Informs him that Heath issued orders for returns from troops at the
Highlands; informs him that a captain who may have deserted from Hand's
regiment in 1776 has been captured and requests information about the
latter.
Gives advice for marching against the Indians in the "Seneca Country":
"I have found great advantage from Night Movement against the Savages.
I believe they keep themselves pretty close during that Season; or at least
are not fond of Military operations then"; recommends several guides and
woodsmen.
Comments on the need for discipline in the army and discusses a dispute over the propriety of having regimental musicians attend the funerals of sergeants.
Appoints Gen. [Friedrich Wilhelm], baron von Steuben, Gen. [Louis Le Begue de Presle] Duportail and others to a board of officers to examine and report on the claim of Capt. [Chevalier de] Segond to be admittedinto the legion of Colonel Armand [Armand-Charles Tuffin, marquis de La Rouerie].; bound in Sparks, Lift of Washington, vol. 6.
Letter from Edward Hand to Nathanael Greene. Mendham - The number of huts laid down in the general plan, to cover twelve men, not being sufficient, desires instructions immediately as to what alterations shall be made.; American Philosophical Society
