Excerpt from Orderly-Book of the Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot: May 10 to August 16, 1777The officers are to take care of the men see that they keep themselves clean to Prevent their being sick.It is with the greatest Reluctancy that I perceive that great numbers of the men and officers are disabled unfit for Duty with that vile and uncleanly disorder called the as it is a Disorder that they bring upon themselves for if they would not any they would not take it. I therefore am Determined to lay the fine of £3. Upon the Captains as I Perceive they are very subject to that Disorder, as for the subalterns I Perceive they are not subject to that Disorder, I therefore order a gill of Rum to be given to them on the 1st Day of May 1780 gratis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.