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Head-Quarters, Cambridge, August 22, 1775.

(Parole, Portsmouth.) (Countersign, Quincy.)

As the muster rolls cannot be properly prepared before Saturday next, the General defers the mustering of the Brigades upon the left of the lines until next Monday, when the mustering the whole will take place without interruption.

Captain Pearl, of Col. Woodbridge’s Regiment, tried by a General Court-Martial for “defrauding his men of their pay.” The Court are unanimously of opinion that the complaint is in no part supported; and being vexatious and groundless, acquit Captain Pearl, and order the chief complainant, Daniel Davids, to be confined.

The General does not mean to discourage the practice of bathing, whilst the weather is warm enough to continue it, but he expressly forbids any persons doing it at or near the bridge in Cambridge, where it has been observed and complained of, that many men, lost to all sense of decency and common modesty, are running about naked on the bridge, whilst passengers, and even ladies of the first fashion in the neighbourhood, are passing over it, as if they meant to glory in their shame. The guards and sentries at the bridge are to put a stop to this practice for the future.

The Director-General of the Hospital having complained that the sick under his care are not only incommoded by a promiscuous resort of soldiers to the rooms, but greatly injured by having improper things carried to them to eat, at the same time that many disorders under which the sick are suffering may be by them contracted and spread in the camp by means of this intercouse, it is therefore ordered that this improper visitation be put a stop to for the future. No non-commissioned officer or soldier to be admitted into the hospital hereafter without the leave of the Surgeon then in attendance, or by a written license from the Colonel, or commanding officer of the Regiment they belong to; in either of which cases the friends of the sick, and all those who have any real business with them, will never be denied the privilege and satisfaction of visiting.

Representations being made to the Commander-in-Chief that officers are frequently seen in Cambridge and Watertown, and in the towns and villages round the camp, without any leave of absence previously obtained, and contrary to all good discipline and order; and as such irregularity at this time may be productive of the worst of consequences, the General directs the commanding officers of Corps to be particularly attentive to the behaviour of all their officers, and without favour or affection, confine any officer who is absent from the camp or lines, where he is posted or encamped, without leave in writing first had and obtained from the General commanding the Brigade; and the commanding officers are strictly enjoined to put in arrest any officer who shall for the future disobey this order. When officers set good examples it may be expected that the men will with zeal and alacrity follow them, but it would be a mere phenomenon in nature to find a well disciplined soldiery where officers are relaxed and tardy in their duty; nor can they with any kind of propriety or good conscience set in judgment upon a soldier for disobeying an order, which they themselves are every day breaking. The General is exceeding sorry to find occasion to give such repeated orders on this head, but as the safety of the Army and salvation of the country may essentially depend upon a strictness of discipline and close attention to duty, he will give no countenance, nor show any favour, to delinquents.

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, AUGUST 18, 1775.

