Regular chain of communication should be preserved...
Document 1799Circular to the Commandants of Regiments; Hamilton insists that officers communicate with each other according to the chain of command and explains where returns should be transmitted: returns of ordnance and supplies to Ebenezer Stevens, agent of the War Department in New York; inspection and recruiting returns to General North, Adjutant General, and muster and payrolls to Caleb Swan, Paymaster General.
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Autograph Draft Document
Description
Circular to the Commandants of Regiments; Hamilton insists that officers communicate with each other according to the chain of command and explains where returns should be transmitted: returns of ordnance and supplies to Ebenezer Stevens, agent of the War Department in New York; inspection and recruiting returns to General North, Adjutant General, and muster and payrolls to Caleb Swan, Paymaster General.
Date
08/27/1799
Author
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799082737000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Brigadier General North, Adjutant General
Caleb Swan, Paymaster General
Notable locations
New York
Headquarters
Notable items
each person should address himself for information or direction to his immediate superior
unless there is injury from his immediate superior
communications from captains of companies which ought to have been addressed to the Commandants
communications have in some instances been made to the Secretary of War
good of the service
dignity of every officer
expenditure of money
issuing supplies
accoutrements
ammunition
ordnance clothing
hospital stores
medicines
inspection and recruiting returns
muster and pay rolls