General Orders, 8 September 1779
General Orders
Head-Quarters Moores-House [West Point]
Wednesday Septr 8th 1779.
Parole Medfield— C. Signs Newbury. Old-York.
The commanding officers of regiments will send to the Clothier at New-Burgh for their proportions of clothing upon returns made according to the mode established.1
Lieutenant Robert Peebles of the 7th Pennsylvania regiment is appointed Quarter Master to the same from the 1st of June last, vice—Ensign Hughes, promoted.2
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. See GW to the Assistant Clothier at Newburgh, N.Y., 7 September. For the regulations regarding the issue of clothing, see General Orders, 30 May and 27 June.
2. Robert Peebles (1741–c.1813), of Shippensburg, Pa., joined the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment as a second lieutenant in April 1777 and became a first lieutenant in April 1779. He transferred to the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment in January 1781 and to the 3d Pennsylvania Regiment in January 1783. Peebles left the army in November 1783.