Disposition of Command for the Army of the United States, Etc.
Item
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Title
Disposition of Command for the Army of the United States, Etc.
Description
The Quartermaster General's office, the Inspector's office, the Paymaster General's office, and the Commanding Officer of the Artillerists & Engineers are all established at the Headquarters at the City of Washington. These General Orders establish the disposition of command for the Army throughout the United States and explain the duties of the officers at the sundry posts.
short description
Disposition of Command for the Army of the United States, Etc.
year created
1800
month created
11
day created
30
author
sent from location
Headquarters, City of Washington
note
A fourteen page document.
notable person/group
communicants
Commander in Chief
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Francis Hamtramck
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Strong
Regmient of Infantry
Lieutenant Commandant Gaither
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Butler
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Tousard
Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
Major Rivardi
Major Peters
Major Freeman
Major Ford
Major Wadsworth
Captain Ingersoll
Major MacRea
Captain Stiller
Major Jackson
Colonel Burbeck, Commanding Officer of the Artillery
surgeon
surgeon's mate
battalion
men under arms
sick
servants
prisoners
musicians
dead men
deserters
discharged
aides de camp
waiter
Thomas H. Cushing
notable location
City of Washington
Washington City
Head Quarters
Quarter Master Generals Office
Inspectors Office
Ohio River
Fort Fayette
Pittsburgh
Fort Pickering
Mississippi River
Fort Adams
Fort Stoddard
Mobile River
Tennessee
laboratory
Philadelphia
Fort Mifflin
Delaware
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
New York harbor
West Point
Newport, Rhode Island
Fort Trumbull
New London
Boston
Knoxville
South West Point
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Fort Johnston
Cape Fear
notable item/thing
disposition
laboratory
command
reports
regimental regulations
military duty
returns
articles received
return of the troops
clothing
medicine
surgical instruments
hospital stores
furniture
abstracts of provision
monthly consumption
muster rolls
pay abstracts
ordnance
arms and accoutrements
stores of war
musters
inspections
regulations
certificate
exemption from parade
tents
huts
hospital
mustered absent
property
stationary camp equipage
stores
tools
implements
estimates
appropriation
delivery
woolen overalls and vests
blankets
shirts
shoes
socks
rations
books
courts martial
document number
1800113090001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (14 pages) | YTZ21 (14 pages) | Collection: Orderly Book for the Garrison at Fort Johnston, N.C., 1795-1811. (RG98) | P: 42-55 |
| [view document] (14 pages) | YTZ21a (14 pages) | Collection: Orderly Book for the Garrison at Fort Johnston, N.C., 1795-1811. (RG98) | P: 42-55 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Thomas H. Cushing | Headquarters, City of Washington | [n/a] |


