2 Aug 1792 To - Captain William Preston - of the Second Sub Legion of the United States. SIR, Your - recruits - having been mustered and inspected, and being prepared for marching for the frontiers, you are to commence your march accordingly for Point Pleasant the mouth of the Great Kenhawa. Your route will be from your present recruiting rendezvous to Green Briar Court house, and from thence by the most direct route to the mouth of the Great Kenhawa, under the escort of Captain Gibson's company from Staunton. you will draw provisions at your present rendezvous; [strikethrough: to] and at such other places on your route to Point Pleasant, where there are persons who have contracted to furnish provisions; and in case of any difficulty, on this head, D: Melcher is authorized to make the necessary arrangements. You will pursue your march with all diligence consistently with the health of your men. You will keep a regular journal, noticing the weather and distances of each day's march; a copy of which you are to transmit to the War Office; and also of the time of your arrival at Point Pleasant. On your arrival at that place you will receive further orders from, major general Wayne, now at Pittsburg, and who is to be informed, by you, of the time of your arrival at Point Pleasant. The expences incident to the march, such as straw, ferriages and fuel, are to be paid for, and regular accounts and vouchers are to be obtained for every payment. You have furnished you on this account, the sum of — Sixty — dollars, for which you are held accountable. Every officer commanding a detachment of the Troops of the United States, while on the march to the frontiers, will be held responsible, that the conduct of his detachment shall be conformably to the most perfect good order and discipline. The civil authority is to be held in the highest respect. The inhabitants on the route are to be treated with civility and decency: any offence against this order, is to be punished on the spot. No property of any sort is to be taken without a fair purchase and payment. The troops are to be encamped every evening, and the officers are always to encamp with their companies. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 2: of August 1792. [undecipherable: probable reading H Knox] [undecipherable]