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Colo. Pickering having been appointed by the Honorable Congress Q.M. Gen'l to the Army of the United States he is to be Obeyed and Respected as Such

Henry Emanuel [?] Esq is also appointed Commissary of Forage As the Direction of the Waggon Department is a Charge of great Importance (in Foreign Armies) Generally Intrusted to a Field officer of the Line) And as it is Thought the Service will be Benefited by a Similar Practice in our army. Major Cogswell of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment is appointed W Master to the Maine Army and is to be Obeyed as Such