General Orders: Temporary Suspension of Recruiting Service
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Title
General Orders: Temporary Suspension of Recruiting Service
Description
The Recruiting Service, respecting the twelve Regiments of Infantry and six troops of Light Dragoons, is for the present suspended. All officers assigned to that service will rejoin their Regiments.
year created
1800
month created
03
day created
11
author
sent from location
Adjutant General's Office, New York
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to Pinckney, 04/29/1800, North to Hamilton, 04/15/1800, and Hamilton to Rice and Smith, 04/23/1800.
contains document summary and response to orders issued on 03/11/00 dated 04/24/00.
Recruitment for units authorized by Congress in July 1798 to be suspended, recruiting officers to report to their regiments, and unit returns to be forwarded with speed. Also includes regulations on barracks/quarters allotted by rank, and allowances of wood fuel by rank. Stipulated that monetary compensation is not due to officers who need not partake of quarters or fuel allowance -- notes that this does not preclude officers who had to pay for these things _before_ establishment of the regulation from applying for reimbursement. Concludes with contract prices for rations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
contains document summary and response to orders issued on 03/11/00 dated 04/24/00.
Recruitment for units authorized by Congress in July 1798 to be suspended, recruiting officers to report to their regiments, and unit returns to be forwarded with speed. Also includes regulations on barracks/quarters allotted by rank, and allowances of wood fuel by rank. Stipulated that monetary compensation is not due to officers who need not partake of quarters or fuel allowance -- notes that this does not preclude officers who had to pay for these things _before_ establishment of the regulation from applying for reimbursement. Concludes with contract prices for rations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Recruitment for units authorized by Congress in July 1798 to be suspended, recruiting officers to report to their regiments, and unit returns to be forwarded with speed. Also includes regulations on barracks/quarters allotted by rank, and allowances of wood fuel by rank. Stipulated that monetary compensation is not due to officers who need not partake of quarters or fuel allowance -- notes that this does not preclude officers who had to pay for these things _before_ establishment of the regulation from applying for reimbursement. Concludes with contract prices for rations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
William North
officers
Congress
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Adjutant General's Office
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
barracks
notable item/thing
wood fuel
fuel allowance
rations
quarters
contract prices
notable idea/issue
reimbursement
allowances
regulations
document number
1800031190001
page start
1
number of pages
2
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | FCA15 (4 pages) | Collection: Abiel Leonard Collection | Box 2, f: 1800,March |
| [view document] (1 pages) | YTV11a (1 pages) | Collection: Orderly Book of the Deputy Adjutant General to District Commander Maj. Gen. Charles C. Pinckney, Apr-Jun 1800. 1 vol (no. 383/267). (RG98) | V: 383 |
| [view document] (1 pages) | YTV11 (1 pages) | Collection: Orderly Book of the Deputy Adjutant General to District Commander Maj. Gen. Charles C. Pinckney, Apr-Jun 1800. 1 vol (no. 383/267). (RG98) | V: 383 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William North | Adjutant General's Office, New York | [n/a] |