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Return of the Regiment of Foot

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Return of the Regiment of Foot in the service of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, commanded by Colonel THOMAS THOMAS, in Brigadier-General GEORGE CLINTON' S Brigade, October 31, 1776.

COMPANIES.
OFFICERS PRESENT.
RANK AND FILE.
Wanting to complete.
Alterations since lastReturn.
Commissioned.
Staff.
Non-Jom' d.
Colonel. Lieut. Colonel. Major. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieut' nts. Ensigns. Chaplain. Adjutant. Quartermaster. Surgeon. Mate. Paymaster. Sergeants. Drums and Fifes. Present, fit for duty. Sick, present. Sick, absent. On command. On furlough. Total. Sergeants. Drums and Fifes. Privates. Inlisted. Dead. Discharged. Deserted.
Captain William Dutcher. 1       1 1     1 1 1     3   31 1 3 4   39     14        
Captain Abraham Ledew.                           2 1 6 2 4 4 5 21     25       2
Captain Nathaniel Delivan.       1 1                 3 1 23 3 6 5 1 38     12        
Captain James Cronkhyte.       1 1                 3 1 19 4 8 7   38     6       1
Captain Benoni Platt.         1 1               2 2 17 2 11 13   44     6        
Captain Abijah Gilbert.           1               3 1 17 1 18 3 1 44     11        
Elijah Hunter.       1                   3 1 18 3 11 4   36     15        
Captain Samuel Townsend.       1 1 1               2 1 19 1 3 9   32     15       2
Captain David Dan.         1                 2 1 15   21 3   39     9        
Total. 1     4 6 4     1 1 1     23 9 165 17 85 52 7 327     113       5

Lieutenant-Colonel Hammon and Major Purdy, sick, absent.

Captain Butcher and his Fifer, absent, to move their families; sick, at home, Drummer; of the persons on command, 1 with carts, and 3 with Commissary.

Captain Ledew, sick, present; his First Lieutenant, in Artillery; Second Lieutenant, left at Fort Independence, with 1 Sergeant and the 4 mentioned on command; Fifer, sick, absent; Sergeant, sick, present; deserted in whole, 8, including Drummer.

Second Lieutenant to Captain Delivan, left at Fort Independence, with 4 of the persons mentioned on command; other, in Artillery; deserted in whole, including Fifer, 4.

First Lieutenant to Captain Cronkhyte, under an arrest for desertion; Second Lieutenant, sick, absent; of the persons returned sick, absent, 4 are in Hospital, and 2 in outhouses; of the persons on command, 1 on General' s guard, and 6 left at Fort Independence and up North River, by order; deserted in whole, 10, including Drummer.

Captain Platt, retired about one mile to recruit; Sergeant, sick, absent by leave; of the persons mentioned sick, absent, 9 in Hospital, and 2 home by leave; of the persons on command, 9 left at Fort Independence, 3 with Teams, and 1 with Commissary; deserted in all, 4.

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Captain Gilbert, sick, absent with leave of the General; First Lieutenant, sick, absent; the persons mentioned as sick, absent, are in Hospital, and 1 sick, absent by my leave; of the persons on command, 1 on General' s guard, and 9 at Blue-Bell Fort, exclusive of Fifer, who is also there; deserted in whole, 2.

Captain Hunter' s Lieutenant, sick, absent; Fifer, sick, present; of the persons on command, 3 in Artillery, and one at the Bridge.

Captain Townsend' s First Lieutenant, Adjutant of my Regiment; Second Lieutenant, sick, present; Sergeant and Drummer, sick, absent; of the persons on command, 1 with Quartermaster, 2 in Artillery, 2, my clerk and waiter, and 4 left at Fort Independence; 3, not returned as present, fit for duty, taken at Morritiania and at Maroneck as deserters, and 1 taken at Maroneck.

Captain Dan, sick, in hospital, and his Sergeant; of the persons returned sick, 20 in hospital, 1 absent by my leave; of the persons on command, 1 to guard teams, 1 Adjutant' s waiter and 1 Doctor' s Mate, Drummer, at Fort Independence; deserted in whole, 5; the cooks and waiters of the above mentioned companies included in the present, fit for duty.

THOMAS THOMAS, Colonel.

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