On the arrival of the New Arrangement of the army Sent me by Major Thayer, I Appli’d to Colo. Greene and informed him that I thought it Necessary to Send on a list of the Officers who tarried in Service, togeather with the names of those who Retired, to Your Excellencey as Soon as possible, (as he Inclin’d to take the Regt) but he Said he thought there was no necessity of being in a hurry about the matter, and as the time is now Come when by a Resolution of Congress the troops Should have ben in the field, and knowing that there has ben no Arrangement as yet Sent to ⟨y⟩our Excellencey, has Induced me to write in order to Exculpat my Self from blame, as I think it ought to have ben done a month before this, but being a Supernumery did not Conceiv⟨e⟩ it to be my duty to interfear in the matter further than I did.1

I Expect to Come to the Army in a few days and bring Some money for the Rhode Island Line from the State, Settle my public Accts and retire,2 though I Should have ben happy in Serving my Country to the Eand of the war. had I liv’d to Seen that day, if my Services had ben necessary, as I Entered it in the earlist period, However I Shall Ever Stand ready to assist in the defence of my Country to the best of my Capacity And risk of my life. I am with Sentiments of Esteem Your Excellenceys most Obedient, and most Humble Servt