[April 25, 1776, cont.] their Friends,
till the Fatal Disorder
Seized them & convinced them of their
Error-- I am informed that not less than
40 Men of one Regt which last Sunday
Set off for
Quebeck were infected with that
disorder, what a fine order these Men must be
in to undergo a fatiegueing March
in
to through a cold uninhabited Country? Unless
there is Some care taken of these horrid Wre=
-tches the by the Genl he will Soon have
his Army greatly impaired for they
not only destroy Men by Sickness but they
Sometimes inhumanly Murther them;
for Since Monday last two Men
were found inhumanly Murthered
& concealed besides one who was
castrated in a barbarous Manner
this So exasperated the Men that in
the face of Day they assembled and tore
pulled down the Houses where the Men
were thus treated & with great
diffi=
-culty the Guards dispersed them after
they had leveled them to the Ground.
this together with the Common Riots
incident to Such Places made our Men
a little more Cautious how they ventured
to prophane Holy Ground with their
Presence.