General Orders, 2 July 1780
General Orders
Head Quarters Pracaness Sunday July 2nd 1780
Parole Trenton Countersigns F.P.
Watchword Hereabouts.
[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Maxwell[,] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Hubly. Brigade Major Bradford
After Orders
The troop to beat at six o clock A.M. The Guards to be on the Grand Parade at 7 o clock till further orders.
Ensign John Rogers of Colonel Angell’s regiment is appointed Adjutant to the same vice Lieutenant Waterman.1
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
1. Thomas Waterman (1731–1807) received a commission as an ensign in the 2d Rhode Island Regiment in January 1777. Later promoted to lieutenant, he became the regiment’s adjutant in August 1777. His service record indicates that Waterman was placed under arrest in spring 1780 “by order of the Civil Authority” and discharged in May “by order of Gen. Steuben, for his villainous conduct” (see DNA: RG 93, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment).