Payment of the Army, Court of Inquiry, Etc.
Document 1791Knox advises General St. Clair that Captain Beatty is marching to him with a sum of money intended to be a military chest for the issuance of warrants and one month's payment of St. Clair's army. St. Clair is ordered to assemble a Courth of Inquiry to assess General Harmar's conduct during the late expedition against the Miami Indians.
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Knox advises General St. Clair that Captain Beatty is marching to him with a sum of money intended to be a military chest for the issuance of warrants and one month's payment of St. Clair's army. St. Clair is ordered to assemble a Courth of Inquiry to assess General Harmar's conduct during the late expedition against the Miami Indians.
Date
06/23/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791062300200
Note
Cited in Knox to St. Clair, 06/30/1791.
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
Major General [Richard] Butler
Captain Beatty
Mr. Hodgdon, the Quartermaster
regular troops
levies
recruits
Kentucky mounted volunteers
militia
Brigadier General Sevier
Brigadier General Harmar
President [Washington]
characters of the highest rank
Notable locations
War Department
Trenton
the Ohio
Mount Vernon
Fort Washington
Notable items
military chest
your warrants
one month's pay for your army
expedition
recruiting service
sickness
desertion
frontiers
board of officers
late expedition against the Miami Indians
court of inquiry
articles of war
greatest impartiality
different species of troops
organization of the army
orders of march, encampment, and battle
merits of the case
reputation of General Harmar