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In Store.
450 tons hay; 12,391 bushels oats; 5,640 bushels Indian corn; 12,861 bushels bran.
| The whole will last, | Hay, | 100 days. |
| Oats, &c., | 150 days. |
Expected.
From Canada: 150 tons hay; 10,000 bushels oats; 5,000 bushels bran.
From Nova-Scotia: 150 tons hay.
Total: 300 tons hay; 10,000 bushels oats; 5,000 bushels bran.
| The whole will last, | Hay, | 60 days. |
| Oats, &c., | 50 days. |
N. B. The ration, at the present allowance, is 131/2 pence.
In case of scarcity, the damaged flour now in store, to the amount of three thousand barrels, equal to 600,000 weight, may be made use of by mixing a proportion with oats, corn, &c., which will increase the price of the ration 1s. 91/2d.
W. HOWE.
Head-Quarters, Boston, Nov. 27, 1775.
State of the Barrack Bedding, Furniture, and Fuel, in the care of the Barrackmaster.
At BOSTON.
Bedding: 3,333 bed cases; 4,149 bolster cases; 577 rugs; 2,321 blankets; 4,280 pair sheets; 16 mattresses and pillows.
Furniture: 1,052 iron pots; 705 grates; 296 pair dog-irons; 229 tongs; 231 shovels; 202 axes; 316 candle-sticks; 120 iron stoves; 1,020 trammels; 600 pokers; 500 ash-boxes; 425 buckles; 120 mallets; 260 iron wedges; 250 tables; 320 forms; 120 chairs; 36 lanterns.
Fuel and Candles: 668 cords of wood; 899 chaldrons coals; 10,000 pounds candles.
Ordered from ENGLAND, and daily expected.
Bedding: 3,376 bed cases; 2,560 bolster cases; 3,650 rugs; 8,000 blankets; 3,945 pair sheets; 50 tons flocks. Furniture: 50 iron stoves.
Fuel and Candles: 4,000 chaldrons coals; 25,000 pounds candles.
Total.
Bedding: 6,709 bed cases; 6,709 bolster cases; 4,227 rugs; 10,321 blankets; 8,225 pair sheets; 50 tons flocks; 16 mattresses and pillows.
Furniture: 1,052 iron pots; 705 grates; 296 pairs of dog-irons; 229 tongs; 231 shovels; 202 axes; 316 candle-sticks; 170 iron stoves; 1,020 trammels; 600 pokers; 500 ash boxes; 425 buckles; 120 mallets; 260 iron wedges; 250 tables; 320 forms; 120 chairs; 36 lanterns.
Fuel and Candles: 668 cords of wood; 4,899 chaldrons coals; 35,000 pounds candles.
N. B. In the first article of bedding at Boston, is included 1,000 sets of bedding got from the transports, equal to half the number of double beds.
The coals and candles are ordered from England by me, independent of that I now learn is ordered by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. And there is now at Halifax 10,000 cords of wood, ready to be transported hither when transports can be spared to fetch it; 5,000 cords of wood are directed to be cut against the spring; and by that time 6,000 chaldrons of coals, now digging, will be ready to be shipped at Spanish River, in the Island of Cape Breton.
JAMES ROBERTSON, Barrackmaster-General
Boston, December 1, 1775.
Two Estimates of Horses and Wagons wanting for the Campaign, 1776.
I. Supply of Wagons for an Army of thirty Battalions of Infantry and two Regiments of Cavalry, for the carriage of Baggage, Bread, and Provisions, with Horses in proportion:
Distribution
| Wagons. | Horses. |
| For the baggage of one battalion, | 12 | 48 |
| Twenty-nine more, | 348 | 1,392 |
| For the soldiers' tents of one battalion, | 0 | 10 |
| Twenty-nine more, | 0 | 290 |
| For the bread of one battalion, | 4 | 16 |
| Twenty-nine more, | 116 | 464 |
| For the baggage of one regiment of cavalry, | 8 | 32 |
| One more, | 8 | 32 |
| For the bread of one regiment of cavalry, | 2 | 8 |
| One more, | 2 | 8 |
| For the generals and staff officers, including their saddle-horses, | 40 | 342 |
| To mount two regiments of cavalry, | 0 | 600 |
| For the saddle-horses of the officers of one battalion of infantry, supposed to be, | 0 | 14 |
| Twenty-nine more, | 0 | 406 |
| Total, | 540 | 3,662 |
Forage for the above Horses.
| For what time. | Hay—Tons.
Rat. 20 lb. | Oats—Tons.
Rat. 9 lb. |
| For one day, | 33 | 15 |
| For ninety-one days, | 3,003 | 1,365 |
N. B. Complete harness wanting for four hundred arid ninety wagons; four horses to each wagon.
Effective Horses and Wagons in the Garrison.
Distribution.
| Horses. | Wagons. |
| Light Dragoons, | 0 | 234 |
| Ditto Quartermaster-General, | 50 | 80 |
| Generals and other officers, | 0 | 160 |
| 50 | 474 |
| Wanting to complete, | 490 | 3,188 |
| Total, | 540 | 3,662 |
It is intended that the magazines for this army should be carried by water, and not more than twenty miles distance from it.
Head-Quarters, Boston, 27th November, 1775.
II. Proportion of Batt-Horses for the carriage of the Baggage of the same Army, with Wagons to carry Bread, Provisions, and the General Officers' baggage.
Distribution.
| | | Horses. | Wag. |
| Lieutenant-colonel, | 9 | For one battalion, batt-horses included, | 95 |
| Major, | 7 |
| 8 captains, 5 each, | 40 |
| 18 subalterns, 3 to 2, | 27 | Twenty-nine more, | 2775 |
| 1 to the general's com., | 2 |
| 5 staff, 2 each, | | 10 |
| 95 |
| Bread, | 4 | For one battalion, | 28 | 7 |
| Provisions, | 3 | Twenty-nine more, | 812 | 7 |
| For mounting two regiments of cavalry, | 600 |
| Batt-horses for ditto, | 66 |
| Bread, | 6 | For two regiments, | 40 | 10 |
| Provisions, | 4 |
| For the general and staff officers, including their saddle-horses | 342 | 40 |
| Total | 4,738 | 260 |
Forage for the above Horses.
| Hay—Tons. | Oats—Tons |
| Rat. 20 lb. | Rat. 9 lb. |
| For one day, | 43 | 20 |
| For ninety-one days, | 3,913 | 1,820 |
| Horses. | Wagons. |
| Difference between the two returns, | 1,076 | 280 |
Return of Horses wanting for the Field Artillery, with Forage for ninety-one days.
Hay—Tons.
Rat. 201b. | Oats—Tons
Rat. 91b. | |
| Horses, | Effective, | 200 |
| Wanting to complete, | 448 |
| Total, | 648 | 546 | 273 |
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