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General Return of the Army of the United Colonies, commanded by his Excellency GEORGE, WASHINGTON, Esquire, General and Commander-in-Chief, Head-Quarters at CAMBRIDGE, JULY, 1775.

			Present, Commissioned Officers.										Present, Staff Officers.										Non-commissioned Officers present.									Rank and File.										Wanting to complete.
Corps.			Colonels.		Lieut. Colonel.		Majors.		Captains.		Lieutenants.			English.		Chaplains.		Adjutants.		Quartermasters.		Surgeons		Surgeons’ Mates		Sergeants.		Drummers and Fifers.		Present, fit for duty.		Sick, present.		Sick, absent.		On furlough.		On command.		Total.			Sergeants.		Drummers and Fifers.		Privates.
Massachusetts-Bay Regiments.	1.	General Ward’s,		–		1		2		8		12			–		1		1		1		1		1		39		16		376		35		32		11		–		453			1		4		46
	2.	General Thomas’s,		1		1		2		10		20			–		1		1		1		1		1		40		20		452		31		8		9		–		500
	3.	Colonel Walker’s,		1		–		1		8		16			–		–		1		1		1		1		28		13		361		11		17		–		102		491			–		–		9
	4.	Colonel Cotton’s,		1		1		1		10		20			–		–		1		1		1		1		40		20		369		30		7		–		94		500
	5.	Col. Whitcomb’s,		1		1		1		11		22			–		1		1		1		1		1		35		16		446		33		23		21		–		523			5		4		27
	6.	Colonel Read’s,		1		1		1		9		17			–		–		1		1		1		1		36		17		384		36		23		3		49		495			–		–		5
	7.	Col. Mansfield’s,		1		1		1		10		10			–		–		1		1		1		1		37		16		399		26		23		21		1		470			–		4		30
	8.	Col. Danielson’s,		1		1		1		11		17			–		–		1		1		1		1		36		15		422		49		–		16		6		493			1		5		57
	9.	Colonel Prescott’s,		1		1		1		5		11			–		–		1		1		1		1		39		13		332		35		53		10		–		430			1		8		120
	10.	Colonel Frye’s,		1		1		1		7		10			–		–		1		1		1		1		31		13		313		27		23		13		30		406			2		6		94
	11.	Colonel Bridge’s,		1		–		1		7		10			–		–		1		1		1		–		33		20		318		36		47		21		48		470			–		–		30
	12.	Col. Patterson’s,		1		1		1		7		9			–		–		1		1		1		1		38		15		311		57		25		2		14		409			2		5		91
	13.	Colonel Seaman’s,		1		1		1		9		20			–		–		1		1		1		1		35		19		413		30		4		9		–		456			–		–		44
	14.	Colonel Learned’s,		1		–		1		9		18			–		1		1		1		1		1		40		20		430		30		4		11		14		489			–		–		11
	15.	Late Col. Gardner’s		1		1		1		9		9			–		–		1		1		1		1		33		19		380		11		18		8		–		417			2		–		83
	16.	Colonel Nixon’s,		1		1		1		6		8			–		1		1		1		1		1		36		17		337		42		17		16		–		412			4		3		88
	17.	Colonel Fellows’s,		1		1		1		10		19			–		1		1		1		1		1		39		18		349		54		2		73		16		434			1		2		66
	18.	Colonel Doolittle’s		1		1		–		6		11			–		–		1		–		1		1		32		10		250		49		20		11		3		333			4		8		117
	19.	Col. J. Brewer’s,		1		–		1		8		10			–		–		1		1		1		1		25		17		242		33		9		17		–		301			7		10		189
	20.	Col. D. Brewer’s,		1		1		1		8		17			–		–		1		1		–		–		31		17		352		3		4		5		–		374			9		3		126
	21.	General Heath’s,		1		1		2		10		20			–		–		1		1		1		–		40		18		301		27		8		10		137		483			–		2		17
	22.	Col. Woodbridge’s.		–		1		1		7		8			–		1		1		1		1		1		26		10		306		24		22		14		–		366			14		10		134
	23.	Colonel Glover’s,		1		–		1		7		18			–		–		1		1		1		1		34		12		419		8		7		20		–		454			6		8		46
	24.	Colonel Little’s,		1		1		1		10		20			–		1		1		1		1		1		33		20		405		12		34		16		5		472			2		–		28
	25.	Colonel Gerrish’s		1		1		1		10		19			–		–		1		1		1		1		39		18		181		18		11		33		255		498			1		2		2
	26.	Colonel Phinney’s,		1		1		1		7		14			–		–		–		–		1		–		27		15		309		–		9		1		–		319			13		5		181
	4	Independ’t Compan’s,		–		–		–		–		–			–		–		–		–		–		–		–		–		239		–		–		–		–		239
Connecticut Regiments,				3		3		5		22		50			26		3		3		2		3		5		121		53		2105		212		2		14		–		2333			–		–		367
New-Hampshire Reg’ts,				3		3		2		27		26			25		–		3		3		3		3		107		53		1201		115		20		49		279		1664			–		–		106
Rhode-Island Regiments,				3		3		3		22		32			32		–		3		3		3		3		62		46		1041		24		18		2		–		1085			1		1		240
		Total		31		30		38		290		493			83		11		33		33		34		33		1192		576		13743		1108		490		376		1053		16770			76		90		2354

