be detected in such flagitious, wicked practices, will be punished without mercy. The Commander-in-chief has been pleased to appoint Stephen Moylan, Escp, to be mnster-master-general to the army of the United Colonies, lie is, in all things touching bis duty as muster-master- general, to be considered and obeyed as such. Hmd-qiiaiii'i-s, Ainjiist Mth, 177.'(. Parole, "Ulstei:"; countersign, " Torrington." Officer of tlie day for to-morrow. Colonel Brickett. Ofiicer of the main guard, Major Austin. Adjutant of the day, 1 lardy. Jlnid-ijiKir/ffS, Aiifjiist \:)tli, 1773. Parole, " Wli,i,lAMsr.i:i;i; "' ; coimtersign, •• Tiii;i;in(;ton'." * A general court-martial to sit to-morrow morning to try Colonel John Manslielil, of tlie IMassachnsetts forces, accused by three of his officers of high crimes and misdemeanors. One brigadier-general and twelve field-otlicers to compose the court. President, Brigadier-General Gi'een. 5Ii:51bi;rs. Colonel .Tames Kecd. Cnlonel Patterson. Colonel Vernum. Colonel WoiMlbridge. Lieut.-Colonel AVvman. Lieut. -Colonel ^larsh. Lieut.-Colonel Ilolden. Lieut.-Colonel .Aliller. Major Cud worth. Jlajor Sawyer. Major Butterick. Major Angell. H,;id-,iiiiirlvrs, Camhrldrir, Aiir/iixf Wth, 177.3. Parole, •■ Yokic"; couutei-sign, " YAR:\i<>r rii." Ofiicer of the day for lo-iuorro\v, Lieut.-Colonel Johonnot. Officer of main guard, Major Poor. Adjutant, (;ibl)s. * In Feline's (Inlerly P.ook, tile ei>uiitersi,i;u fur Aiiniisl ISth is "Canada," wliicli is priibalily tlie ciirrcul i\'ii(fiiit.r>i oru." Otlicer of the day for to-morrow. Colonel I'rescol. Ollicer of the main gnard, Captain . Ailjiitant of the day. Fox. David lleidey, Ksq., is appointed brigade-major to General Heath's brigade. John Trundmll, Esq., is appointed brigade-major to General Spen- cer's brigade. Kii-hard Cary. Ksij., Is appointed brigars as some of them are doing, unless they are inti'uded tor the acTommo- dation of a number siilhcient to till iheni. or ai-e built at lluir own expense; but no large houses to be placed neai' anv of tlie redoubts or lines. In addition to the oriler of the 1th instant, the colonel or coiinnand- iiig ollicer of each regiment and corps is to cause an ex.ict accoimt ti> be taken (by his ca[)tains) of the nundier of carlridges which each man is possessed of, and at eveinng roll-calling have them examined. as directed in the saiil order, wlien, if any are wauling and cannot be accomited lor, the delinijuent, over and above the punishment due to * The eopv in 4 Force's " Americiii .Arcliivos," III. i')0, names also Tlionias Ciiase, who is Tnetitionetl in both lleitsiiavv .lad I'^oree's copii-s of the orders of August 17th in siniihir tenii.'s. Chase is not iiaiiied in Feinio's Onlerl.v IJook under either date; hut uiKler August ITlli Kennn's es. iV MASSACnrSETTS HISTOraCAL SOCIETY. [Oct. liis offence, is to be charged with tlie deficieucv, anil so much of his jxi}- stopped accordingly. Head-ijuarters, Aiir/ust 16//;. 1775. Parole. " Cumberland" ; eouMtersigii. '• Dunstable." Captain Eleazer Liiidsey. of Colonel Gerrish's regiment, tried liy a general court-martial for absenting himself from liis \miX, which was attacked and abandoned to the enemy ; the court, on consideration, are of opinion that Captain Lindsey be discharged the service, as a person improper to sustain a commission. dohu Parke. Esi|., is api)oiute(i an assistant to the C^uartermaster- Geueral : he is to be obeyed as such. Head-quurters. Aiigust Xltli. 177-"i. Parole. " Exf.tkk " ; countersign, " FalivLANd." Thomas Chase. Esrj.. is to continue to do duty as a major of bri- gade, to Brigadier-General Thomas's brigade. Mr. Ezekiel Cheever is appointed commissary of artillery stores. The Quartermaster-General. Commissary-General, and Commissary of Artillery are to make exact returns of all the stores, provisions, .and necessaries of every kind within their several depaitments; and they are to lose no time in collecting the several articles which may be in the hands of committees or other persons into their iiiiniediate care, and they are to be answerable for the disposal of them. The Commanding oliicer of artillery is to see that all the ordnance stores are fiithtully collected, and put under the care of the coiumissary of the ariill.