Extra Compensation for Members of a Court Martial and Judge Advocates
Document 1799Hamilton complains of the lack of extra compensation for members of a Court Martial and for Judge Advocates and suggests that the Quartermaster department's regulation allowing five dollars per month to men in such service should be applied everywhere.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton complains of the lack of extra compensation for members of a Court Martial and for Judge Advocates and suggests that the Quartermaster department's regulation allowing five dollars per month to men in such service should be applied everywhere.
Date
08/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799082540000
Note
Cited in McHenry to Simmons, 09/04/1799 and McHenry to Hamilton, 08/29/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Notable locations
New York
not military posts
Notable items
lack of a rule regarding "compensation to the members of a Court Martial and to persons acting as Judge Advocates
"some embarassment"
extra expenses of recruiting officers
extract from Major John J. U. Rivardi's letter of July 25
second extract which describes how wood is procured at Fort Niagara
standing regulations of the Quartermaster's department countenancing the allowance of five dollars per month to men permanently employed in any such