Act for Raising and Adding Another Regiment to the Military

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Type

Document Signed

Description

Full title: An Act for raising and adding another Regiment to the military after establishment of the United States and for making farther provisions for the protection of the frontiers. Official Congressional involvement in the protection of the frontiers of Virginia and Kentucky. Adds a regiment to the United States army, establishes the enlistment bounty as $6. The increase in troops will be paid for by an increase on the duties on distilled spirits.

Date

12/06/1790

Document number

1790120690101

Page start

3

Notable persons

Congress
regiments
Senate
House of Representatives
infantry
commissioned officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
musicians
President of the United States
Major General
Brigadier General
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Aid de Camp
Brigade Major
subalterns
militia
cavalry
surgeon's mates
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
Speaker of the House
John Adams
Vice President
George Washington
Department of State
Thomas Jefferson

Notable locations

Congress
Philadelphia
frontier

Notable items

act of Congress
military establishment
pay
allowances
rules and regulations
term
bounty
appoint
forage
subsistence
rations
contract price
horses
arms
provisions
levies
rules and articles of war
wounds
disability
clothing
deduction
recruit
expenses
militia horse
military posts
duties
distilled spirits
imported spirits
loan
per centum per annum