Recruiting Instructions for John Stake
Type
Typed Document
Title
Recruiting Instructions for John Stake
Description
Recruiting instructions issued by the War Dept. and handwritten note regarding the pay of non-commissioned officers.
short description
Doc, des recruiting instructions
year created
1792
month created
03
day created
29
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Captain John Stake
Elias B. Dayton
President of the United States
Squadron
light dragoons
cavalry
foreigners
young men
recruits
recruiting officer
physician
surgeon
Negro
mulatto
Indian
vagrant
transient person
musicians
subalterns
notable location
Philadelphia
United States
New York
New Jersey
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Philadelphia
barracks
notable item/thing
rations, barrack utensils, straw
fuel
medicinal assistance
allowance
state of intoxication
clothing
rendezvous
supplies for the troops
daily returns
arms and accoutrements
blank inlistments
notable idea/issue
Service of the United States
recruiting service
principal rendezvous
errors
instructions
general rules and principles
fidelity
secret disease
cure
rules and articles of war
mutiny and desertion
administration of justice
act of Congress
compensation in cases of disability
pay
oath
notable phrase
recruits are unwarily and unworthily entangled, contrary to their intentions. Such men generally desert the service, at some critical moment, or serve grudgingly, and set bad examples to others. The public interests will be better served by a small army of brave, robust, and faithful soldiers, than by a multitude of vagabonds.
document number
1792032900001
page start
1
number of pages
4
