Recruiting instructions and officer appointments
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Recruiting instructions and officer appointments
Description
Discusses recruiting instructions and officer appointments.
year created
1799
month created
03
day created
10
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
in image
note
Private
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Lear
[John Adams]
officers
recruits
notable location
New York
France
notable item/thing
a rule to forward f rom your department to the Major Generals, as they are passed, copies of all laws respecting the military establishment
oblige me
session
recruiting instructions
manuscript
term of enlistment is five years
law for augmenting the army
enlistment to be for and during the continuance of the existing differences between the U states & the French Republic
new revision of the recruiting instructions
field officers
stations or destinations to which they have been assigned
courts martial
power of the regulation
organization of the officers as reported by the Commander in Chief
it was an arrangement or distribution of the officers who were nominated into Regiments battalions and companies assigning to each company by their names its proper complement of officers
regimental pay masters
quarter masters
designated without delay
proper organs through which all issues of monies & supplies ought to pass
late war
Q master & Adjutant were appointed by the commander of the regiment
paymaster was designated by the officers of each regiment
direct the field officers of each regiment to report for the consideration of the President an arrangement of the relative rank of their officers in the regiment
officers
not yet appointed
facilitate future operations.
document number
1799031040001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AGD09 (4 pages) | Collection: MS Collection, Hamilton. | B:Hamilton Papers |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |