Arrangement of the Officers of the Infantry Regiments
Document 1799McHenry suggests to Hamilton that the rule of seniority should be followed with regard to assignment to specific regiments and transfers between regiments should not be detrimental to individual officers. He then lists numerous assignments and transfers that have aided or injured specific officers.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
McHenry suggests to Hamilton that the rule of seniority should be followed with regard to assignment to specific regiments and transfers between regiments should not be detrimental to individual officers. He then lists numerous assignments and transfers that have aided or injured specific officers.
Date
11/15/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799111500000
Note
Enclosure: James McHenry to Anthony Wayne, 8/27/1796.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry, Secretary of War
officers of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Regiments of infantry
Brigadier General Wilkinson
Major General Anthony Wayne
Captains Pasteur, Prior, and Britt of the 1st Regiment
Captains Brock, Gibson, and Thompson of the 4th Regiment
Captain Bird
Whistler
Diven
Lieutenant Campbell Smith
Lieutenant Davidson
Captains Pasteur, Prior, and Britt
Lieutenant Schuyler
Glen
Charles Wright
Lieutenant Wilson
Captains Tinsley and Lockwood
Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
recruits under Major Bradley
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Tennessee
Notable items
"Act to ascertain and fix the Military Establishment," passed the 30th of May 1796
Captain Martin's transfer
Tinsley's transfer
Lieutenant M. Lewis's transfer
Captain Rickard's transfer
Captain Shaumberg's transfer
Gray's promotion
Wilson's transfer
winter
sudden emergency