Need for Additional Assistants
Document 1799McHenry observes that additional assistants to the Purveyor and Superintendent of Military Stores would facilitate the provision and issuance of military supplies. He recommends the model established during the Revolutionary War.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McHenry observes that additional assistants to the Purveyor and Superintendent of Military Stores would facilitate the provision and issuance of military supplies. He recommends the model established during the Revolutionary War.
Date
04/17/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799041700200
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
additional assistants to the Purveyor and Superintendent of Military Stores
Inspector General and Deputy Inspector Generals
Quartermaster and Deputy Quartermaster General
main branch of the Revolutionary Army
Commissary General of issues and purchases of provisions
field commissary of military stores
Deputy Paymaster
Mr. Wolcott [Oliver, Jr.]
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
plan for the providing and issuing military supplies
facilitate both purchases and deliveries
discovery and correction of abuses