My Ideas on Military Arrangements
Document 1798Due to the current state of international affairs, especially the temporizing conduct of France, Hamilton advises against any immediate augmentation of the Army. Still, he lists a number of steps that should be taken--especially regarding the addition of military arms and supplies--in case the interntional situation should darken. Plans for a military draft should be considered in case of invasion.
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Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Due to the current state of international affairs, especially the temporizing conduct of France, Hamilton advises against any immediate augmentation of the Army. Still, he lists a number of steps that should be taken--especially regarding the addition of military arms and supplies--in case the interntional situation should darken. Plans for a military draft should be considered in case of invasion.
Date
12/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798122290001
Note
A letter communicated "in confidence" and copied in the handwriting of Philip Church.
Notable persons
James Gunn
Alexander Hamilton
Regiment of Cavalry
Commander in Chief [Washington]
Secretary of War [McHenry]
the President [John Adams]
Officers
General Gunn
George Washington
James McHenry
John Adams
President United States
infantry
artillery
Notable locations
New York
France
Notable items
further military arrangements
important tax
prospect of peace
temporizing conduct of France
serious discontents
particular laws
force to be employed in the field
heavy cannon
fortifications, mortars
seige
eighteen pounders
thirty two pounders
twenty four pounders
ten inch caliber
offensive operations
Provisional Army
infantry of the line
riflemen
artillery
actual army
pay
invasion
caution on the part of our enemies
military establishment
tax