GENERAL PUTNAM.
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An able writer in the Centinel has underts'
ken, in series ofnumbers, TO refute the charge
Of cowardice. brought against This distinguish
ed hero and friend Of The revolution, by Gener-
al DesrhoFn, Among other deros'tions, given
n the 4b No. of series. We find the following
from The lips Of one of The soldiers. actually be.
longing to, and fighting in the same ranks with
Gen. Dearborn. Hear what he says, on The
sancti;y fan oath -


akeuben Kemp, now of brooklyn, in Con.
necticut, but formerly of Coffs,own, State OF
New. Hsmpshire, 6eposesh on oath, that in i775
he was . soldier in Capt. Samuel kichsrds
company and Col. S,srks' (Dearbon's) regi.
men, ;--being qusrtered at Mys.ick, on he III,
of Iune, an alarm was given. and the regiment
ordered 10 parade st The Colonel's quarters
when ammunition was distributed, namely, ten
bullets and giH cup Of posaer. We sorted our
bullets 40 well IS we could and marched to
Charlestown neck. After We arrived st the
high ground over the neck, we were ordered to
parade our packs and guns, and put sentries
over them.-~Here we were furnished with in
trenching tools sri began 10 throw up q breast
work, but we had mol been more Than ten OF I'll
teen minutes at work before the drums beat,
and me marched immediately. An officer
whom had neVer seen, He oas IN ihe condition
of Dearborn and all Stsrks' troops, Uho nece, h6o
seen Palnsm,) and whom they called General
pusssm, seemed 10 have The ordering of Shings
He charged the men not to Are till the enemy
came close TO the works, ard then to take good
sim, and make every shot kill man. But there
were few pieces discharged before the order
wss given TO FIRE. Gen. Puinsn appeared very
angry, and passed along the iiues suietty. With
ais sword drawn. and Threatened TO stab sny
man that fred without order. The enemy keei
firng ss they advanced, and when they had got
a-etty near he works we were ordered TO take
good aim and FIRE. At this lime Gen. Putnam
was eonsfraily passing backward and forward
from right to left, telling US. the day was our
own if we would stick 10 it /; aud it was no,
many minutes before the enemy began to re.
trea.o


Upon being questioned whether he had sf.
terwards known Pu,nsm, and ecognized him
to be ,he same officer who SO gal.n;iy dis,in.
guished himself. he said,


Issw him of,cn after, for he commanded on
Prospect Hill, snd knew him to be the same
that wss in the fight.


lSignedf REUBEN KEMP


Sworn so'before John Parish. Justice o,
Pesce.


Pray where was Capt. Dearborn, ,hs. he
could neither see this gallant officer, nor hear
bis orders 70 Dsarbon's own regiment