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5th. Any Soldier who shall be found Sleeping or intoxicated with 

 Liquor on his Post, shall bo CQnfined and dealt with according as a Court 

 Martial shall direct. 



6th. The Sentinels that are to be placed in the Town are not to ob- 

 struct or prevent any of the Inhabitants from passing or repassing to 

 their Homes, upon their answering when Challenged. 



7th. The Officer of the Guard is to Visit the Sentries after the Coun- 

 tersign is given, as often as circumstances may require, and See that the 

 Sentinels are Alert, particularly at the Magazine and Storehouses. 



8th, The Officer of the Guard is to make a Report every mornino- to 

 the Town Major. 



The Compliance of these Orders is expected both from Officer and 

 Soldiers, and will be inspected into. 



Christ'n Wirtz, T. Major. 

 Directed^ 



Timothy Matlack, Sec'ry, Pres't. 

 . Indorsement^ 



From Major Wirtz, Jan'y 20, 1778. 



Council to Wagon Masters^ 1778. 



In Council, Lancaster, January 29, 1778. 



Sir: Application has been made to Council for a large number of 

 Waggons for Service at the Camp, w^here they are greatly wanted. You 

 are therefore hereby ordered immediately to procure and Send to Head 

 Quarters — Waggons, with four horses, and a driver to each Waggon, 

 directed to the care of Colonel Lutterloh, Deputy Quarter Master General. 



It is ordered that these Waggons go to Camp loaded with forage. 

 You are therefore to apply to Commissioners 



of Provisions and forage of your county, and obtain a load of forage 

 accordingly. If money is wanted by the Commissioners for this purpose, 

 they are to draw on Colonel Biddle for it. Bat if any of the Waggons 

 can procure a load of forage near home, it is to be paid for by the Com- 

 missioners. 



You may assure the people of your county, that the Waggons now 

 called into Service will be relieved in due time, and for this and other 

 purposes, you are hereby directed to make out and forward immediately 

 the list of Waggons of your County, agreeable to the Act of Assembly. 



Lancaster Waggojis to call on Col'l Ross ibr che forage. 

 --Berks, dQ;;juv:iii'; on Col'l Mark Bird. 



jT'j-Northampton do trrf>f f .ji- on Col'l Hooper. 



,cvln these there, igi added directions -to apply to these Gent,, for the for- 

 agie; But if, &c., as above, then the Commissioners are to draw on Col'l 

 Biddle. 



