. The order book of Capt. Leonard Bleeker : major of brigade in the early part of the expedition under Gen. James Clinton, against the Indian settlements of western New York, in the campaign of 1779 . ntroduSlton. fecond Thurfday in December next, as a day ofGeneral Thankfgiving in thefe United States, andthat a Committee be appointed to prepare a Re-commendation to the faid States for this Purpofe. This Volume will be found chiefly interefting asa Contribution to the Local Hiftory of the Mo-hawk Valley and Otfego County, and as a Recordof Army Regulations and Ufages in the Revolu-tionary War.
. The order book of Capt. Leonard Bleeker : major of brigade in the early part of the expedition under Gen. James Clinton, against the Indian settlements of western New York, in the campaign of 1779 . ntroduSlton. fecond Thurfday in December next, as a day ofGeneral Thankfgiving in thefe United States, andthat a Committee be appointed to prepare a Re-commendation to the faid States for this Purpofe. This Volume will be found chiefly interefting asa Contribution to the Local Hiftory of the Mo-hawk Valley and Otfego County, and as a Recordof Army Regulations and Ufages in the Revolu-tionary War. It will correct or confirm the localTraditions relative to the Progrefs of the Army,and the Incidents which attended its a Record of the Pradlice of military Camps, itsValue will be recognized by every Student of theHiftory of Tadlics, and of the progreffive Develop-ment of the Science of Arms. A Knowledge ofthefe Details is efTential to a full Underftanding ofHiftory. Thus, by its refledling Light upon the Sub-jedt, rather than as Hiftory itfelf, may this Volumebe claimed as a Contribution to our AmericanAnnals, and as a further lUuftration of the Revolu-tionary Period. F. B. ORDER BOOK. In Congrefs, Feb^ 18 1779. Plan for the Department of InspectorGeneral. Refolved : I HAT there be an Infpedlor Gento the Armies of the UnitedStates, with the Rank of MajorGen, who in all future Appoint-ments, fhall be taken from theLine of Major Generals. That the Duty of the InfpedtorGen fhall principally confift in forming a Siftemof Regulations for the Exercife of the Troopsin the Manuel Evolutions and Manoeuvers, forthe Service of Guards and Detachments and forCamps and Garrifon Duty.
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