-ry : and the commissary of artillery is to see that all the powder, lead, and fliuts are placed in the magazines appointed to re- ceive them. The muster-master-general, Stephen Moylan. Esq., to proceed as expeditionslv as possible in mustering the troops; and, when he has delivered his blank rolls to the several regiments and corps, he is to i\^ the days for mustering each brigade, with the Adjutant-General, who Vi'iW give directions accordinai.." Colonel Samuel Gerrish. of the Massachusetts forces, tried by a general court-martial, of which Brigadier-General (Jreen was proident, is unanimously found guilty of the charge exhibited again>l him. — that he behaved unworthy an ollicer. [andt] that he is guilty of a breach of the forty-ninth article of the Rules ancl Uegnlations of the Mas>a- chusetts Annv. The court therefore sentence and adjudge the >aid Colonel Gerri>h to bo cashieri-d. and rendered incapable ol any em- ployment in the American army. The General ap[irove< the sentence of the court-martial, ancl orders it to take place immediately. Head-quarters, August 2*H/i. 177.'i. Parole. " Lebanon"; countersign. " ^Iansfield." In obedience to the orders of the .'ith instant, the brig;iilier-general and tield-otlicers chosen by ballot havi' made report to hi> Kxcelli iicy the Commander-in-chief of the linal seiilenient of the rank of all the regiuieuls and olfiiers in the army of the United Colonies. The Gen- eral entirely approves of the proceedings of the brigadier,- and the tieid- otiicers. and tliauks them in this public manner for tlie er. at lare and pains they have taken hi establishing a ]ioint of .-o mneh iiiii'oriance to the army. His Excellency strictly commands all otiicer> and soldiers to pay all due obedience to the regulation so e-talilished. The Adjutant-General will deliver to each major of brigade, this day, * In Fcnno's Onlirlv Book, tlie minie is " f'aiii|ilipll " ; in 4 Force's " .\nier- ican Archives." III. 2'y2, it is " Coniell, " wliicli may, [ierhai)S, be the name inteniletl by Colonel Henshaw. — Ens. t Supplied from Fenno's Orderly Book. — K.DS. 72 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. |"OcT. at orderly-time, n copy of the rank of the regiments, of the field-officers, and of the officers of every regiment in their respective brigades. A court of inquiry to sit this day, at ihi-ee in the afternoon, to ex- amine into tlie reasons of a cmnplaint exiiiljited against Colonel Eben- ezer Bridge. Brigadier-General Heath, Presidfitf. MEMBERS. Colonel Prescott. Colonel Woodbridge. Colonel Sargeant. Lieut.-Colonel .Johounot. JJead-quarlrrs, Au(/tisf. 21*7, 1775. Parole, " Norfolk " ; countersign, " Opokto." The court of inquiry ordered to sit yesterday upon Colonel Eben' Bridge, to sit this day, at three o'clock, I'.ii. ]\Iichael Berry, tried by a late general court-martial for stealing a hat from C'aptain Waterman, is found guilty, and sentenced to receive thirty lashes ; but, in consideration of iiis long continement, the Gen- eral pardons the prisoner. General Sullivan's brigade to be mustered to-morrow : the nnister- master-general to begin with the regiment posted on the left of the lines exactly at six o'clock, with the next regiment on the left at seven o'clock, and so on, until the whole are mustered. The field and staff officers of each regiment are to be mustered in the eldest captain's company ; and such as were drafted to the regiment of artil- lery are to be mustered only to the day they were drafted. The regi- ment of artillery to nnister them from that time. A sergeant, corporal, and nine mm to mount guard to-morrow morning, at Mr. Fairvceather's house, lately converted into an hospi- tal. The sergeant to receive his order from Dr. Church, director of the hospital. Ilni,!-,jinirl('fs, Aufjnst 22l lie delivi-i-ed to the Adjutant-Ueii- eral, at orderly time to-morrow. Ilcad-cpuirtem. Aiirpist '2C,!