The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-09-24
REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS.
Extracts from the Note book of Maj. Gen.
Benjamin Moers--Hints at Army Priva-
tions--A Proclamation for Thanksgiving


: Benjamin Moers--Hints at Army Priva
t tions--A Proclamation for Thanksgiving
s The Troy Press prints some interesting
, extracts from the military order-book late
ly found by Major Charles G.. Moore Of that
city, which belonged to his maternal grand
father, Major Gen. Benjamin Moers,
of the Revolutionary army, and member
of Washington's staff in the field. The first
entryis dated headquarters at White Marsh,
November 22, It'll, and relates to a general
court-martial Other entries of other dates
are as follows:
The Commander-in-chief offers reward
Of $40 to any person who SHALL by o'clock
on Monday morning produce the best sub
stitute for boots made of raw hides. The
Commissary of hides and the Major-Gener-
al OF the Day is to judge the assays and as
sign the reward to the best artist
Information having been given that di-
vers of the late suttlers aud some of the
inhabitants have opened Tipling houses
within and adjacent to the encampment of
the army, by which the design of bainshing
the suttlers from the army is in great
measure frustrated, the d. @. M. General
is required forthwith to make diligent in
quiry and examination forthwith for dis
covering such houses and suppressing them.
and to assure all who are driving that per-
nlclous trade that if continued any longer
their Liquors shall be served, and they ex-
PEELED from the neighborhood of the army,
on pain of the severest punishment if they
return.
The Legislature of the State of New Jer
sey having made provision for supplying
their troops with clothes and blankets, all
officers sent thither for the purpose of col
lecting those articles are by their command
ing officers to be Immediately recalled.
If any gentleman of the army can give
information to the General of shoes, stock
ings, leather breeches x in
quantities, he will be exceedingly obliged
to them. He will likewise be obliged to any
of the general officers for recommending
proper persons to be emplo yed in collecting
those articles.
The money for the payment Of the army
for September is expected every moment,
| (November 25, IT'D. The regimental
paymasters are to Immediately make out
| their abstracts for the month of October
and deliver them to the paymaster general
for examination. AS an alteration to the
payment of rations is now under considera-
Sc Ill L..
| commanding officers of regiments not to
add their ration account to their pay-rolls, |
until their determination is known, which |
will be signifed i'll General orders. The |
paymaster- general has complained of the |
slovenly, careless manner in which some of |
the captains make out their pay-rolls. The |
regimental paymasters are to furnish such |
captains who have not received the same |
No regimental paymaster is to leave the
service without applying to the commander
IN chief, nor any new paymaster appointed
without first obtaining his appreciation.
by gcalcrs.l- held tlre e4tl,
of November, of which Colonel Grayton
was President, Major Ross charged with
leaving his arms in the field, in the action
OF the 4th of October near Germantown,
was tried and acquitted with the highest
honor. The Commander-in-Ch Chief approved
the Courts judgment. Major Ross is
released from arrest.
The officers commanding regiments are
oIuer pUssIUIo, at11,, vi u.1o- H. L.4
''" ef'i ''e ------>-~.,l tho otbars d;eolo,1 |
the first fair day at II o'clock III CHE iSfa9
noon, but to prevent the waste of lead the
men of each regiment or brigade are to dis
charge their pieces into a bank of earth,
from whence the lead may be taken.
Returns are to be early made tomorrow
Dec. 2, 1777,) of all the officers and men in
the several brigades and corps who have
had the smallpox. Every Colonel or Off
Ger commanding regiment or corps is to
make an immediate return to the paynlas-
ter-general Of every paymaster that has be-
longed to or done duty as such, in any regt.
or corps; the place of their abode and the
time when they left the service.
On the 25th of November inst. the Henble
Continental Congress passed the following
resolve, viz:
Resolued, That General Washington be
directed to publish in General Orders that
Congress will speedily take into considera-
tion the merits of such officers as have dis
tinguished themselves by their intrepidity
and attention to the health and Discipline of
shall tend to introduce order and good dis
cipline into the army, and to render the
situation of officers and soldiery with re-
spect to clothing and other necessaries more
eligible than it has hitherto been.
Forasmuch as it is the indispensable duty
of all men to adore the experimenting
providence of Almighty God, to acknowl-
edge with gratitude their obligations to
him for benefits received, and to implore
such further obligations as they stand in
need of; and it having pleased him in his
abundant mercy, not only to continue to us
the innumerable bounties of his common
providence, but also to smile upon us in
the prosecution of a just and necessary war
for the defense of our unalienable rights
and liberties. It is therefore recon-
mended by Congress that Thursday, the
eighteenth day of December next, be
set apart for solemn thanksgiving and
praise; that at one time and one voice the
good people may express the grateful feel
ings of their hearts, and consecrate them 6
selves to the service of their Divine Bene-
factor, and that together with their sincere
and offerings they may t
join the penitent confession of their sins, G
and supplications for such further blessings !
as they stand in need of. !;
The Chaplains will properly notice their
that the day of thanks
giving may be duly observed in the army
agreeable to the intentions of Congress.