Regulations Respecting Extra Allowances for Officers
Document 1799This is an explanation of the regulations regarding extra allowances for officers who have been detached on duties that oblige them to incur expenses on the road or at places where there are no military posts. For example, an officer shall receive $1.20 for man and horse for each day he must sleep at a place that is not a military post.
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Description
This is an explanation of the regulations regarding extra allowances for officers who have been detached on duties that oblige them to incur expenses on the road or at places where there are no military posts. For example, an officer shall receive $1.20 for man and horse for each day he must sleep at a place that is not a military post.
Date
06/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Document number
1799060137301
Page start
1
Note
General Orders from Major General Hamilton for publication.
Notable persons
Abraham R. Ellery
Commanding Officer on the Mississippi
Major General Alexander Hamilton
officers
servants
Notable locations
New York
seat of government
Notable items
regulations
extra allowances
act of the war department
road
military posts
traveling expenses
pay and emoluments
horse
sleep
certificate
special service
provision
rates