/i, 1775. Parole, " Amboy " ; countersign, " 1?i;ooki.inm;." (ieneral Sullivan's brigade to be mnsteriMl upon Mondav morning next, in the manner and form directed by the general orders of the 21st instant. Hfiul-iiiuirlers. Aiifpist -'Itl,. I77.J. I'arole, '■ Colciikstick " ; countersign. ■• Dovi.u." Hi'iiil-quartprs. Aiir/iist 'Jft of the pay due lo the ollim-s and solduTs of each regimetit, wlin were effective in tin' said reL;iuii nt during that nmnlli, and who now cmitinue to be effective in tlie same. This ahsti-aet must be signed by the colonel or officer commanding each regiment of the Massachusetts, and forthwith delivered by him to the Commander- in-chief, to the end that each of those regiments may immediately be paid one month's pa}'. HfaiJ-qiiiirtcrs. Scptemhcr ].s^ 1775. Parole, " Ni;\viiavi;n " ; countersign, " (_)i;.mom>." Complaint has been made to llie General that the body of a soldier of Colonel Wooersons unknown. The ( irneral ami friends of tln> ih'Ceased are desir- 187G.] ORDERI-V ROOK. 77 ous of all the information that can he teinher ■')f/i. \~~'>. Parole, '• Waltiiam " ; countersign, " York." The general court-martial whereof Colonel Kxperience Storrs was |)resident is dissolved. Ca])tain Moses Hart, of the twenty-eighth regiment of foot, trieil by the al)ove-mentioned general court-martial, is foimd guilty of drawing for more provisions than he w;>s enlilled lo, and for unjustly confining and abusing his men. lie is unanimously sentenced to be cashiered. The General approvers the sentence, and orders it to take ])lace immediately. A detachment, consisting of two lieutenant-colonels, two majors, ten ea|)tains, tliii'ly subalterns, thirty sergeants, thirty corporals, four drununers, two tilers, and six hundred and .seventy-six privates, to jiaradc to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock, * Fenno's Orderly Book reatered .Saturday morning, at the same hour. This corps are to be one day oil" duty previous to their being musterew/-7 "'//-/<>/•.«, SfpifiiihcT VUh. 177-5. Parole, " Xewblrv " ; countersign, -'OfiDK.N." IhoA-qwirltrs. Septemher \olli, 177.5. Parole, " Pemhroke" ; countersign. " Qcebec." The thirtv-lliree riflemen of Colonel Tliom|)son's baitalion. tried ye-:terday by a general court-martial, whereof Colonel Nixon was ORDERLY B<>;>S. >1 T _ .■ - ^ - 14-v. 177-'. Parole. - R . - >alslv." T- ■ ■■ -■ . Vj. ■!.;-,■ P.- :,. ti _ . ie will nirtiish th- ^uara* ii b:;._ : .. 2\o reiurr.? ;o i»e uiado uest S;iturviav. Otncvr ot :he day for Kv-morrow. >{:.- r L- e. AiijuKiut of die da_v, V //■-'tr J -y'l/dr? :■-,<. > . :77 Paro'.e- •• WiLMiXuToN" ■■ ; ^ . •• V.'KK." John Cot;on, icr^reaiit iu Coioiiel Cot'.onV n.;r!iiun:. triCTi b_v :!ii 11 82 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct same general cdurt-iiiartial for detVaiiding the regiment of part of their allowance of |)rovisions. The conrt senteiu^e the prisoner to refund ancl pay liark fourteen ])Oini(ls, six shillings, and fonr penee to said regiment, and be disijualitied to serve in said regiment as (niar- termaster-sergcant for tlie fnture. Hi'(n/-,/ii>niI,;n/„;- ]'.(///, 1775. Parole, " Dawkiis " ; countersign, •• Kssf.x." Heinl-ijiuirhrs, Si'ptrmhn- 2f)lh. 177.">. Parole, " Falmhi i ii " : conn|er>i^ii. " (tIjmc t'.sTf.i:." As the coniinissioiis are ready to be delivered to the officers serving in the army of the fTnited Colonies, the General recommends it to ihcni to .apply, as soon as it is convenient, to him, at head-quarters, for the same. No person is to presume to demand a Continental commission who is not in actual possession of the like commission from tlie proper authority of the colony he is at present engaged to serve, which must be produced at the time application is made for a Continental commis- sion. ]f, from unavoidable circaimstance.s, any gentleman has served from the lle^iuning of th(i campaign in the rank of a commissioned officer, .