Estimate of Expenses of the War Department for 1795
Item
Type
Letter fragment
Title
Estimate of Expenses of the War Department for 1795
Description
This is an estimate of the expenses of the War Department for the year 1795, made by the Secretary of War, and dated in his office the 18th of November, 1794 including the probable expenses of the detachment of the militia now in service in the Western parts of Pennsylvania.
year created
1794
month created
11
day created
18
author
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Legion of the United States
General Staff
Sub Legion
Company of Artillery
Troop of Horse [Cavalry]
Companies of Infantry
Companies of Riflemen
Hospital Department
Ordnance Department
Commissary of Military Stores
Indian Department
Quarter Master's Department
Militia
Adjutant General's Department
Quartermaster General's Department
Hospital Department
Artificers
Militia of New Jersey
Governor Howell
Light Dragoons
Field and Staff of the Brigade of Infantry and Cavalry
Militia of Pennsylvania
Cavalry of New Jersey
Militia of Maryland
Militia of Virginia
Naval Department
Invalid Pensioners
notable location
War Department
garrisons and posts on the western and southern frontiers
Springfield, Massachusetts
West Point, New York
Albany
Fort Rensselaer and its dependencies at Trenton, New Jersey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Fort Pitt
New London, Virginia
Manchester
Charleston, South Carolina
Falls of Delaware
territories northwest and southwest of the Ohio
Georgia
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
Maryland
North Carolina
notable item/thing
pay
subsistence
rations
forage
clothing
Equipments for Cavalry
horses
bounty
rents
defensive protection of the frontiers
contingencies
camp equipage
military stores
44 & 36 Gun Frigates
pay of the crew
Payment of Military Pensions
Support of Light-Houses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers
Major General
Brigadier Generals
Major Commandant of Artillery
Major of Dragoons
Quarter Master
Pay Master at Heqdquarters
Adjutant to do the duty as Inspector
Chaplain
Surgeon of the Staff
Deputy Quarter Master
Aide-de-Camp to the Major General
pay in the line
Aide-de-Camp to each of the Brigadiers
Surgeon's Mates for the hospitals of the western and southern frontiers
Principal Artificer
Second Artificer
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Majors
Sub Legionary Pay Master
Sub Legionary Quarter Master
Battalion Surgeon's Mates
Sergeant Majors
Quarter Master Sergeants
Captain
Lieutenants
Sergeants
Corporals
Artificers
Privates
Musicians
Cornet
Farrier
Saddler
Trumpeter
Dragoons
Ensigns
Senior Musician
Privates
Buglers
Subsistence
money in lieu of rations
contract price
forage
Clothing
Suits
Equipments for the cavalry
saddles
bridles
cartouch boxes
sword belts
bugle horns
holsters
bags
swords
pistols
horseman's caps
boots and spurs
horses for the cavalry
bounty
medicines
instruments
stores for the hospital
salaries of storekeepers at arsenals
Commissary of Military Stores
rents
appropriation
expenses for new carriages
brass field artillery
iron cannon with garrison carriages
mortar beds
repairs of arms
repairs of fortifications
brass field pieces out of the useless mortars
lead
gun powder
rifled muskets
equipments for cavalry
saddles
girths
sursingles
stirrups
halters
mail pillions and straps
valices
nose-bags
scabbards
knap sacks
cartridge boxes
horseman's tents
officers' marquees
magazine
acres of ground for arsenals
defensive protection of the frontiers
disposition of the Indians
wagons
boats
transportation of recruits
axes
camp kettles
pack-saddles
iron, fuel
boards
paint
company books
stationery
subsistence of clerks
advances
Contingencies of War Department
maps
expresses
printing
loss of stores
advertising
apprehending deserters
document number
1794111800101
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (34 pages) | NNS05 (34 pages) | Collection: Second Congress: Excerpts from Official Correspondence about the Security of the Frontier of Georgia, 1793 [2A-F1] (RG 233) | M1268, R: 4&5 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |