Employment, Hiring, and Pay Policies
Document 1796Rochefontaine differed with policy of Simmons on the hiring of officers, soldiers, and servants along with the chain of command. Rochefontaine also objected to the money withheld from recruits. ENCLOSURE: Letter on the employment of a man of color in the Company of Capt. McRea. P.S. Jordan Kersey mistakenly enlisted contrary to regulations of the Secretary of War, soldiers in uproar over the muster of a colored man.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rochefontaine differed with policy of Simmons on the hiring of officers, soldiers, and servants along with the chain of command. Rochefontaine also objected to the money withheld from recruits.
ENCLOSURE: Letter on the employment of a man of color in the Company of Capt. McRea.
P.S. Jordan Kersey mistakenly enlisted contrary to regulations of the Secretary of War, soldiers in uproar over the muster of a colored man.
Date
02/07/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1796020770001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Rochefontaine 02/20/1796
Notable persons
William Simmons
Stephen Rochefontaine
McRea
color
soldiers
military
waiter
Jordan Kersey
Secretary of War
McCullen
Paymaster
Supervisor
Freeman
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
muster
law