-ind has not yet received a commission, being justly entitled thereto, sucli otlicer's pretiaisions will be duly weighed and considered ; and, upon sufficient proof of the justice of his claim, a commission will issue accordingly. The (Tcneral expects that every officer delivers his pri-siiit commission, or claim to a conniilssion. to his colonel, or officer couunaTiding the r<'ginient ; ami each colonel, ov officer com- maniling a regiment, is forlhwith to ajiply to the (icni'ral for the com- missions for the officers of his respective regiments. Tlie colonel of the lirst, seconil. and third ri'giments to apply to-morrow uiorniiig, at nine o'clock : and so on, day by day. until the whide are supplied. Three regiments to apply each day. i'l-x. Sr/,lni,/irr -iKs/, 177.5. Ulilelsii;!!. '• Il'SWiell." alioiis are making to the General, Com- /rn,./-./,nn Parol c, " Haxovi;!; " ; c ^v■h.•r .•as. fre.pieut appli 187 rations. „ „ brigadier-general 12 „ ,, colonel G „ „ ,, lieutcnant-colon(d •"> „ „ ,, major 1 ., „ „ ca]>tain ■'! „ „ subaltern 2 ., „ „ staff-otliccr 2 „ JTcmf-qunrtcrs, Septi'mhcr 'I'lil, 177'). rarolc, " Lynx " ; countersign. •• MATiUi.r.iiK.M).'' The under-named prisoners, tried by a general court-martial for mutiny, riot, and disobedience of orders, are severally guilty of the crimes wherewith they are accused; and the court, upon due consider- ation of the evidences, do adjiulge that the prisoner, .loscph Scales, receive thirtv-nine lashes upon his bare back, and bi- dnnnnieil out of the army; and that the ])risoiiers. .lohn Gillard, .lacob Smalhvood. .lohn Peltro, Samuel (irant, Hugh Kenny, James Jelfry. Charles Alcrain, Samuel Ilannis. Charles I'earcc. James Williams, .lohn Kelly, John Bryan, and Philip Floreu<'e. do each of them receive twenty lashes upon his bare back, and be drummed out of the army ; llic prisoners, Lawrence Blake. Samuel Bodine. .I.ihn liesom, Benj" Bar- tholomew, Francis KIlis, Joseph Lawrence. John Sharii. .lohn I'oor, Jos(!ph Fesseuden. .Tohn Foster. John Lis. Lawi-ence Barllet, Philip (Jreatv, Peter Newell. Samuel Parsons. .lereiniah Daily. Francis Greatl)n. Richard Pendri.k. Kobert Hooper. Anthony Lewis. Niclhihis Oglebv. and Thomas Mityard. be tine(l twenty shillings lawful money each. — .loseph Foster. Jo-eph Lawi-ence. and .loseph Fi'ssendeu being reeommeuded by the court-martial as proper obji><-ls of mercy. The Commander-in-chief is pleased to remit their tine, and lo order the sentence upon all the others to be put in execution, at guard-mounting, to-morrow morning. Those upon Prospect Hill to receive their juin- ishment there ; the rest at the main-guaril.* John George Frazer. Ese heard. The Cflurt are desired, likewise, to settle the rank of the officers of the rifle compauits posted at Roxbury. Hf'i'l-qiifiriers. Sfjitonhtr i'Zd. 177.5. Parole. "XEWBrp.T" : countersign. " Pr.YMorTH."' Otficer of tlie day for to-morrow. 3Iajor AVoods. Adjutant of the d.iy. Tyler. He'id-qnarters. Sepi':fnili^.r 24//(. 177."i. Parole, " Quebec " : countersign. •• Rkjumoxd."' Major Scarborough Gridley. tried at a late general court-martial, whereof Brijradier-Geiieral Green was president, for Ijeiu;: delicienc in his duty upon the 17th of June last, the day of the action u[(Oii Bunkers Ilill. The court fiud Major Scarl)orough Gridley jruiliy of a breach of orders. They do theretbre dLy him to ilie ]irisoDer on the coat, and that the coat lie returned to Mr. Latlirop. .loiiailiau Sharpe. of Caiilain Loise's company, in Colonel Phinnev's regiment, tried at the s;ime court-martial for steal- ing carlridites from his comrades, is acquitted. The General orders the sentence upon the prisoner Hamilton to be executed, and the pris- oner Sharpe to lie released. The General liirecis the fjllowing minutes from the House of Rep- resentatives of this colony to be inserted in the General Orders : — ly THE HorsE or Repkesextatives, .Sept. 23, 1775. Resohf'l. that the Speaker. Mr. Gerry, and Major Ilawley be. and thev hereby are. appointed a committee to apply to his Excellency. George Washington. Esq.. with a desire of this House, that he will as Soon as mav be. c;»use a return to be made of the names of the 1870.] OP.DF.RT.Y nOf)K. 85 offii-'ors and men to each ro<;iinent established by this Colony, and now in tlie American army, respectively belonginjr. inciudin;; snch of each rejriinent, as are deceased since its establishment, or have been drafted for the detachment ordered to Quebec, and specifyinjr