Form them into a Corps even if they are never collected.
Document 1799McPherson recommends that the volunteers be organized into sundry military units (battalions, regiments, etc.) and assigned to military districts under the command of someone to whom their officers will be responsible.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McPherson recommends that the volunteers be organized into sundry military units (battalions, regiments, etc.) and assigned to military districts under the command of someone to whom their officers will be responsible.
Date
06/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1799062160000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
William Macpherson
volunteers
officers will feel a degree of responsibiiity
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
form [the volunteers] into battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions
appoint in each district some proper characer to whom the officers should be accountable
it will still have a good effect their being formed into a Corps even if they should never be collected