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Return of the Army in New-Jersey

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A General Return of the Army in NEW JERSEY, under the Command of the Honourable HUGH MERCER, Brigadier-General in the Continental service; PERTH AMBOY, August 14, 1776.
  Commissioned Officers present. Staff Officers. Non-Com' d Officers. Rank and File.
Colonels. Lieut˙ Colonels. Majors. Captains. 1st Lieutenants. 2d Lieutenants. Ensigns. Chaplains. Adjutants. Quartermasters. Surgeons. Mates. Sergeants. Drums and Fifes. Present fit for duty. Sick. On furlough. Total.
Colonel Thompson 1 1 1 8 7 - 7 - 1 1 - - 28 15 386 14 2 402
Colonel Read 1 1 1 5 5 - 5 - 1 1 - - 18 6 252 8 - 260
Colonel Dickinson 1 1 2 8 7 7 11 - 1 1 1 2 25 12 263 8 24 299
Second Battalion, Colonel Bayard 1 1 2 8 8 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 31 10 309 - - 309
Third Battalion, Colonel Cadwalader 1 1 2 7 7 8 11 - 1 1 1 1 33 14 339 7 13 357
Fourth Battalion, Colonel McKean 1 1 2 5 6 7 9 - 1 1 1 1 28 12 162 11 - 173
Fifth Battalion, Colonel Clymer - 1 2 3 8 5 - - 1 1 1 1 14 6 96 13 6 115
Major McVain - - 1 4 4 4 5 - 1 - 1 - 17 9 138 - - 138
Colonel Montgomery 1 - 1 8 9 9 8 1 1 1 1 1 28 7 388 5 1 193
First Battalion of Cumberland - - - 2 2 2 2 - - - - - 8 4 121 1 - 122
Colonel Hill - - 2 3 7 - 2 - - 1 - - 10 6 153 1 - 154
Colonel Dill, Fifth Battalion York County - - 1 2 3 2 2 - - - - - 6 - 63 - - 63
Colonel Guyger - - - 3 3 3 2 - - - - - 12 6 104 - - 104
Colonel Hart - - - 1 1 1 1 - - - - - 4 2 58 - - 58
Colonel Lewis - - - 1 1 1 2 - 1 - - - 4 - 46 - - 46
Colonel Moore 1 1 2 5 6 6 4 1 1 1 1 - 20 6 191 10 2 203
Colonel Ross - - 1 2 5 - 3 - - - - - 14 5 124 - - 124
Lieutenant-Colonel Donaldson - 1 1 6 6 5 6 - 1 1 1 - 23 8 254 2 2 258
Colonel Grub 1 1 1 11 11 11 11 - - - - - 44 19 335 - 6 341
Colonel Thomas 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 - 24 6 150 - - 150
Troops sent to New York 2 4 5 37 48 37 25 2 4 4 3 3 123 59 2,075 - - 4,070

To His Excellency General Washington, Head Quarters, New York.

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