Draft Document

Hamilton explains the allowances of rooms and fuel to officers of sundry ranks.

09/02/1799

New York

1799090240000

James McHenry

Alexander Hamilton

New York

To a Major General, for himself four rooms

for each aid, one room and a kitchen

To a Brigadier General, for himself four rooms

for his aid one room and a kitchen

To the Inspector General [Hamilton], in addition to his allowance as a Major General two rooms for offices and one for his secretary

To the Quartermaster General, in addition to his allowance as a Major General, two rooms for offices and one for each assistant or clerk

To the Adjutant General and each principal Deputy the additional allowance of two rooms for offices

To each field officer two rooms

To each Captain one room

To each of the regimental staff one room

To two subalterns one room

To every mess of eight officers two rooms

To every Inspector or Quartermaster of a Division or Brigade one additional room for an office

Allowance of fuel to General Officers requires also to be regulated

To a Major General and Brigadier Generals two and a half cords per month

To the Inspector General, the Adjutant General, each principal Deputy, and the Quartermaster General an additional cord per month

To each Inspector or Quartermaster of a Division an additional half cord per month

no compensation in money to be paid or received in lieu of allowances of fuel