Statement of pay of petty officers, seamen, and Marines for examination
Document 1797Statement of pay of petty officers, seamen, and Marines for examination. Notes that there is a surplus of $150 and asks how it might be applied, since Congress took no notice of Quartermasters or Yeoman of the sheets. Asks for recommendations on what clothing the Marines should have and who should absorb the costs. Discusses regulating pay of petty officers and closes by asking for any information that may be of benefit to the service.
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[Capt Thomas Truxton]
War Office August 5th 1797
Sir
There inclosed you a Statement of the pay of the petty Officers Seamen, and Marines, to be employed in the Navy of the United States, for your examination and remarks on which you will find a Surplus of 150 dollars, from acs Congress have not taken notice of Dr Marlows, opinion of the Shelds or School master, part of the above Surplas may be applied towards their pay.
I Shall be very much obliges to you to inform me what the Clothing may be necessary for the Marines when they are not on duty, and whether it will be proper for government to allow them such Clothing in addition to their pay, or it to be provided at their own Cost —
The Secretary of War being about regulating the pay of the petty Officers in a few days, I Should therefore be thankful for any information that may be of Benefit to the Service.
I am &c Josiah Fox
Type
Letterbook
Description
Statement of pay of petty officers, seamen, and Marines for examination. Notes that there is a surplus of $150 and asks how it might be applied, since Congress took no notice of Quartermasters or Yeoman of the sheets. Asks for recommendations on what clothing the Marines should have and who should absorb the costs. Discusses regulating pay of petty officers and closes by asking for any information that may be of benefit to the service.
Date
08/05/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1797080535055
Page start
276
Notable persons
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Josiah Fox
petty officers
seamen
Marines
Congress
Quartermasters
Yeoman of the sheets
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
War Office
naval superintendent
naval constructor
Navy Constructor
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Congress
Notable items
pay
manning