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496 THE HISTORY OF BAREINGTON. Barrington Volunteers, 4th Regiment, R. I. V. Emerson Humphrey, Captain. James A. Smith, Lieutenant. George W. Wightman, Ensign. P. BowEN Mauran, Drill Master. Thomas R.Allin, William H.Allin, Joseph P. Bicknell, George A. Bicknell, Joseph Brown, Nathaniel Bowen, John Carpenter, Benjamin F. Drown, Hiram Drown, Jeremiah S. Drown, George A. Gladding, Israel Grant, Thomas C. Heath, Albert N. Humphrey, Peter Ingraham, George R. Kinnicutt, Benjamin Martin, Joseph R. Martin, John Peck, Nicholas Peck, John R. Richmond, William Richmond, James Seymour, Lewis B. Smith, William H. Smith, Robert T. Smith, George R. Martin, Hezekiah Tiffany. The first order was issued Saturday afternoon, on Smith's Hill, at 4 o'clock, June 25, 1842, by the adjutant-general. The Bristol Artillery, Barrington Volunteers, Bristol Neck Infantry, Middletown Volunteers, and Newport Volunteers, commanded by Col. William Swan, Jr., were ordered to march to Greenville, Sunday afternoon, June 26, 1842, but in consequence of misapprehension of orders, they encamped at Fruit Hill that night. Col. William V^. Brown, with the Marine Corps of Artillery and First Light Infantry, after- wards joined this detachment, and, under command of Colonel Brown, arrived at Greenville Monday afternoon. During Monday night (a very stormy and uncomfortable night) Colonel Brown was ordered to march to Chepachet where the opponents had posted themselves at "Acote's Hill " with embankments and artillery. By daylight, on Tuesday morning, as in the words of the orders (No. 38), "The movements of this command will be made with pre- caution, and an attack will not be made upon the insurgents should they be in too great force to be subdued without reinforcements, which will be immediately sent for, if re- quired."