Haminan, upon a door which he had laid down, took and laid the prime pieces of said five bbls. ; that four bbls. were filled by there packer, Hunt, and that a bbl. was filled with part of the prime pork and marked by the repacker, the remainder of the said prime pieces of Pork the deponent took back ; and also that he, the deponent, heard the repacker commend the whole of the said pork as he was repacking it, and that he does not know whether Haminan took the said bbl. prime pork to himself or not. From the foregoing Evidences it appears to this Committee that the charges exhibited against Colonel Plammau, both in regard to the affair of the Pork and neglect of duty as an officer, are entirely groundless, and that therefor the said Colonel ought to be acquitted from all further trouble on these accounts, and returned to his regiment immediately. July 24th, 1776.

"(Indorsed.) Report of a Committee that Col. Haminan is an honest man & a fighting Colonel. Confirmed."

Col. Hammond came off with flying colors, and like many another had occasion to thank his envious enemies for filling the sails of fortune which bore him successfully forward. But for this trial comparatively little would have been known of his zeal and activity and good fighting qualities. No wonder the British vessels had sailed away up the river before he hardly had time to bring his guns to bear upon them.

We next find him presiding at a Court Martial held at Peekskill, Dec. 6, 1776, at which a number of marauders were brought to justice.