Military Service
Document 1794Offers personal view on the regulations governing military service.
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Department of War
November 28, 179[9?]
Sir,
I beg leave to submit to your consideration a Statement of the Commanding Officers and [undecipherable] or deputies of the United States, [pointing?] out places where they are and [what?] duties they have still to [do/perform?].
The [plan?] most [ably?] [rests?] these [general?] [observations?] most formed by the experience of the service of the [Republic?] in as much as the [wants?] of serving or administration should be the [principles?] [such?] as the meaning giving the [considerations?] which [he?] [pointed?] on the survey of the future [game?] which ought to be [permanently?] [made?] and it is [not?] an object of [deep?] [consideration?] [undecipherable] the [names?] of [the?] [persons?] [such?] [ought?] the [names?].
The [Superintendent?] which [have?] [recently?] been [created?] to [engage?] [certain?] military [assents?] with the [several?] [administrations?] [never?] [made?], that no [explanations?] can be [obtained?] of [the?] [many?] [who?] [number?] not authorized by the military [of?] the [agreements?].
I have the honor to be
with highest respect
Your obedient Servant
The Secretary of the [War Department?]
[signature: H[undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
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Statement of the Commanding Officers [and?] [Deputies?] of [the?]... the force of the United States, [pointing?] where they are and the duties they have still to [do?].
[undecipherable] at the [present?] [time?] of the [Ohio?]
[Table entries — partially legible:]
[In?] the [upper?] [part?] of the [Ohio?] on the [river?] . . . . . [undecipherable] [amount?]
[undecipherable] [Matters?] [Treaty?] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [undecipherable]
[Georgia?] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [undecipherable]
[Fortifications?] on the [Great River?] [undecipherable] [company?] . . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[A?] [B?] [D?] [on?] [their?] [stations?] in 179[9?] . . . . . . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] . . . 1[undecipherable] [and?] [allotted?] [by?] [detachment?] . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] . . . [allotted?] [from?] [A?] [B?] to [Alabama?] . . . . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] . . . 1[undecipherable] [and?] [allotted?] on [first?] . . . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] . . . 4[undecipherable] [and?] [allotted?] on [first?] . . . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [full?] [amount?] [undecipherable] [administrations?] [going?] . . [undecipherable]
[undecipherable total]
Department of War
November 28, 179[9?]
[signature]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Offers personal view on the regulations governing military service.
Date
11/24/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1794112400001
Page start
6
Note
Enclosed in Washington, 11/25/1794.
Notable persons
George Washington
Henry Knox
Notable locations
Department of War