Regiments. Officers present.
 Rank and File.
 Waiting to complete.
 Since last Return
Commissioned.
 Staff.
 Non-commissioned
Colonels.
 Lieut. Colonels.
 Majors.
 Captains.
 Lieutenants.
 Enaigns.
 Chaplains.
 Adjutants.
 Quartermasters.
 Surgeons.
 Mates.
 Sergeants.
 Drums and Fifes.
 Present, fit for duty.
 Sick, present.
 Sick, absent.
 On Furlough.
 On Command.
 Total.
 Sergeants.
 Drummers and Fifers.
 Privates.
 Enlisted.
 Dead.
 Discharged.
 Deserted.
1.   Colonel Frye’s.   1     1     1     7     17     –     –     1     1     1     1     29     13     301     59     38     6     52     456     –     7     44                          
2.   Colonel Thompson’s.   1     1     1     9     27     –     –     1     1     1     1     36     11     713     –     –     –     –     713                                            
3.   Colonel Reed’s.   1     –     –     7     9     7     –     1     1     1     1     30     16     295     96     44     5     62     502     –     –     –     19     18     2     18  
4.   Colonel Learned’s.   1     1     1     10     19     –     1     1     1     1     1     40     20     406     40     6     4     3     459     –     –     41     1     3     2     3  
5.   Colonel Nixon’s.   1     1     1     8     15     –     1     –     1     1     –     34     18     307     65     40     3     2     417     2     2     83     –     2            
6.   Colonel Brewer’s.   1     –     1     8     8     –     –     1     1     1     1     34     20     209     59     42     3     43     356     6     –     144     14     9     1     19  
7.   Colonel Stark’s.   –     1     –     9     10     7     –     –     1     1     1     38     20     343     100     20     13     40     516     –     1     18     15     12     24     19  
8.   Colonel Fellows’s.   1     1     1     10     19     –     1     1     1     1     1     38     18     367     76     8     1     8     460     2     2     40     –     –     –     4  
9.   Colonel D. Brewer’s.   1     1     1     9     18     –     1     1     1     1     –     36     20     363     56     4     2     10     435     4     –     65     67     2     1     4  
10.   Colonel Prescott’s.   1     1     1     6     20     –     –     1     1     1     –     43     15     329     56     45     5     1     436     1     8     114     7     –     –     2  
11.   Colonel Poor’s.   1     1     1     10     7     9     –     1     1     1     1     26     15     391     98     9     5     66     569     –     –     –     4     2     3     7  
12.   Colonel Varnum’s.   1     1     1     8     9     7     1     1     1     1     1     28     20     308     60     –     6     27     401                                          
13.   Colonel Parsons’s.   1     1     1     6     17     9     1     1     1     1     2     47     27     598     118     32     7     16     771     –     –     24     –     2     3     5  
14.   Colonel Hitchcock’s.   1     1     1     6     9     9     –     1     1     1     1     23     16     342     42     17     1     43     445                                          
15.   Colonel Church’s.   –     1     1     7     8     7     –     1     1     1     1     17     10     341     19     –     3     36     399     –     –     –     –     –     –     1  
16.   Colonel Cotton’s.   1     1     1     10     20     –     1     1     1     1     1     40     20     356     42     12     3     98     511     –     –     –     2     1     1     2  
17.   Colonel Little’s.   –     –     1     6     17     –     1     1     1     1     1     28     14     394     44     83     7     –     528                                          
18.   Colonel Danielson’s.   1     1     –     11     19     –     –     1     1     1     –     42     18     351     74     11     8     47     491     –     –     59     3     4     11     9  
19.   Colonel Mansfield’s.   –     1     1     6     14     –     –     –     1     –     1     29     13     352     39     54     2     37     484     –     1     16                        
20.   Colonel Read’s, of Uxbridge.   1     –     1     8     15     –     –     1     1     1     1     33     15     369     43     21     12     52     497     –     1     3     1     3     2     1  
21.   Colonel Glover’s.   –     1     –     8     18     –     –     1     1     1     –     37     11     437     17     8     20     20     502     –     8     –     –     –     –     11  
22.   Colonel Walker’s.   1     –     1     6     12     –     –     1     1     1     1     28     14     301     89     43     3     6     442     –     –     58     –     4            
23.   Colonel Whiteomb’s.   1     1     1     11     22     –     –     1     –     1     1     43     14     360     48     57     4     24     493     –     –     57     29     9     –     11  
24.   Colonel Doolittle’s.   1     1     –     9     17     –     –     1     1     1     1     33     15     226     75     56     –     12     369     7     5     131     –     1            
25.   Colonel Woodbridge’s.   1     1     1     7     12     –     –     1     1     1     1     26     12     109     52     18     5     77     261     7     6     175     –     –     –     7  
26.   Colonel Peterson’s.   1     1     1     11     20     –     1     1     1     1     1     41     16     411     53     23     16     3     506     1     6     44     –     –     –     3  
27.   Colonel Bridge’s.   1     –     1     7     17     –     –     1     1     1     –     36     20     358     39     53     3     15     468     –     –     32     1     –     –     1  
28.   Colonel Sergeant’s.   1     1     1     9     14     –     1     1     1     1     1     36     18     333     42     11     7     10     403     4     2     97     –     7     –     16  
29.   Colonel Huntingdon’s.   1     1     1     4     12     6     1     1     1     1     2     35     22     325     72     37     –     –     434     –     –     –     –     1            
30.   Colonel Scammon’s.   1     1     1     7     16     –     –     1     1     1     1     36     18     386     32     12     13     –     443     –     1     57     –     1            
31.   Colonel Phinney’s.   1     1     1     8     18     –     –     1     1     1     1     37     20     368     71     8     4     –     451     –     –     49                        
32.   Colonel Ward’s.   1     1     1     7     17     –     1     1     1     –     –     40     17     360     44     46     2     –     452     –     3     48     2     –     1      
33.   Colonel Wylley’s.   1     1     2     7     18     10     1     1     1     1     2     52     31     620     182     6     15     33     856     –     –     19     –     11     9     8  
34.   Colonel Storrs’s.   1     1     2     4     15     19     1     1     1     1     2     45     28     675     80     –     14     95     864     –     1     16     –     1     4      
35.   Colonel Bailey’s.   1     –     2     5     16     –     1     1     1     1     1     40     17     420     42     20     3     –     485     –     –     15     3     5     2      
36.   Colonel Greaton’s.   1     1     1     6     10     –     –     1     1     1     1     23     13     254     25     46     10     141     476     1     –     24     –     1            
37.   Late Colonel Gardner’s.   –     1     1     5     14     –     –     1     1     1     1     24     9     243     26     41     1     95     406     5     4     94                    
38.   Late Colonel Gerrish’s.   –     1     1     10     19     –     –     1     1     1     1     38     16     427     43     35     4     –     509     2     4     –     2                    
Two Companies in Colonel Hinman’s Regiment, and four Independent Companies. –     1     –     6     12     –     –     –     –     –     –     24     12     394     –     –     –     –     394     –     –     –     –     1     2     2  
 
Total.   31     32     36     298     596     80     15     35     37     36     35     1345     662     14442     2218     1006     220     1174     19060     42     62     1567     170     100     68     153      
 

HORATIO GATES, Adjutant-General.

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