Regulations Regarding the Payments of Bounty to Recruits
Document 1799McHenry reviews the regulations regarding the payments of bounty to recruits and the bonus payments to officers who do the recruiting.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
McHenry reviews the regulations regarding the payments of bounty to recruits and the bonus payments to officers who do the recruiting.
Date
06/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799062100000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Quartermaster of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Regiments
Mr. Williams, Storekeeper at Springfield
Officer who enlists a recruit is not entitled to the compensation of two dollars unless he stands muster
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
muster rolls
disbursement of money to the recruits for their pay
considerable difficulties in settling the accounts of the officers in cases of desertion before muster
whole of the bounty paid to the recruit before joining his regimental rendezvous
5th Section of the Act for the better organizing of the Troops of the United States
your orders relative to payments under these two heads