Regulations Regarding Officers' Uniforms
Document 1799McHenry discusses the confusion surrounding the regimental officers' unforms provoked by a letter from General Washington.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
McHenry discusses the confusion surrounding the regimental officers' unforms provoked by a letter from General Washington.
Date
05/11/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799051100100
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
General Washington
cavalry
General Officers convened at Philadelphia
Infantry
Artillery
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
their uniform
their breeches should be of leather
buff instead of white
correcting the error
regulations for the uniform of the army
approbation of the President [Adams]
manner of dressing the skins
change of buttons from yellow metal to white
artillery uniform
mark of distinction
tarnished by powder
regulations respecting their uniforms
descriptions of the several parts of the uniform of the regimental and other officers