List of the Field-Officers of the four Battalions ordered to be raised for the defence of the Colony of New-York

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List of the Field Officers of the four Battalions ordered to be raised for the defence of the Colony of NEW-YORK.

First Battalion: Alexander McDougall, Colonel; Herman Zedtwitz, Lieutenant-Colonel; Joseph Benedict, Major.
Second Battalion: James Clinton, Colonel; Henry B˙ Livingston, Lieutenant-Colonel; Peter P˙ Schuyler, Major.
Third Battalion: Rudolphus Rifzema, Colonel; Frederick Weisenfels, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Fisher, Major.
Fourth Battalion: Cornelius D˙ Wynkoop, Colonel; Philip Cortlandt, Lieutenant-Colonel; John Nicholson, Major.

The following Companies are placed in Colonel Ritzema' s Regiment, viz:
Captain Billings, a full Company, at the Fortifications in the Highlands; ordered down.
Captain Denton, a full Company, at New-York.
Captain Hiker, a few men.
Captain Hardenburgh, full, at the Fortifications; ordered down.
Captain Horton, no return made.
Captain Hobby, the like.
Captain Hutchens, nearly full, at New-York.
Captain Pearce, the like; ordered to the city.

Besides the above Regiments, Colonel McDougall' s, and that raising in Albany and Tryon Counties, the following Companies, at the time of the last returns to the Committee, consisted of the following number of men, and will be speedily regimented:

Captain Swartwout, fifty men, at the Fortifications.
Captain Rosekrans, seventy-seven men, at the Fortifications.
Captain Bellenap, full, at the Fortifications.
Captain Jackson, full, at the Fortifications.
Captain Griffin, full, On duty in Suffolk County, by order of General Heath.
Captain Davis, full, On duty in Suffolk County, by order of General Heath.
Captain Roe, nearly full, On duty in Suffolk County, by order of General Heath.
Captain Childs, no return made.