Amount of estimates for the year 1800, as rendered exclusive of military pensions.
Document 1800List of expenses of military including pay and subsistance, forage, clothing, rations, plus expenses related to the Quartermaster Department and the Hospital Department.
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Dollars
Amount of Estimate for the Year 1800, as rendered exclusive of military Pensions 4,077,200.
From which deduct the pay subsistence & Clothing for 5049 Privates being the number p
last Return wanted to complete the twelve additional Regiments. viz:
Pay ............................................................................................. 302,940
Rations at 17. Cents p Ration .................................................................. 313,290,45
Clothing ....................................................................................... 126,225 742,455.45.
Deduct also the Pay Subsistence Clothing and forage of the noncommissioned
Officers, Musicians and privates of the Six Companies of Cavalry viz.
Pay ............................................................................................. 25,632
Rations at 17. Cents p Ration .................................................................. 23,827.20
Forage ......................................................................................... 27,648
Clothing ....................................................................................... 9,600 86,707,20.
Also for the purchase of 150 Horses, at 150 Dollars each ................................ 22,500
From Quarter Master Generals and Hospital department .................................... 335,467.. 1,187,129.65
2,890,070.35
N.B. The Secretary thinks it probable that since the [undecipherable] there may have been enlisted about
six hundred privates the pay Rations and Clothing for whom would amount to ............ 88,230.
And for Quarter Masters and Hospital department agreeably to [undecipherable] ......... 36,776.
Dr 125,006
war Department James McHenry 1,187,129.65
23 Jany 1800 Secy. of war 125,006.
1,062,123.65
Type
Document Signed
Description
List of expenses of military including pay and subsistance, forage, clothing, rations, plus expenses related to the Quartermaster Department and the Hospital Department.
Date
01/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1800012600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Theodore Sedgwick
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
expenses

