Letters to the Council. 431

of these, admitting they should contain a few then belonging to the
State, can make no material difference with respect to the deficiency
to be levied and the postponing the business on that account would
interfere essentially with the views of Congress and indeed entirely
defect them, as to the time assigned for the Recruits taking the
Field, I would observe before I conclude that the present Return
bears the fullest number of Men under every description that the
State can have in her Seven Battallions and the other Corps, which
it comprehends, and they would most probably be found, if an actual
inspection could take place, to fall a good deal short of the Comple-
ment, as there is always a material difference between an Army on
Paper and its real strength. A comparative view between the Total
amount of an Army as borne upon every General Return and the
Column of present fit for duty and the Absentees that can be satis-
factorily accounted for demonstrates this beyond question.

Brown
Book No. I

I have the Honor to be with the greatest respect & esteem Yr
Excellency's Most Obed^t Servant G^o Washington

p. S. According to an Abstract Return obtained from the Muster
Master General in October, The German Battalion amounted in the
whole to 208 Men, out of which number the Inlistments of 66 expire
before September. There will then be, supposing all the men alive,
142 engaged for the War, but I cannot determine what proportion
of these belong to Maryland or Pennsylvania. In December there
were 53 men of the late Rawlins's Corps at Pittsburg, but the terms
of their inlistments are not known, nor can I say whether they are
now in Service.
I have this minute received a State of the Pennsilvania part of the
German Battalion, by which it appears that 116 of the 142 men
inlisted for the War belong to her. Hence it seems that Maryland
is only entitled to a credit of 26 in this Corps G. W.

List of American Officers Prisoners who have Violated their

Paroles belonging to the State of Maryland

Rank & Names County State
Capt. Rich^d Davis .................. Maryland
U William Piles .................. d^o
James Tool Baltimore ........ d^o
Jacob Carsdorph .................. d^o

[Henry Lee Junr Ma. Com Md. Annapolis to Gov. Lee]

Sir I had the honour to address the delegates in Congress from
the State of Maryland on the subject of supplys of cloathing &c
for the Officers in the corps under my command, subjects of this
State. They were pleased to communicate my application to your

Excellency; I beg leave to request a decision. I must also trouble

No. 29
February 21
Brown
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