brigadier
general officers
young men unacquainted with service and diffident
Quarter Master General
Adjutant General
field of conjecture
your silence on these interesting points
Gazettes
blind account in Baches
qualifications which the aids of the commander in chief ought to possess
commander of a separate army
experienced officers
men of judgement
men of business
my own services pay and emoluments
pay and forage allowance annexed to the office
applications which are made to me
civil and military
secure deposits
hands that may be able to separate the grain from the chaff
personal visits and written applications for office
my late appointment
rules and regulations
commissions, introductions, recommendations
common civility
leisure hours
arrangement and overhaul of my voluminous public papers