the order, was not [undecipherable] finished according to Seniority. Mr Sheck reflected, he did not receive a [undecipherable] to be included in the Order - & that he [undecipherable] not (or could not have and recalled which) do so. In the course of a conversation held yesterday, between Mr [undecipherable] & Mr Sheck. the latter Says that Mr Burris informed him the Order did not call for a Clerk, and that he should not (or ought not) to make it. A true Copy from the Original Signd [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Judge Advocate. [Received from State Dept's Nov. 24. 1891 R.P.O 40/B/9.] N° 4. Head Quarters Fort Washington, July 18^th 1792 at a Gen. Court Martial, held the 11^th inst. whereof Maj. [undecipherable] was President. Mr. [undecipherable] Sheck, Superintendent of [undecipherable] - was tried charg'd with contempt of the Commanding Gen^ts Orders - to which charge, he plead Not Guilty - The court having deliberated on the Evidence adduced against Mr Sheck, are of opinion he is Guilty of the charge, being a breach of Sub. 18 Claus 2 of the Rules & Articles of War, And conceiving the [undecipherable] of the misdemeanor to Spring - from the Principles of Inattention, [undecipherable] in the mind by the insolent Spirit of the late Quarter Master General Samuel Hodgdon, together with their personal [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] contempt of said Sheck in Matters incompatible with his Office - Sentence him to be reprimanded in General Orders. The Brig.^t Gen.^l approves the Sentence, and hopes Mr Sheck, and every other Military Dependants, may derive a just Lesson from the occasion - A moments reflection, must tell Mr Sheck, that he may become subject to the rank of the youngest Ensign in the Army; his deportment should therefore, be marked in every Instance by a respectful obedience, and not by an affected Confidence, or vain impertinence. The Duties [undecipherable] which the Commanding Officer, has received from [undecipherable] of the Artizans, he can not suffer to the additional Example of their [undecipherable], & therefore being determined to persist with the utmost exertions, that Principle [undecipherable] of Subordination, without which an Army becomes a Rabble - [undecipherable] warns Mr [strikethrough: undecipherable] to Caution in future, as the Brig.^t Gen.^l is authorized upon the first well Founded complaint, which may be [undecipherable], to [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] authority, and if [undecipherable] may [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Licentious [undecipherable] in which Mr. Sheck [undecipherable] has Led. A true Copy extracted from the Orderly Book of the Garrison of Fort Washington July [undecipherable] 1792 [undecipherable]