Organization of the Provisional Army
Document 1799Hamilton expresses his thoughts on the geographical organization of the Provisional Army and lists those officers who will be regimental commanders. It is his intention that the troops enlisted by the officers of each corps will constitute that corps. He believes that an Adjutant General should be called into service since his duties cannot fully be carried out by the Deputy Inspector General.
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Type
Autograph Draft
Description
Hamilton expresses his thoughts on the geographical organization of the Provisional Army and lists those officers who will be regimental commanders. It is his intention that the troops enlisted by the officers of each corps will constitute that corps. He believes that an Adjutant General should be called into service since his duties cannot fully be carried out by the Deputy Inspector General.
Date
03/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799032340000
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 03/26/1799 and McHenry to Hamilton, 03/27/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Quartermaster of the Regiment
Regimental Paymasters
William Bently
Thomas Parker
Josias C. Hall
Thomas L. Moore
Aaron Ogden
William S. Smith
Timothy Taylor
N. Rice
Richard Hunnewell
companies to be raised in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island
officers of each Corps
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Adjutant General
Commanding General
army commanded by the Inspector General [Hamilton]
Deputy Inspector General
Notable locations
New York
stations of the recruiting rendezvous
rendezvous of each sub district
station in that sub district
Georgia
the Carolinas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Notable items
recruiting service
rations
quantity of clothing
mode practiced during the Revolutionary War
nominations
I have been governed by geographical idea
when the army faced the seaboard
schedule A
indiscriminate enlistment for the army at large
additional expense