Head Quarters, City of Washington October 7, 1800 General Orders. The following disposition of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers will be carried into effect as soon as the public service may permit, but no change of present position is to be made, except by special order from Head Quarters. | Companies | Battali-on- | Stations | Commanding Officers | |---|---|---|---| First Regiment Capt. George Ingersoll's } Capt. Josiah Elliott's } First. { West Point { Captain Ingersoll Capt. Frederick [undecipherable]'s } Capt. George [undecipherable]'s } { Fort Mifflin { Major [undecipherable: probable reading Rivardi] Capt. Rich'd J. Blackburn } Capt. Mich't Kalteisen's } Second. { South Carolina { Major Freeman Capt. John McChallens's } and Georgia Capt. Jonathan Robeson's } Capt. James Bruff's Fort Johnston N.C. Captain Bruff Capt. Abimael Y. Nicoll's } Capt. Henry Mecklenburg's } Third. { Fort Norfolk { Major Ford Capt. Nehemiah Freeman's } Baltimore Captain Freeman Capt. Alex. Thompson's } Capt. Isaac Morris } Fourth. { In the Western { Major Porter Capt. James Sterrett's } Country Capt. Theophilus Elssner's } Second Regiment Capt. Samuel Coden's } Capt. James Rudd's } First. { In the Western { [undecipherable] Capt. Theodore Menninger's } Country Vacant } Capt. Francis H. Hague's } Capt. Callowhill Irvine's } Second. { Fort Jay and its { Major Wadsworth Capt. William A. Barron's } Dependencies Vacant } Captain Amos [undecipherable: probable reading Stoddard]'s } Captain James Hills } Third. { New Port and { Major Wadsworth Captain William Steele } New London Vacant } Captain Samuel Gates } Captain John Henry } { Boston Capt. Henry } Captain Alex. D. Pope } Fourth. { Portland } Major Jackson. Vacant } { Marblehead Capt. Pope } { Boston Of Head Quarters City of Washington Sir 15^th October 1800 The Command of Fort Johnston on Cape Fear River, has been assigned to you with your Company compleat, and I rely that your conduct may justify the trust. At such a distance, and with the faint lights of prospects of the Merits of the position and fortifications which you are to occupy Instructions can but be General. The establishment has been made to [undecipherable] the Country against maritime depredations, and to protect the harbour from [undecipherable] insult; To fulfill these Objects in the manner most Effective, and at the same time most accommodating to those immediately interested will be your duty, and I trust your measures may be Correspondent. You are to pay strict regard to the discipline and exercise of your Company Conformably to established Rules, and most steadily oppose the Relaxation of duty, but too common with Soldiery.