Colonel Crane has been authorized to give twenty pounds as a bounty to those he enlists in the regimental artillery. But Boston is offering a town bounty of fifty pounds for anyone who joins the local army, and this is making recruiting very difficult. Suggests the only way to fill the artillery will be with men from other units, but has his doubts about this as well. Wishes that George Washington would issue an order putting the artillery on equal footing for recruitment. Feels that the other officers, who gave up a lot while fighting, deserve better than their current situation. Discusses Mr. Hill, a wheelwright who Knox apparently sent to Springfield to work, but who was told he was not needed there. Hopes to resolve this situation. Postscript expresses pity for General William Heath because he has been put in command at Boston.