Principles Relative to Promotions
Document 1799McHenry discusses in detail the principles to be applied relative to promotions of officers. Generally, when there is a vacancy, the next officer in rank will fill it although there are exceptions in extraordinary cases. He emphasizes that it is the duty of all officers of the Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry to be familiar with the tactics of the other two corps.
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Autograph Draft Document
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McHenry discusses in detail the principles to be applied relative to promotions of officers. Generally, when there is a vacancy, the next officer in rank will fill it although there are exceptions in extraordinary cases. He emphasizes that it is the duty of all officers of the Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry to be familiar with the tactics of the other two corps.
Date
07/08/1799
Author
Recipient
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New York
Collection
Document number
1799070840000
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
officer next in rank will in ordinary cases be considered as the most proper person to fill the same
officers of Artillery and Cavalry
Commander in Chief [Washington]
Lieutenant Colonel Commandants who served to the end of the [Revolutionary] War
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
rules transmitted in your letter relative to rank and promotion
founded on just principles
preference given to full Colonels of the deranged officers
promotion equal to that of a Colonel
general principle of preserving officers who served to the end of the War
supposition of favoritism
aid the determination of the President [Adams]
relative rank of officers
happening of a vacancy
exceptions in extraordinary cases
promotions to the several ranks of generals
without distinction of one corps from another
appointments of General Officers
render the chance of promotion unequal
study of all the branches of tactics
nothing is more easy than for the officers of those corps to be acquainted with the tactics of each