General Orders, 21 September 1775

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, Septr 21st 1775.

Parole Hanover.Countersign, Ipswich

Whereas frequent Applications are making to the General, Commander in Chief, by Officers of all Ranks & Denominations, for an allowance of Rations of provisions, which are not only absolutely necessary, but usual and customarily allowed to them—The General has thought proper to order, and direct, that from the first day of July last, there be Issued by the Commissary General, the following proportion of rations. Vizt

		Rations
To each	Major General	15.
	Brigdr General	12.
	Colonel	6.
	Lt Colonel	5.
	Major	4.
	Captain	3.
	Subaltern	2.
and to	each Staff Officer	2.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: General Orders, 21 September 1775
Author: Washington, George
Date: 21 September 1775

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Cite as: “General Orders, 21 September 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0024. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 24.]