Recruiting Instructions
Type
Document Signed
Title
Recruiting Instructions
Description
Instructions, recruiting.
short description
Inst, recruiting.
year created
1792
month created
04
day created
12
author
sent from location
War Department
in collection
in image
notable person/group
John Stagg
Captain Bezaleel Howe
notable location
War Department
New York [state]
West Point
War Office
United States
notable item/thing
President
recruiting service
contractor
rations
barracks
barrack utensils
straw
fuel
medical assistance
public at large
[abuses]
desert
suitable persons
hardships
military life
business
rules
principles
conduct
bounty
magistrate
dollars
intoxication
heighth
shoes
healthy
robust
limbs
body
physician
surgeon
disease
cure
pay
rules and articles of war
mutiny
desertion
justice
act of Congress
rations
clothing
compensation in cases of disability
oath
orders
officers
musicians
negro
mulatto
indian
natives
foreigners
sobriety
fidelity
country
vagrant
transient person
rendezvous
taught
conduct
cleanliness
dite
rooms
subordination
return
rations
supplies
troops
Saturday
daily returns
issues
bounty
conduct
field officers
captain
commanding officer
subalterns
clothing
arms
accoutrements
establishment of the troops
blank inlistments
sergeant
corporal
notable phrase
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
1792041215004
page start
1
number of pages
4
