Duties of the Accountant and the Superintendent of Military Stores
Document 1798Steele explains the responsibilities and duties of the Accountant of the War Department and of the Superintendent of Military Stores.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Steele explains the responsibilities and duties of the Accountant of the War Department and of the Superintendent of Military Stores.
Date
10/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Collection
Document number
1798101840101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Steele
Quartermaster General
Acountant of the Navy
Contractors
the Treasury
officers
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Springfield
Shenandoah
Notable items
military establishment
checks on expenditures
stores and supplies
vouchers
books of his office
places of deposit
public use
recruiting rendezvous
subsistence
pay of the Army
Expenses of Recruiting
forage
Bounties to Soldiers
Warrants on the Treasurer
Pay of the Navy
Pay of Naval Constructors and Clerks of Shipyards
Hospital Department
Clothing Department
Fortifications of Harbors
Indian Department
Ordnance Department
General Account of Militia
insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania [Whiskey Rebellion]
expedition
annuity allowed by treaty
disbursements
imperfect check upon the expenditure of public money
security
misapplication of money and stores