The one were attended by the ablest Surgeons and Physicians, healthy, and high-spirited; " the other were neglected in their health, clothing, " and pay, were sickly, and constantly murmuring " and dissatisfied. And the one were veteran troops, " carrying victory and conquest wheresoever they were "led; the other were new-raised and undisciplined, " a panic-struck and defeated enemy, whenever at- " tacked -- such is the true comparative difference " between the force sent to suppress, and that which " supported, the Rebellion." *

York during the Revolutionary War, i., 110 :) ihe latter, " with the refugees and blackamores from Virginia," (the same, i., 103,) "about a "thousand more " (the same, i., 110.) The Second Division of the Hessians, the Sixteenth Regiment of Light Dragoons, the horses for remounting the Seventeenth Regiment of Dragoons, the draught-horses for Hie Artillery and baggage, four hundred and two German and not far from five hundred British recruits, and the Prince of Waldeck's Regiment of German troops, all of whom joined General Howe, while he was in Westch ester-county, as we shall see, hereafter -- were on their way to America, at the time of which we write. (Lord George Germaine to General Howe, " Whitehall, 21 June, 1776.") There were, also, some Provincial "Corps, already raised," of whom we have seen no Returns, (General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " Staten-Island, 16 August, " 1776,") probably not strong in numbers, but, nevertheless, entitled to notice, in this connection.

From these facts, it appears that the entire force, present and commanded by General Howe, before he opened the Campaign on Long Island, was upwards of forty thousand men, exclusive of the Marines on the several Fleets, which could have been called ashore, had there been any necessity for their services.