Telling letter from General William Heath's aide de camp, indicating the problems with supplying the American soldiers properly during the cold winter months: "Dear Colonel, I see by the returns of your Division that an improper construction has been placed on the orders respecting the...cloathing lately received. For instance, in some returns the number of shirts wanted are greater than that of men in the regiment. The quantity of cloating to be issued must be dealt out very sparingly or by an unequal distribution the inconveniences will surpass the benefits..."