General Orders, 4 February 1777
General Orders
Head-Quarters, Morristown, Feb: 4th 1777
Parole: Stanton.Countersign: Pittsburgh.
The Honorable The Governor and Assembly of New-Jersey, having directed Thursday the 6th day of this Month, to be observed as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, by the Inhabitants of the State—The General desires the same may be observed by the Army.1
The Quarter Master General will, in future, deliver the following Rations of Provender for the horses employed in the service—viz:
For Light Horse, 16 lb. of Hay, and 10 Quarts of Oats, or 6½ q’ts of Indian Corn, or other Grain in lieu thereof.
For Officer’s Horses belonging to the Foot, who are authorised to draw provender—14 lb. Hay and 6 quarts of Oats, or 4 Q’ts of Indian Corn, or other Grain in lieu thereof.
Varick transcript, DLC:GW; extract, PHi: Washington-Biddle Correspondence.
1. For William Livingston’s proclamation of 17 Jan. 1777 setting aside a day of prayer and fasting for the inhabitants of the state of New Jersey in accordance with Congress’s resolution to that effect of 11 Dec. 1776, see , 1:200–201 (see also , 6:1022). The date fixed for observance by Livingston was not 6 Feb. but Thursday 6 Mar., however (see General Orders, 5 Feb. 1777).