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.")

"I wrote a hasty letter, some time ago, requesting from the State "of New York, that they would allow me tha remainder of the "stock of Medicines purchased for the use of the State, of which they "were so good as to allow me one-half, early in the Summer, for the " use of the Army. The demand for Medicines is very great ; and we " cannot procure a sufficiency, at any rate." -- (Doctor John. Morgan, Medical Director of the Army, to John Jay, " North-Castle, October 28, "1776.")

A letter from Doctor John Pine, of the Maryland Line, to James Tilghman, of Annapolis, dated, " Camp at White-Plains, November 7, "1776," contains a detailed statement of the entire destitution of the Army, and of the consequent sufferings of the sick and wounded.