General Orders, 24 December 1777
General Orders
Head Quarters, Valley-Forge, Decr 24th 1777.
Parole.C. Signs
Every regiment is to draw provisions, to complete their rations, for to morrow; and the whole army being supplied up to that time, the Issuing Commissaries are then to make return, to the Commissary General of Issues, of all the provisions they have on hand.
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.