 Change in command of the regiment occurred for the third time in late 1780 . Under continual pressure to maintain sufficient troop strength in the unit , regimental commander Capt. Thomas Beall ran afoul of army regulations and Western Department commander Brodhead by approving the enlistment of a British prisoner of war in February 1780 . Beall tried to rectify his lapse in judgment by discharging the recruit , although after he had already been given his recruitment bounty and service clothes . On August 14 , 1780 , at Fort Pitt , Captain Beall was tried by court @-@ martial , found guilty of " discharging a Soldier after having been duly inlisted [ sic ] and receiving his regimental cloathing [ sic ] through private and interested views thereby defrauding the United States , " and on October 13 , was dismissed from the service . Capt. Adamson Tannehill succeeded Beall as commander of the regiment for the remaining few months of the unit 's existence . 
