Marines.—Major Pitcairn, Captain Campbell, and Captain Ellis, killed; Captain Logan, Capt. Chudbigh, Capt. Johnson, and Lieutenant Pitcairn, wounded; Lieutenant Fenneg, Lieutenant Gardner, and Lieutenant Shea, killed; Lieutenant Brisbain, Lieutenant Avennie, Lieut. Rag, and Lieutenant Dyer, wounded.

Artillery.—Captain Leomine, Capt. Huddleston, Lieutenant Shuttlesworth, and Lieutenant Campbell, wounded.

Killed and wounded, ninety-two.

Most of those officers are mortally wounded. In the whole, of the Field-Officers, three killed and four wounded; Captains, eight killed and twenty-five wounded. Lieutenant Jordan, of the Navy, died of his wounds.

Head-Quarters, Cambridge, July 11, 1775.

The Court-Martial, of which Colonel Prescott was President, is dissolved. A General Court-Martial to be assembled at Cambridge as soon as possible, to try such prisoners as shall be brought before them. All evidences and persons concerned to attend the Court.

The General understanding there is a bad custom prevailing, of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers absenting themselves from guard, under pretence of going for provisions; it is therefore ordered, that all officers and soldiers bring their provision to the guard they mount, and on no pretence quit their guard until it is regularly dismissed.

Notwithstanding the orders of the Provincial Congress, some persons are so daring as to supply the soldiers with immoderate quantities of rum, and other spirituous liquors: any sutler, tavern-keeper, or licensed innholder, who shall presume, after the date of this order, to sell any non-commissioned officer or soldier any spirituous liquor whatsoever, without an order in writing from the Captain of the company to which such non-commissioned officer and soldier belongs, he or they so offending, may expect to be severely punished.

Lieut. Colonel Ward, President of the Court-Martial.

Head-Quarters, Cambridge, July 12, 1775.

The Adjutant-General will deliver, at orderly time, a certain number of printed returns to the Adjutant of each Regiment, so that no excuse for the future can be admitted for not making regular and exact returns when demanded, as it is only filling up the blanks with the numbers proper to be placed in them. The Commander-in-Chief will not, for the future, admit of any palliative for making a false return, and is resolved to bring any officer, of what rank soever, to a Court-Martial, who is found delinquent.

When any trumpeter or flag of truce is sent from Boston, of any post occupied by the enemy, they are to be stopped by the first sentry they are permitted to approach, who is to call for the sergeant of the guard, who will conduct them to the officer of his guard, and such trumpeter or flag of truce is not to be allowed to stir one step beyond that guard. The officer commanding the guard will send any letters or messages, brought from the enemy, immediately to the commander-in-chief, and no other person.

A General Court-Martial of the line to sit at Head-Quarters, in Cambridge, to-morrow morning at nine o’clock, to try Colonel Scammon, of the Massachusetts Forces, accused of “backwardness in the execution of his duty in the late action upon Bunker’s Hill.” The Adjutant of Col. Scammon’s Regiment to warn all evidences and persons concerned to attend the Court.

Colonel Nixon, President of above Court.

Head-Quarters, Cambridge, July 13, 1775.

As the Army will be forthwith formed into brigades, the Adjutant-General will, at orderly time this day, deliver to the Adjutant of each Regiment a number of printed returns, one of which must be immediately filled up and signed by the commanding officer of each Regiment, and sent as soon as possible to the Adjutant-General, by the Adjutant of each Regiment; on the back of the return it will be necessary to mention where and in what manner the Regiment is at present posted.

The commanding officer at Chelsea is, as soon as possible after the receipt of this order, to direct all the cattle upon Pullein Point, Shirley Point, and the intermediate space between Powderhorn Hill and the sea, to be driven off; and it is recommended to the Commissary-General to endeavour to agree with the owners of the said cattle, and to purchase them for the use of the Army.

Head-Quarters, Cambridge, July 14, 1775.

As the health of an Army principally depends upon cleanliness, it is recommended in the strongest manner to the commanding officer 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 encampments and lines to be swept daily, and all offal and carrion, near the camp, to be immediately buried. The officers commanding in barracks or quarters to be answerable that they are swept every morning, and all filth and dirt removed from about the houses. Next to cleanliness, nothing is more conducive to a soldier’s health than dressing his provisions in a decent and proper manner. The officers commanding companies should therefore daily inspect the camp kitchens, and see the men dress their food in a wholesome way.

The commanding officers in those parts of the lines and redoubts where the pikes are placed, will order the Quartermasters of corps to see the pikes greased twice a week; they are to be answerable also that the pikes are kept clean, and always ready and fit for service.

The General, observing great remissness and neglect in the several guards in and about the camp, orders the officer commanding any guard, to turn out his guard immediately upon the near approach of the Commander-in-Chief, or any of the General Officers; and, upon passing the guard, the Commander-in-Chief is to be received with rested arms, the officer to salute, and the drums to beat a march; the Majors-General with rested arms, the officer to salute, and the drums to beat two ruffles; the Brigadiers-General with rested arms, the officer to salute, and the drums to beat one ruffle. There being something awkward as well as improper in the General Officers being stopped at the outposts, asked for passes by the sentries, and obliged often to send for the officer of the guard (who it sometimes happens is as much unacquainted with the persons of the Generals as the private men) before they can pass in or out, it is recommended to both officers and men, to make themselves acquainted with the persons of all the officers in general command; and in the mean time, to prevent mistakes, the General Officers and their Aids-de-Camp will be distinguished in the following manner: the Commander-in-Chief by a light blue ribband, worn across his breast, between his coat and waistcoat; the Majors and Brigadiers-General by a pink ribband, worn in like manner; the Aids-de-Camp by a green ribband.

The Court-Martial, of which Col. Ward is President, is dissolved.

Daniel Carmile, soldier in Colonel Patterson’s Regiment, tried for “disobedience of orders, for re-enlisting and taking advance money twice over, and for drunkenness,” is found guilty of the several charges, and ordered to be whipt on the bare back with thirty-nine lashes, and discharged from the Army. The General approves the sentence, and orders it to be executed to-morrow morning, at the head of the Regiment he belongs to.

GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL JAMES SCAMMONS.

General Court-Martial held July 13, 1775, Col. Nixon, President; with one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Major, and ten Captains. William Tudor, Judge Advocate.

The Court being duly sworn, proceeded to the trial of Colonel Scammons of the Massachusetts Forces, who was brought before the Court, and accused of disobedience to orders, and backwardness in the execution of his duty, in the late action on Bunker’s Hill at Charlestown, on the 17th of June last. The prisoner being arraigned on the above complaint, pleads not guilty. The Court postponed the examination of the witnesses to Friday, 14th of July, at eight of the o’clock, to which time the Court was adjourned.