Letter to the Secretary of War
Document 1792Letter to Secretary Knox regarding the rank of Adjutant General and Inspector of the Army. Also discusses army discipline. Cannot discharge duties without higher rank in Army.
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[Winthrop Sargent]
Cincinnati County of Hamilton
May the 17th 1792
unfranked
my Dear Sir
I am extreemely gratified by your friendly [kind] private letter of the 21st ulto — To merit and engage your Approbations and Affections has been amongst my first and more ardent wishes since I have had the Honour of being known to you — I am indeed I assure you anxiously desirous of Services for the War in this Country, but I have received the most mortifying Proofs that the important duty to whose kind Endurance he appears —
It me cannot with Honour and Fidelity be Discharged without Right Rank in the Army —
I made the Experiments last Campaigns, and
Type
Letter, Type Undetermined
Description
Letter to Secretary Knox regarding the rank of Adjutant General and Inspector of the Army. Also discusses army discipline. Cannot discharge duties without higher rank in Army.
Date
05/17/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Cincinnati County of Hamilton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792051740001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Sargent, 07/23/1792.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Winthrop Sargent
Notable locations
Cincinnati County of Hamilton
Notable items
extreme haughtiness and severity
uniform conduct in the respect of an army
public interests might suffer
difficulties and hazards
conferring rank upon your adjutant general
freedom of the suggestion
important appointments should be endowed with rank
afforded me infinite satisfaction to have conversed with you upon this subject
conduct should seem fair
Levy officers
made the experiment last campaign
presented to the troops under the favourable impression of possessing the full confidence and esteem of the commanding general
mortifications and discouragements to combat
ambition in the profession of arms to exceed the narrow limits of mere duty and evince to the world that I deserved the notice
friendship of the Secretary at War
[Secretary of War]
arduous service it would be my province to come forward under the direction of the commanding general
introduce a new system of discipline or add to the old in order to render our army efficient against the enemy
they will have to fight
exacted by an officer without rank
soldiery must lend to prostrate subordination and discipline
extremely gratified by your friendly private letter
merit and possess you approbation and affection has been amongst my first and most ardent wishes since I have had the honour of being known to you
anxiously desirous of service for the war in this country
important duties to which you kind influence has appointed me cannot with honour and fidelity be discharged without high rank in the army