They eat their provisions like dogs on the ground.
Document 1799Willcocks reports on the complaints of the officers respecting their delinquent pay. The men are stealing vegetables and are in a state of mutiny over their lack of even the barest necessities like bowls for eating their food.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Willcocks reports on the complaints of the officers respecting their delinquent pay. The men are stealing vegetables and are in a state of mutiny over their lack of even the barest necessities like bowls for eating their food.
Date
08/14/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Head Quarters, Broncks [New York]
Collection
Document number
1799081460100
Note
Cited in Willcocks to Hamilton, 08/15/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
William Willcocks commands the regiment
officers "complain heavily" of the dealy in receiving their pay
the men who are "next to a state of mutiny" are stealing vegetables
Notable locations
Head Quarters, Broncks [Bronx] New York
Notable items
absense of Colonel William S. Smith
procedures to use in filling out payrolls
lack of of "platters or trenchers, bowls and dishes"
they either "eat their provisions like dogs on the ground" or hire utensils
complains that the regiment, though entitled to "three Marquis," has only one