the names of the towns and other places from which they were respec- tively enlisted, in order to enabli- the court to rectify and prevent any error in accounts wliicli have been, or may be. rendered for payment of blankets and other articles sn[)|ilied the soldiers accordiiij; to the terms of iheir enlistments. A trul/i, 17' 'i. Parole, " Sandwich"; countersign, " Truko." As frequent applications to the majors-general for furlouiihs have become very troublesome, and takes u|) much of their time, the follow- ing method of granting them, for the future, is to be oiiserved. and under no pretence whatsoever to be dispensi-d with, until further orders on this head ; viz. : The colonel, or coannanding ollicers of regiments or cor|)s, when they find it really requisite, and not els(;, have permission to give furloughs to the non-commissioned othcers and soldiers of the corps the_v respectively command, provided they do not suffer more than two privates to be absent at any one time from a company, and not more than one non-commissioned otiicer ; nor allowing any persun to be absent from his duty more than twenty da\s in six months. In extraordiruiry cases, a further indulgence may be given liy the general of brigade, upon application from the colonel. All commissioneil oth- cers are to apply for leave of alisence through their own colonel or commanding oliicer, to the general of brigade to whiidi they belnng. who is desired never to sutfer more than one field-otiicer and lour others to be absent at any one time from a regiment, nor for more than twenty d.iys in six months. In extraordinary cases, a further indul- gence may be given by the major-general commanding each divi-ion. upon the application of the brigadiers of his divison. As the committee have settled the rank between Colonel Stark and Colonel Jon" Brewer, the (jeneral desires the colonels of the regi- ments Nos. 6. 7. and 8 will apply immediately for Continental com- missions for the otiicers of their respei'tive corps: and that the three next regiments in succession will apply to-morrow morning; and so three every morning afterwanls. until the whole are served. Ilind-quiirlers. Spplciiilirr ii'itli. 177.'(. Parole. ••Virginia": countersign, " Waltiiam." For the future, the weekly returns on .Saturdays arc to be made MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Oct. in the oM form. The miijors of brigade will wive printed forms, as usual, to the adjutants of every brigade, at orderly time, to-morrow. Hanh of (he Regiments of Foot in the service of the United Colonies. Colonels. Lieut -Colonels. Majors. 1. 2. 3. Frye. Thompson. Reed. 1. 2. 3. Wyman. Tyler. Hand. 1. 2. 3. Poor. Clarke. Bowne. 4. Learnerd. 4. Cilaveland. 4. Holman. 5. Nixon. 5. JIcDutfee. .'). Jackson. 6. J. Brewer. 6. Hutchinson. 6. Wiston. 7. Stark. 7. Shepard. 7. Putnam. 8. Fellows. 8. IMoulton. 8. Prentice. 9. D. Brewer. 9. Ni.xon. 9. McGaw. 10. Prescolt. li>. Holden. 10. Green. 11. Poor. 11. March. 11. Stiwyer. 12. Varnum. 12. Alden. 12. Smith. 1.3. Parsons. 13. Eager. 13. Cillv. 14. Ilitcheoek. 14. Putnam. 14. Angell. IT). Church. l.j. Cornell. 1.5. Tup)ier. 16. Cotton. 16. Babeock. 16. Sprout. 17. Little. 17. Pitkin. 17. D. AVood. 18. Danielsou. 18. vS tores. 18. Sherburne. 10. IManslield. 19. Smith. 19. Bnttrick. 20. Heed. 2(1. Clapp. 20. Austin. 21. Glover. 21. Bond. 21. Cadv. 22. Walker. 22. Gillman. 22. U. Wood. 23.' Whitcomb. 23. Brickett. 23. Cudworth. 24. Doolittle. 24. Robertson. 24. Danielsou. 25. Woodbridge. 25. Reed. 25. Leonard. 26. Patterson. 26. Baldwin. 26. Lee. 27. Bridge. 27. Keys. 27. Collins. 28. Sariceant. 28. Buckminster. 28. Hall. 29. HnutinLjdon. 2'.i. Leonard. 29. Brooks. 30. Seanimon. 30. Miller. 30. Stacv. 31. Phinney. 31. Whitney. 31. Mitc^iel. 32. Ward. 32. Johonuot. 32. Jolmston. 34". Wyllis. vStores. 33. 34. Broun. Douglass. 3". 34. Loring. Meigs. 3;"). 36. 37. Bailey. Greaton. 3.-.. ;!6. 37. Durkee. Thompson. K.ion. 35. 37. Jacobs. Biglow. Moore. 38. 38. Mitchel. 38. 39. 39. Vose. 39. 40. 40. Barnes. 40. LBdi. '06 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ; I 111. IN I III I I I il 1 1 Ml { 'iill 011 712 235 9 H