Adding to these, those who had been killed and missing during the period which had intervened between the time of which we write and the date of the Returns referred to, in which occurred the action on Chatterton's-hill and all the other military operations in the vicinity of the White Plains ; and it will be seen that, when the Army occupied the high grounds, to the northward of that Village, excluding the Sick, those who were on Commands, and those who were absent, on Furloughs, the effective force was only thirteen thousand, four hundred, and four, "rank and file."

10 Vide pages 248, 250, ante.

11 "His," [General Washington's,'] "apprehensions are exceedingly " great lest the Army should suffer much for want of necessary supplies "of Provisions, especially in the article of Flour. From the best in- "telligence he is able to obtain, there is not more, in Camp and at " the several places where it has been deposited, than will serve the " Army longer than four or five days, provided the utmost care and "economy were used in issuing it out: but from the waste and em- "bezzlement, for want of proper attention to it, as is reported to him, "it is not probable that it will last so long." -- (Colonel Bobert H. Harrison, Secretary of General Washington, to Colonel Joseph Trumbull,- Commissary-general of Provisions " White-Plains, November 1. 1776.")

12 "We want Medicine, much : none can be had, here. Our sick have " [been] "and are suffering extremely." -- (Colonel SmaUwoodto the Council of Safety of Ma>-yland, " Philipse's Heights, October. 1776.")