Preventing desertion; providing medicine and saddles; distinctive hat insignia
Item
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Title
Preventing desertion; providing medicine and saddles; distinctive hat insignia
Description
Knox discusses the problem of desertion and how best to prevent it. He talks of recruiting efforts and outlines several troop movements and talks of the availablity of stores like clothing, medicine, and saddles. The four sub-legions are assigned distinctive hat bindings and plumes and the procedures for determining qualifications for pensions are discussed.
short description
Preventing desertion; providing medicine and saddles; distinctive hat insignia
year created
1792
month created
07
day created
27
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Anthony Wayne
Henry Knox
Asheton
Cavalry
deserters
Major Rudolph
First Regiment
McCully's Corps
Capts. Butler, Cummins, and Springer
Chickasaws
Captain Eaton of the fourth Sub-Legion
Mr. Belli
Mr. O'Hara
Brig. Genl. Wilkinsonl Col. Harding
Major Trueman
John Pomroy
Brant
Wynadots & Delawares
the principal Surgeon
Indians
wounded or disabled
medical department
invalid
Commander in Chief
notable location
War Department
Baltimore
Alexandria
Winchester
Shepherdstown
Hagerstown
great Kenhawa
Pittsburgh
Fort Washington
upper parts of the Ohio
Vermont
Kentucky
Sandusky
Auglaize
Miami River of Lake Erie
Clarks Station
Crooked Creek
notable item/thing
spirit of desertion
depravity of mind disgraceful to human nature
infamous conduct
certainty of punishment for crimes
hard labor
death
rifle clothing
six hundred suits of clothing
medicines
serious offensive operations
cold weather
negotiations
saddles
stuffing
horse
rendezvous
regulations for the payment of troops & the distribution of the stores
large quantity of hay
forage
peace
white binding upon the hats and white plumes
red binding to the hats and red plumes
yellow binding and yellow plumes
no finding--black plumes
binding for the men's hats
Brant's information
pension list of the United States
wounds or other casualty
nature and degree of the disability
pension in half yearly payments in proportion to his disability according to law
specimen of the public powder
notable phrase
It is a matter of serious consideration how this infamous conduct [desertion] is to be checked--it is concluded by all men who examined the question that severity is not so efficacious as certainty of punishment for crimes--How far hard labour generally adopted instead of death, which the laws allow, and direct, would effect a reformation is to be determined.
document number
1792072713055
page start
45
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (6 pages) | DTC01 (286 pages) | Collection: Anthony Wayne Letterbooks Vol.1-3 | V: 2 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Anthony Wayne | [unknown] | [n/a] |