Urging of Careful Inspection of Officer Applications; Notification of Worthless Private
Document 1797Urges McHenry to carefully consider those who have applied for commissions in the army, that the force's respectability be maintained. Mentions a Levi Lane, a "worthless" private in a company of Artillery, who he alleges has repeatedly fallen from a position as a non-commissioned officer due to "disgrace."
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Urges McHenry to carefully consider those who have applied for commissions in the army, that the force's respectability be maintained. Mentions a Levi Lane, a "worthless" private in a company of Artillery, who he alleges has repeatedly fallen from a position as a non-commissioned officer due to "disgrace."
Date
08/1797
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Document number
1797089940001
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1
Notable persons
James McHenry
James Wilkinson
Levi Lane