Outlines Responsibilities and Chain of Command
Document 1799Has 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.
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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
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
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

