George Washington Papers

General Orders, 12 April 1780

General Orders

Head Quarters Morristown April 12th 1780

Parole Maryland Countersigns Williams, Baltimore.

[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Colonel H. Jackson[,] Lieutenant Colonel Robinson[,] Brigade Major Maxwell’s Brigade

As the late draught from the Line to reinforce the Commander in Chief’s Guard is only Temporary the men are to be furnished with Pay and Clothing from their respective regiments in the same manner as if they had not been drawn out.1

Captain Lieutenant Waters of the 1st Regiment of Artillery is appointed Adjutant to the same from the 21st of September 1778.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW, ser. 3, subseries G, letter book 5; Varick transcript, DLC:GW, ser. 3, subseries G, letter book 4.

1. See General Orders, 19 March.

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    “General Orders, 12 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-25-02-0252. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 25, 10 March–12 May 1780, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 382.]