April 24^th Cantonment Harpers Ferry Division Orders The President of the United States has appointed Doctor Thompson McDonald an additional Surgeons mate in the Army of the United States. Till further Orders he is to do duty as additional surgeon mate in the 8^th Federal Regiment. [undecipherable: Two o'Clock in the morning or similar notation] General Orders Adjutant Gen^l office New York 15^th April 1800 Major William Dent Ball of the [undecipherable] Regiment of Infantry having been appointed Deputy Inspector General for the District under the command of Major General Pinckney he is to be respected and obeyed accordingly. — Abraham R. Ellery A^st Adj^t. General