On the following day, [June 10, 1776,] the Provincial Congress elected the Field-officers of the Regiment in which the levies from Westchester-county were to be enrolled ; and Samuel Drake, who was then commanding the skeleton Regiment of Westchestercounty Minute-men, in the Continental Service,^ was elected Colonel; John Hulbert, of Suffolk," was elected Lieutenant-colonel ; Moses Hetfield, of Orange-county, was elected Major.' The Line-officers of the Regiment and the other details of its organization of the Regiment will be noticed, hereafter.

A matter of i)articular interest to the inhabitants of Westchester-county occurred during the session of the third Provincial Congress; and it may properly be mentioned in this narrative.

It will be remembered that, on the suggestion of General Lee, a Magazine of Provisions was ordered to be established, in Westchester-county; that the Delegates from that County were authorized to jiurchase, on the account of the Provincial Congress, the Pork and Beef which were desired ; that, subsequently. Colonel Gilbert Drake, the Chairman of the County Committee and one of the Deputies from the County, so managed the affiiir that all the purchases

♦ Jonmal of the Provincial Congress, "Sunday Morning June 9, 1770." 'Vide pages 328-330, ante.

^It is doubtful if he ever joined the Regiment, {Colonel Henry B. Liuvifjston to the Committee of Arrangement, *' Fishkilt., 2-1 Novr., 1776;") and he resigned, on the ninth of December, 1770, {John Hulbert to the Committee of Arrangement, " Fish Kill, December 9, 1776.")

William Goforth, who had served honorably in Canada, was elected to the vacancy, {Minutes of the Committee of Arrangement, " Fishkili., "Jany 1.3, 1777 ;") but, in February, he declined to continue in the place, {Philip Van Cortlandt to the Committee of Arrangement, "FiSHKILL, "Feby. 25, 1777.")