Suspend the Recruiting Service until the whole of the clothing is in store...
Document 1799McHenry discusses contracts for supplying clothing to the Army and shipments of clothing already purchased for the Army regiments. He warns that recruiting should be suspended until recruits can be assured of receiving their allotted clothing.
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Letter Signed
Description
McHenry discusses contracts for supplying clothing to the Army and shipments of clothing already purchased for the Army regiments. He warns that recruiting should be suspended until recruits can be assured of receiving their allotted clothing.
Date
07/10/1799
Author
Recipient
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War department
Collection
Document number
1799071000000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 09/17/1799 and Hamilton to McHenry, 07/22/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Assistant Quartermaster General [James Miller]
the additional army
Mr. Billington
number of recruits enlisted
persons who may have ascribed these delays to neglects
Notable locations
War department
Notable items
letter from Colonel Thomas Parker
his supply of clothing had not then arrived except some hats and shoes
articles in the annexed list No. 1
the whole of your requisition left this city [Philadelphia]
distance from hence to Winchester is 192 miles
warrant has issued for the money required for Colonel Parker
better to suspend [the process of recruiting] than to suffer a number of men brought together to contract disgust and discredit the public operations
contract for supplying clothing for the last year
sufficiency of white Kersey for vests and overalls
sufficiency of white and blue cloths for the purpose could not be procured
considerable proportion of the cloth was not obtained till after the arrival of the spring vessels
clothing required to commence the recruiting service
enclosed schedule No. 2 furnished by the Assistant Quartermaster
your several requisitions for the twelve regiments of infantry have been nearly complied
those for North and South Carolina anticipated
paper No. 3
four hundred suits
whole complement for the 16 regiments of infantry
weekly supply of four hundred suits promised by Billington