Presidential Responsibilities & Terms of Enlistment
Document 1799Hamilton explains the responsibility of the President to appoint the requisite number of lieutenants as well as the quartermaster and the paymaster. He also addresses whether soldiers would be more likely to enlist for a "casual duration" than for a known term of five years.
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Type
Autograph Letter
Description
Hamilton explains the responsibility of the President to appoint the requisite number of lieutenants as well as the quartermaster and the paymaster. He also addresses whether soldiers would be more likely to enlist for a "casual duration" than for a known term of five years.
Date
03/14/1799
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799031440001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 03/29/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
the President
Lieutenants
Quartermasters
Paymasters
late army
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
described channels to the President
essential officers
alternative in the oath
term of service
option of the United States
executive propriety
known term of five years