Rules Relative to Rank and Promotion in the Army
Document 1799McHenry asks Hamilton to examine the enclosed regulations concerning rank and promotion in the Army and return any suggestions for their alteration.
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Letter Signed
Description
McHenry asks Hamilton to examine the enclosed regulations concerning rank and promotion in the Army and return any suggestions for their alteration.
Date
07/02/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799070200100
Note
Encloses, Rules...adopted by the president of the United States relative to Rank and promotion in the Army'. Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 07/08/1799.
(Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to vol. 23.)
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry: President of the United States
Field Officers of the Twelve Regiments of Infantry
regular army during the late [Revolutionary] war
officers who have been deranged
Lieutenant Colonels
Majors
Captains
levies
Commander In Chief [Washington]
captains and subalterns in the Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
Act of the 16th July 1798
expiration of the war
relative rank
respective grades and dates of commission
since the peace
resignations
promotions
vacancy
cases of extraordinary merit