General Orders, 1 November 1779
General Orders
Head-Quarters Moore’s House [West Point]
Monday Novr 1st 1779.
Parole Ridgefield— C. Signs Potomack Oswego.
For the future when men are sent from the Light Infantry to the regiments to which they belong, on account of sickness, or other causes, they are to carry their arms and accoutrements with them.1
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. An unidentified communication from Brig. Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons enclosed with Maj. Gen. William Heath’s letter to GW of 31 Oct. likely raised this issue (see also the first letter from GW to Heath, this date).