Organization of Messes and Construction of Barracks
Document 1799Hamilton reports on improvements in the construction of chimneys, the arrangement of officers in messes, and the provision of fuel and straw in garrisons and quarters.
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Description
Hamilton reports on improvements in the construction of chimneys, the arrangement of officers in messes, and the provision of fuel and straw in garrisons and quarters.
Date
07/30/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799073040100
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Count Rumford [Sir Benjamin Thompson]
Jonathan Williams
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
improvements in the construction of chimneys by Count Rumford
printed copy [of Rumford's treatise] furnished to each Commanding Officer of a garrison
the scheme of regulation contemplates that officers will arranged in messes of six to a mess
future construction of barracks [should] have rooms large enough to contain twelve men each
the effect of this arrangement in relation to fuel is obvious
in the field it is usual for [troops] to provide themselves with fuel
straw is furnished as it can be had
regulations are therefore confined to troops in garrisons and quarters