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New York, July 16, 1776.
GENTLEMEN: In answer to yours of this date, I can only
repeat to you what I said last night, and that is, that if your
men think themselves exempt from the common duties of
a soldier — will not mount guard, do garrison duty, or service separate from their horses — they can be no longer of
use here, where Horse cannot be brought to action, and I do
not care how soon they are dismissed.
I am, gentlemen, your most humble servant,
To Colonel Seymour, and other Field-Officers of the Connecticut Light Horse.
Letter from General Washington to Colonel Seymour
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GO˙ WASHINGTON.