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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Conductors and artificers carts of the three divisions. 
One forge cart. 
Surgeons and mates medicine carts. 
Major Williams’s baggage. 
Captain Carter’s „ 
Officers „ 
Baggage of the civil branch. 
The Reserve Train . 
Whenever the artillery is ordered to march without baggage, there will 
nothing presume to follow the line of march but the artillery, its ammunition, 
spare carriages, and entrenching tools and surgeons' and medicine carts, 
carts with artificers' tools, and forge. 
Major Williams' and Captain Carter's companies to furnish an equal 
proportion of men for the centre division. Subalterns for the right division 
are, Lieuts. Bimington and Cox; left divisions, Lieuts. York and Davids; 
centre division, Lieuts. Houghton, Dysart, and Collier. 
These officers are on this day to make a general survey of the ammunition 
wagons and carts, to see that the stores are all in order, and to instruct the 
non-commissioned officers in what manner they are to be got at when wanted; 
the arms of the guns as well as their boxes and vents are to be examined, to 
see that no dirt be lodged, or any obstacle to their service. 
A general exercise of the detachment to be on this day at the most 
convenient hour ) and everything prepared for immediate service and action, 
that Major Williams may report it accordingly at gun firing this evening, in 
order that the Major-General may make his report to the Commander-in- 
Chief. 
Whatever men may be wanting to make up the number of eighteen to 
each piece of artillery are to be given this day by the detachment of the 83rd 
Regiment. Lieuts. Dysart and Collier to immediately join the park and 
encamp with it till further orders. 
Captain Bloomfield, major of brigade, having desired in the present want 
of captains to do his duty in the park, the Major-General allows of it, and 
he will be ordered to such parts of the artillery occasionally as may most 
require it; he is therefore to make himself acquainted with the right and 
centre division in order that he may be posted to either of them when 
ordered. 
Captain Ilosmer will have such parts of the artillery as move with the left 
wing as usual. 
Captain Carter will inspect every part of his brigade. Major Williams 
will take his post and change it as he sees most for the good of the service. 
The detached brigades will take their orders from the generals with whom 
they immediately serve, and report directly to the Major-General. 
End of the extracts . 
