Separate Duties of the Paymaster & the Accountant
Document 1799The duties of the Paymaster General and the Accountant of the War Department are distinct from one another and nowhere does the law state that one can devolve his duties upon the other. Therfore, the Accountant is not authorized to require the Paymaster to audit and state accounts of expenses of an incidental nature ensuing in the course of military service.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The duties of the Paymaster General and the Accountant of the War Department are distinct from one another and nowhere does the law state that one can devolve his duties upon the other. Therfore, the Accountant is not authorized to require the Paymaster to audit and state accounts of expenses of an incidental nature ensuing in the course of military service.
Date
12/11/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1799121100001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
James McHenry
Paymaster General
Treasury Department
War Department
Accountant of the War Department
General Henry Knox
recruits
recruiting officers
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
expenses
military service
Act
pay
incidental and contingent expenses
pay, subsistence, and forage
recruiting money
bounties
allowances
duties