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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
Colo. Pickering having been appointed by the Honorable Congress Z[?] M [?] 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