Necessity of Troop Readiness and Adequate Stores; Concern for Pay of Troops
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Title
Necessity of Troop Readiness and Adequate Stores; Concern for Pay of Troops
Description
Knox warns Wayne not to construct anything that is not absolutely necessary to the comfort of the troops who should be instantly ready to march should the military necessity arise. All steps are being taken to ensure that the necessary stores are available to the Legion and that local citizens are adequately protected so that calling out State militias will not be necessary. Payment of the troops continues to be of concern.
year created
1792
month created
11
day created
24
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
in publication
in image
note
Cited in Wayne to Knox, 12/06/1792.
Spans Images 123-129 of this collection.
Spans Images 123-129 of this collection.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Anthony Wayne
Henry Knox
President of the United States
Posts of Detroit and Niagara
big Beaver
Elliot and Williams
Secretary of the Treasury
troops
a moving Army
Col. Mentges(?)
Paymaster
Comptroller
Treasury
the Cornplanter
hostile Indians
Patrols or Scouts
two houses of Congress
Contractors
Captain Rogers of the Cavalry
Mr. L__(?)
notable location
War Department
headquarters
Fort Washington
Virginia
the Ohio
Pennsylvania
Great Kenhawa
Monongahela district
Gallipolis
Marietta
Fort Franklin
notable item/thing
your opinion of the winter position of the troops
the spring
your fortified camp near the big Beaver
weather
winter
supply of provisions
rations which shall be required
numbers of beeves
quantities of flour
magazines
rations
lower advanced posts
plan of the Comptroller
orderly payment of your troops
supply of money
treaty
extravagant claims about a boundary
protection of their own militia
expense of the public
block or fortified houses
protection of the inhabitants
motives of economy
the force at Gallipolis and Marietta
militia
line of patrols
essential characteristics of a disciplined Army
[Washington's] speech to the two houses of Congress
one hundred suits of clothing
notable phrase
The performance of this service will inure your troops to hardships, discipline them for the nature of the war for which they are destined, cover the Country and prevent the necessity of militia being called out and all the train of evils and expences thereon--
document number
1792112413055
page start
123
number of pages
4
