Regarding appointements of commissioned officers and other pay matters for crew of frigate Constitution
Document 1797Congress being in session, no appointments of commissioned officers can be made but by the President with advice and consent of senate. The men employed therefore cannot be considered eligible for pay provided by law. Also a discussion on the appointment of warrant officers and petty officers; the nature of their services must be known first. Suggest the crew number is excessive; the numbers are higher than frigate United States. Asks about pay for the Marines and Seamen and when the complement of both can be completed.
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Letterbook
Description
Congress being in session, no appointments of commissioned officers can be made but by the President with advice and consent of senate. The men employed therefore cannot be considered eligible for pay provided by law. Also a discussion on the appointment of warrant officers and petty officers; the nature of their services must be known first. Suggest the crew number is excessive; the numbers are higher than frigate United States. Asks about pay for the Marines and Seamen and when the complement of both can be completed.
Date
12/27/1797
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1797122700055
Page start
283
Notable persons
Captain
Samuel Nicholson
Josiah Fox
Congress
President
Marines
commissioned officers
warrant officers
petty officers
congress
senate
President of United States
John Adams
frigate Constitution
Navy Constructor
naval constructor
naval superintendent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Boston
Congress
Notable items
pay
frigate Constitution
frigate United States