Agreeable to your Excellency’s public orders of this day, I have (with Colo. Swift, one of the field officers for tomorrow) viewed the approaches to this Camp, and think the following advanced pickets will be necessary, viz.

Picket No. 1. a Sub., &c. and 24 privates, to be posted at the fork of the road, which leads to Crotons New Bridge, and the road leading to Kings ferry Picket No. 2. A Sub., &c. and 24, at the fork of the Road, which leads from Gen. Hows Quarters in to the main Road, from Peaks Kill to Crompond near [Jerreh] Drakes, with a Small detachment on its left, where a road comes in from the Coll Berg, Picket No. 2, a Sub., &c. 24, a little up the hill, beyond the House called Gov. Drakes, which is at the forks of the road to Crom Pond, this position covers the only road that comes from the left to Head Quarters, The Grand Parade I think Should be a little in front of the vacancy left between the wings of the artillery, and Sappers and miners, this will most Equally divide the marching of the details to the parade, and the guard to their respective posts.