The protracted absence of these officers is intolerable...
Document 1799Hamilton suggests that it may be expedient to notify the officers of the old infantry and artillery regiments that those officers who don't report themselves to the Secretary of War within four months of the notification will be presumed to have resigned their commissions.
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Type
Autograph Draft Document
Description
Hamilton suggests that it may be expedient to notify the officers of the old infantry and artillery regiments that those officers who don't report themselves to the Secretary of War within four months of the notification will be presumed to have resigned their commissions.
Date
08/28/1799
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1799082840900
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
officers of the four old regiments
officers of the first, second, third, and fourth Regiments of Infantry
first Regiment of Artillery
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Notable items
representations of General Wilkinson
public papers
unnecessary delay
protacted absense of these officers is intolerable