Pierce's register : register of the certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army under act of July 4, 1783
"Summer Soldiers is the story of a diverse group of some 3,315 men who could not withstand the hardships and pressures of what seemed like a hopeless enterprise, and ultimately found themselves before a military court-martial." ( Google Books )