During the same day, [October 14,] General Lee reached Head-quarters, on his return from the South ; and the command of all the troops in Westchestercounty, then the greater portion of the Army, was given to him, with the request, however, that he would not assume the command until he should have made himself acquainted with the different portions of the post, their circumstances, and the arrangements of the troops which had been made ; * and, in

> General Ordera, " Hiad-quarteuS) Haklem Heights, October IS " 1776."

2 Memoirs of General Heath, 71.

s Colonel Harrison to the Congress, " Head-q.uabtf.es, Harlem Heights, " October 14, 1776 ; " the tame to Peter S. Livingston, " Head-quarters, " Harlem Heights, October 14, 1776 : " Memoirs of General Heath, 71.

4 Memoirs of General Heath, 11.

There is nothing which indicated the general consciousness of the helplessness of the country, at the time of which we write, as much as the general dependence of the country, as well as that of the Army, on General Charles Lee, an officer of large military pretentions; the ambitious leader of that party, in the Congress and elsewhere-- mainly New Engenders-- who was inclined to depreciate, if not to officially embarrass, General Washington ; and the self-appointed and very willing and very

the General Orders of the day, the Commander-Mi chief ordered Colonel Bailey's Regiment to join 'General Clinton's Brigade, and Colonel Lippet's Regiment to join General McDougal's Brigade -- each of them "to take their tents and cooking utensils, " and to lose no time ;" -- the two Connecticut Regiments, commanded, respectively, by Colonel Storrs and Major Graves, were ordered " to be in readiness " to march into Westchester, at a moment's warning;" and Generals Putnam and Spencer, the former commanding Heard's, Beall's, and Weedon's Brigades, and the latter commanding Lord Stirling's, Wadsworth's, and Fellows's Brigades, were ordered to remain on Harlem Heights and to continue the works of entrenchment thereon, General Putnam on all those proposed defensive works which were above Head-quarters, including those of Fort Washington :' those below Head-quarters, immediately in front of the enemy's works, which were occupied by Lieutenant-general the Earl of Percy and three Brigades, having been assigned to General Spencer. 8