Recruiting Instructions

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Recruiting Instructions

Description

Instructions, recruiting.

short description

Inst, recruiting.

year created

1792

month created

04

day created

12

author

sent from location

War Department

in collection

in image

notable person/group

John Stagg
Captain Bezaleel Howe

notable location

War Department
New York [state]
West Point
War Office
United States

notable item/thing

President
recruiting service
contractor
rations
barracks
barrack utensils
straw
fuel
medical assistance
public at large
[abuses]
desert
suitable persons
hardships
military life
business
rules
principles
conduct
bounty
magistrate
dollars
intoxication
heighth
shoes
healthy
robust
limbs
body
physician
surgeon
disease
cure
pay
rules and articles of war
mutiny
desertion
justice
act of Congress
rations
clothing
compensation in cases of disability
oath
orders
officers
musicians
negro
mulatto
indian
natives
foreigners
sobriety
fidelity
country
vagrant
transient person
rendezvous
taught
conduct
cleanliness
dite
rooms
subordination
return
rations
supplies
troops
Saturday
daily returns
issues
bounty
conduct
field officers
captain
commanding officer
subalterns
clothing
arms
accoutrements
establishment of the troops
blank inlistments
sergeant
corporal

notable phrase

The public interests will be better served by a small army of brave, robust, and faithful soldiers, than by a multitude of vagabonds.

document number

1792041215004

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) AEE25 (4 pages) Collection: Bezaleel Howe Papers #24

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Stagg War Department [n/a]