Receiving and Issuing Provisions
Document 1799McHenry reviews the process by which supplies and rations are received and issued at the sundry posts.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
McHenry reviews the process by which supplies and rations are received and issued at the sundry posts.
Date
07/02/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799070200000
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 07/08/1799. (Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to vol. 23.)
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
the late Major General Wayne
Mr. James O'Hara
qualified person should be appointed at each post to receive the rations and issue them to the troops
subaltern officers
Contractor
extra monthly pay
Notable locations
War Department
garrisons as are without a regiment quartermaster
Notable items
contracts for the garrisons under your command
return of troops in garrison
issues of the provisions
each garrison has an officer who is charged with the quartermaster's stores and clothing