Simmons cited letter dated 17th April regarding account information. Secretary of War issued a Warrant in favor of Mentges for $5,000 as advance for the fortifications at Mud Island. Sec. of War requested information on balance held by Mentges to be rendered immediately.
Details on the expenses of Wilkins Junior and James Miller for purchases made through special direction by the Secretary of War. Expenses included armory at Harper's Ferry, armory at Springfield, Ordinance Department, Quarter Masters Department, Hospital Department.
This is a settlement of the accounts of John Wilkins and James Miller for their purchases and expenditures during the first third of 1800. By direction of the Secretary of War, they have received credit on the books of Hodgdon's office for purchase by them for the following: the armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia; the armory at Springfield in Massachusetts; the Ordnance Department; the Quartermaster's department; and the hospital department.
With the approbation of the President of the United States [Adams] Annin is appointed to succeed John Mackey as paymaster and storekeeper for the Arsenal, Magazine, and Armory at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac in Virginia. His salary will be $600 per annum and one ration per day with the necessary rooms for lodging and reasonable expenses incurred on journeys that involve public business.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Hamilton explains that he does not think it is proper that men of color [colour] should be enlisted but it is proper that persons who can be useful in instructing others should be retained for that purpose.
Certification of payment; $4.75 to Sergeant William Carter, 11th Regiment of Infantry for expenses marching recruits from Philadelphia to Headquarters on the Scotch Plains.
Certification of payment; $24.90 for retained rations to Major George Hague, Regiment of Cumberland County militia commanded by Colonel William McFarland, ordered into service 1794 to suppress an insurrection in Western Counties Pennsylvania.
Certification of payment; $97.25 to Captain Samuel Brown, 11th Regiment of Infantry for pursuing and apprehending sundry deserters from his company, and for postage, letters and stationary for recruiting.
Stevens notes the deficiency in the quantity of shoes, shirts, and overalls in the clothing he forwarded to Niagara. He claims that the packages were never opened while in his possession. The mistake must have been made at the time they were packed or the articles were stolen after they were opened to dry after they were dropped in the lake.
