Settle the stations of those of the same grade relatively and definitively...
Document 1799McHenry explains his conception of the process by which relative rank among officers of the same gade is to be settled.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
McHenry explains his conception of the process by which relative rank among officers of the same gade is to be settled.
Date
09/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department, Trenton
Collection
Document number
1799092300000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 09/27/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department, Trenton
Notable items
principles suggested by the Commander in Chief [Washington]
calculations to ensure...the best selection of officers
opinion of the Board of General Officers respecting relative rank among the officers they selected
pretensions and abilities of the candidates
creation of the corps of officers
vacancies occasioned...by the resignation of officers [due to] change in their private affairs incompatible with military service
case of Eli Forbes recommended by you in the place of Captain Philips
good and harmony of the service