Some of the men are actually almost naked...
Document 1799Hamilton discusses the number of cadets to be assigned to each regiment and the urgency of Captain Morris's request for clothing for the men at his garrison. "Some of the men of the infantry are actually almost naked."
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton discusses the number of cadets to be assigned to each regiment and the urgency of Captain Morris's request for clothing for the men at his garrison. "Some of the men of the infantry are actually almost naked."
Date
07/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799070940100
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Captain Staats Morris
Colonel Ebenezer Stevens
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
list of new appointments in the 7th, 8th, and 9th Regiments
I doubt the present expediency of appointing more than two [cadets] to each regiment of infantry
[it is] expedient to appoint the full number allowed in the corps of Artillerists
necessity of a supply of clothing to [Morris's] garrison
urgency of the demand
supply of clothing for the garrisons in this vicinity
none in store
These deficiencies in a time of peace with such a handful of troops to be supplied are greatly to be lamented