Necesssity of Some Settled Plan of Communication
Document 1799In addition to a discussion of allotments of fuel and straw among the northern posts, Hamilton stresses the importance of instituting a plan of communication between officers and offices that operates within the chain of command.
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Autograph Draft Document
Description
In addition to a discussion of allotments of fuel and straw among the northern posts, Hamilton stresses the importance of instituting a plan of communication between officers and offices that operates within the chain of command.
Date
08/27/1799
Author
Recipient
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New York
Collection
Document number
1799082740000
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 08/30/1799. (Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to vol. 23.)
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
commissioners at Fort Wolcott and Fort Adams [should be "commandants" who were William Littlefield and Lemuel Gates respectively]
Major Daniel Jackson
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Major LewisTousard
Quartermasters
Commissaries
Paymasters
Notable locations
New York
Boston
War Office
posts from Connecticut northward
Notable items
delivery and distribution of fuel and straw to the garrisons on the sea coast
proposed regulations as to fuel and straw
winter
necessity of some settled plan of communication between your department and the army
prevent the ideas unfavorable to subordination
multiplication of correspondence and detail
promote and secure order, harmony, and efficiency in the service
business of expenditure and supply
this rule would confine the communications of the Secretary of War to General Washington and the two Major Generals [Hamilton and Pinckney]
sudden and unforeseen emergencies
great care ought to be observed to address the Chief and not his subalterns