General Orders, 30 September 1775

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Sept. 30th 1775

Parole, Fairfax.Countersign Goshen.

A Court of enquiry ordered to sit this day in Brigadier General Spencers brigade, in relation to the dispute between the Director General of the hospital, and the Regimental Surgeons, is on account of the Indisposition of Dr Church, to be postponed until further orders.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. Benjamin Church had been arrested the previous day on charges of conducting a treasonous correspondence. See Council of War, 3–4 Oct. 1775.

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Title: General Orders, 30 September 1775
Author: Washington, George
Date: 30 September 1775

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Cite as: “General Orders, 30 September 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0062. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 66.]