Avoid the Enlistment of Apprentices, Etc.
Document 1799McHenry affirms that the enlistment of apprentices is to be avoided as such an action would cause an undue hardship to their masters. He reaffirms that only Generals or their representatives have the authority to appoint a General Court Martial.
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Letter Signed
Description
McHenry affirms that the enlistment of apprentices is to be avoided as such an action would cause an undue hardship to their masters. He reaffirms that only Generals or their representatives have the authority to appoint a General Court Martial.
Date
05/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799052900100
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 05/30/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
young men of respectable families and handsome properties
bound apprentices to learn a profession
privates in the Army
large class of youths who are of less respectable connections
Captain George Ingersoll
the prisoner
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
complaints relative to the enlistment of apprentices
lucrative trade, art, or mystery
moments of indiscretion
if enlisted, prejudice would cast a stain on their character
recruiting service
agriculture, traffic, a mechanical trade
laborious occupations
earlier stages of their apprenticeships
to enlist him would be a real injury to the master
opinions of English jurists
14th section of "An Act authorizing the President to raise a Provisional Army"
personal arrest
debts or contract
great affliction in families
practice of enlisting apprentices is improper
proceedings of a General Court Martial held at West Point
Articles of War
none but a General or his representative can appoint a General Court Martial
want of a Judge Advocate
sentence of death