Autograph Letter Signed

Officer Commissions During Congressional Recess

Reports that commissions have been sent to all the officers who have been approved by the Senate. Says it would have been useless to write out or send commissions for men appointed during the Congressional recess, as new ones would have needed to be produced once Senatorial approval was granted. States that the War Department's policy is to not issue commissions for positions which require the concurrence of the Senate until that concurrence has been noted.

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War Department

2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images.

John Adams

James McHenry

Congress

officers

Senate

War Department

commissions

appointment

confirmation

expense

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