Colonel Sergeant not having completed his Regiment, is not included in the above Return. The Return of the Artillery is sent separately with this Return.

HORATIO GATES, Adjutant-General.

Head-Quartors, Cambridge, July 20, 1775.

Return of the Regiment of Artillery in the service of the United Colonies, commanded by Colonel R. GRIDLEY.

		Colonel.	Lieutenant-Colonel.	Majors.	Captains.	Captain-Lieutenants.	First Lieutenants.	Second Lieutenants are fire-workers.	First and second Store- keepers and Clerks.	Conductors	Sergeants,	Corporals.	Gunners.	Bombardiers.	Drums and Fifes.	Matrosses.	Total.
Fit for duty,	-	–	1	2	8	8	9	16	13	4	23	23	51	49	18	238	453
Sick, present,	-	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	2	4	–	13	25
Sick, absent,	-	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	3
On furlough,	-	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	3	8
Recruiting,	-
Total,	-	1	1	2	9	8	9	18	3	4	27	27	54	54	18	254	489

RICHARD GRIDLEY.

Return of Major CRANE’S Company of the Train of Artillery of the RHODE-ISLAND Forces, JULY 21, 1775.

Major.

Captain.

Lieutenants.

Conductor.

Bombardiers.

Sergeants.

Gunners.

Corporals.

Fifers.

Drummers.

Matrosses.

Total.

Present on parade, -

–

Sick in quarters, -

–

Sick, absent, -

–

On guard, -

–

On command, -

–

Officers’ waiters, -

–

Total, -

HORATIO GATES, Adjutant-General.

Instructions for the Officers of the several Regiments of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY Forces, who are immediately to go upon the Recruiting Service.

You are not to enlist any deserter from the Ministerial Army, nor any stroller, negro, or vagabond, or person suspected of being an enemy to the liberty of America, nor any under eighteen year of age.

As the cause is the best that can engage men of courage and principle to take up arms, so it is expected that none but such will be accepted by the recruiting officers. The pay, provisions, &c., being so ample, it is not doubted but the officers sent upon this service will, without delay, complete their respective corps, and march the men forthwith to camp.

You are not to enlist any person who is not an American, born, unless such person has a wife and family, and is a settled resident in this Country.

The persons you enlist must be provided with good and complete arms.

Given at the Head-Quarters at Cambridge, this 10th day of July, 1775.

HORATIO GATES, Adj. Gen.

ORDERS BY GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Head-Quarters, Cambridge, July 3, 1775.

(Parole, Lookout.)

(Countersign, Sharp.)

The Colonels or commanding officers of each Regiment are ordered forthwith to make two returns of the number of men in their respective Regiments, distinguishing such as are sick, wounded, or absent on furlough, also the quantity of ammunition each Regiment now has.

It appearing by the report of Henry Woods, the officer of the main guard, that one William Alfred is confined for

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