Numbering of Regiments & Its Effect on Relative Rank
Document 1799Discusses need to number the new regiments, so that recruiting may begin and buttons may be issued, in a fashion that does not affect the relative rank of the officers now being appointed for those regiments. Dictates that the numbering of the regiments (and thus their lieutenant colonels) be geographical, starting with those recruited from the southernmost states. Discusses the overall system as it relates to the relative rank of the officers of the original four regiments as well.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses need to number the new regiments, so that recruiting may begin and buttons may be issued, in a fashion that does not affect the relative rank of the officers now being appointed for those regiments. Dictates that the numbering of the regiments (and thus their lieutenant colonels) be geographical, starting with those recruited from the southernmost states. Discusses the overall system as it relates to the relative rank of the officers of the original four regiments as well.
Date
04/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799042200401
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
regiment
recruiting
buttons
rank
officers
promotion
commandants