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officer in the hearing & View
of both officers & privates of
the Battalion to which he belongs

Captain Lewis pleads not
Guilty- The Court are of
oppinon that Cap^t Lewis is
Guilty of the 1^st Specification
of the first Charge exhibited
against him & not of the second
and do therefore sentence him
to be reprimanded in the Gen^l
orders - Its a painfull & disa=
greeable task and it is allways
with reluctance that the
Commander in chief ever attem
pts to repremand any officer