I have collected from the most extensive Importers in this City patterns of white flannel and common Linen; to shew the utility of adopting the flannel in preference to the Linen.

The former is more durable and it will afford greater comfort to the Soldier than the latter; it may also be the means of continuing him in good health, especially when removed from a Northern to a Southern Climate where he of consequence will be subject to be exposed to heavy dews—

I have annexed a statement and affixed patterns of the Cloths, with the prices—

		Linen
		4/4 wide, of which 3 1/2 Yards are requisite to make a Shirt—at 35 Cents per Yd. is	1,22.5	Mills
		4 Shirts (a soldiers annual allowance)	4		$4,90
Flannel		3/4 wide—3 1/2 Yds to make a Shirt at 37 Cts per Yd is	129.5	Mills
		3 Shirts to be his annual allowance	3
			370.5	"
		1 Yd. of Linen (which is sufficient for 2 dickeys)	50
		1/4 Yd of Cambric Muslin for frills for the 2 dickeys 75 Cts pr Yd	18.7 1/2		439.2 1/2
			in favr of the flan⟨l⟩		50.7 1/2	Mills

I humbly submit the within statement for your inspection; with an expectation that an experiment may be made on the Company, I am shortly to recruit

I have the honor to be, Sir Your very Obt Servant