Settlement of a Rule of Promotion
Document 1799Hamilton complains that the recent appointments in Colonel Bentley's regiment appear to have been made without reference to guiding principles. Hamilton believes hat this practice will lead to considerable dissatisfaction among the officers affected. He recommends that Bentley's appointments be rescinded and that future appointments in all regiments be made according to well-established rules of promotion.
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Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton complains that the recent appointments in Colonel Bentley's regiment appear to have been made without reference to guiding principles. Hamilton believes hat this practice will lead to considerable dissatisfaction among the officers affected. He recommends that Bentley's appointments be rescinded and that future appointments in all regiments be made according to well-established rules of promotion.
Date
08/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799082540100
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 08/30/1799 and McHenry to Hamilton, 09/03/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Colonel William C. Bentley
Eighth Regiment
latest appointments for the Seventh Regiment
Captain William K. Blue
first lieutenants brought down to second lieutenants
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
list of new appointments of his regiment
there will be in all the officers a just and deep rooted dissatisfaction
routine of promotion among the company officers
appointments in question appear to have been made with the greatest latitude and without reference to any principle
arrangement of relative rank
all these new appointments may be reversed
no future appointments in any of the regiments may be made of any but as second lieutenants and junior to those previously in service
settlement of a rule of promotion
total defect of organization in the western army
arrangement of the 7th Regiment in conformity with my ideas