Outlines Responsibilities and Chain of Command

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Has examined plans for army duty reconfiguration. Requests information about how the parts apply to the whole, particularly pay, provisions, clothing, and stores. The Purveyor is to procure all supplies not immediately contracted for by department heads, and will require assistants. Outlines chain of command among deputies, the superintendent, and storekeepers. Requires precision at all times. The Quartermaster and Inspector General should maintain power over the Purveyor. Outlines chain of command to guard use and prevent abuse of stores. Proposes that as a superintendent he will have a real, not nominal, responsibility.

Date

04/15/1799

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1799041528055

Page start

426

Notable persons

James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Tench Francis
Department of Provisions
Quartermaster Department
Military Store Department
Assistants
Deputies
Superintendent
Storekeepers
Inspector General
Commissary General
Field Commissary of Military Stores
Deputy Paymaster General

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Notable items

Pay
Provisions
Clothing