Some time in Spring last year the late Board of war directed me to make a return of all the non commissioned & privates in the Invalid regt specifying the State each man belonged to, at the same time informed me that the State of Connecticut had twice applied for all the Invalids belonging to their line to do duty in the State but had been refused by Congress.

Shortly after my arrival at Fishkill in September last Capt. Hill sent me two returns of Invalids belonging to the State of Connecticut, one, of those transferred to the Invalid regt before the 1st of April 1781, the other, of men transferred on that day, the whole amounting to about 120surprised to find about 80 men of that line transferred beyond what I had returned to the Board of war, agreable to returns sent to me from Boston, I enquired into the cause of this & found those men had been detained in the State & permitted to go to their respective homes & that not one of them had joined the regt ’till last september. Not judging it proper for me to determine in a case of this nature thought it best to state the matter & send it, with copies of the returns to the Board & request its directions & desired the officers to mark those men that joined, time of transfer uncertain in the muster rolls ’till the matter was determined. The matter rested thus ’till I went to Philadelphia when I mentioned it to the Minister of war, who said he had not before heard of it but would examine the papers in the office, enquire into the case & then give his directions. The 24 Decr 1781 I recd an order of which the following is a copy