Regarding the Propriety of Appointment of Cadets by Recruiting Officers
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Regarding the Propriety of Appointment of Cadets by Recruiting Officers
Description
Addresses the issue of a Captain Gates, who was instructed to recruit but not to promise any officer positions to individuals. Gates apparently did so, promising a man an appointment as a cadet (referred to as a rank between that of sergeant and lieutenant). States that such practices must be stopped, and later proposes an added clause to recruiting instructions which clarifies the point. Informs Adams that a man he recommended is being appointed a cadet in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers.
year created
1799
month created
04
day created
23
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
note
Multiple copies of the document exist; these listed under separate collections below.
notable person/group
John Adams
James McHenry
Captain Gates
2nd Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
Major Jackson
notable location
War Department
notable item/thing
Recruitment
commission
officer
cadet
artillerists
engineers
artillery
instructions
non commissioned officer
NCO
notable phrase
If Captains are to be permitted to play the parts of Presidents and Generals, everything respecting to the service must run into confusion
had not even power to promise a recruit that he should be appointed, upon joining his regiment a non-commissioned officer
after this answer Major Jackson should have forborn further interference and had a thousand times written to me upon the subject, had no right to conclude from my silence that I had determined to sanction what was so highly improper
document number
1799042300101
page start
1
number of pages
4
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (9 pages) | KFY03 (9 pages) | Collection: MMC, McHenry, James: mm85004543 | [unknown] |
| [view document] (4 pages) | IDG06 (4 pages) | Collection: John Adams Papers | R: 394 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Microfilm: James McHenry Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Adams | [unknown] | [n/a] |