An Estimate of the Expenses of an Army Organized to the Following Arrangements
Document 1791Knox's detailed accounting of the expenses required to pay the officers and men for an army of five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight. Lists number of men per rank in each division and their pay per month and per annum.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox's detailed accounting of the expenses required to pay the officers and men for an army of five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight. Lists number of men per rank in each division and their pay per month and per annum.
Date
12/26/1791
Author
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War Department
Collection
Document number
1791122600400
Note
Published: American State Papers, 2nd Congress, 1st Session. Indian Affairs: Volume 1, 200-202
Notable persons
Henry Knox
officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Hospital Department
Quartermasters Department
chaplains
general
surgeon
matrons
musicians
farriers
saddlers
trumpeters
director
artificer
inspector
aids-de-camp
assistants
deputies
colonel
major
captain
lieutenant
ensign
surgeon's mate
recruits
Notable locations
War Department
frontier
Notable items
estimate of expenses
pay
hospital
subsistence
rations
contract price
forage
clothing
suits
bounty
horses
cavalry equipment
saddles
bridles
cartouch boxes
sword belts
bugle horns
holsters
bags
swords
pairs of pistols
horsemen's caps
boots and spurs
ordnance
rifle guns
cannon
cartridge boxes
medicines
instruments
furniture
stores
pack horses
oxen
common tents
horsemen's tents
marquees
boats
military stores
transportation
aces
camp-kettles
pack saddles
iron
fuel
boards
nails
paint
company books
stationary
stationery
contingencies
loss of stores
vouchers
secret intelligence