Officer Commissions During Congressional Recess
Document 1800Reports that commissions have been sent to all the officers who have been approved by the Senate. Says it would have been useless to write out or send commissions for men appointed during the Congressional recess, as new ones would have needed to be produced once Senatorial approval was granted. States that the War Department's policy is to not issue commissions for positions which require the concurrence of the Senate until that concurrence has been noted.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Reports that commissions have been sent to all the officers who have been approved by the Senate. Says it would have been useless to write out or send commissions for men appointed during the Congressional recess, as new ones would have needed to be produced once Senatorial approval was granted. States that the War Department's policy is to not issue commissions for positions which require the concurrence of the Senate until that concurrence has been noted.
Date
04/01/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800040100101
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images.
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
Congress
officers
Senate
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
commissions
appointment
confirmation
expense