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Type

Printed Document

Description

Letter from the Sec. of War to the Chairman of the committee on national defense. Discussed the radical changes to current militia that would create a more organized and well trained standing army. Supported the formation of a standing army for superior defense of the U.S. Reference Roman military and Ceasar. Lists salaries of various officers and educators along with cost of building schools. Advised capitalizing on the current state of peace as a time to construct the necessary systems to support the nations defense.

Date

01/31/1800

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

Harrison Gray Otis

Sent from

War Department

Collection

Printed Versions

Document number

1800013100002

Page start

1

Note

Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee, Appointed on the 9th of December last, on so much of the Speech of the President, as related to A System of National Defense, Commensurate with our Resources, and the situation of our Country.' Missing first page.

Notable persons

Harrison G Otis
James McHenry
Secretary of War
President
committee
chairman
Ceasar
Roman
Machiavelli
Marshal of Puisegur
servants
police
engineer
non-commissioned officers
artillerists
professor
John Foncin
B.H. Latrobe
Latrobe
architect

Notable locations

War Department
United States
Rome
fortification
Atlantic
ocean
roads
bridges
public works
school
Europe

Notable items

Treatise of War
public works