Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Hamilton asserts the need for smaller magazines in the great military districts so it is not necessary to resort to traveling, for all articles of military supply, to the seat of government.
Certification of payment; $439.75 to Robert Howe, contractor, Wilmington North Carolina, for rations and quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished the garrison of Fort Johnston North Carolina.
Account for horseman's tents and mess bowls, axes and wooden trenchers for the 14th and 15th Infantry examined, sum credited to Jackson's account. Differences in amount requested and amount reimbursed, differences and explanation annexed.
Simmons did not have complete list of contractors for New York, inconveniencing his office and officers seeking reimbursement. He requested a list of contractors' names to expedite the reimbursement of accounts.
Upon examination of contractor's accounts for New York, Simmons found Schuyler drew rations twice on the same day. Error made by Schuyler charged to his account unless Schuyler can produce the original return receipts that prove the error was with Mr. Henshaw (contractor agent).
Upon examination of contractor's accounts for New York, Simmons found Livingston drew rations twice on the same day. Error made by Livingston charged to his account unless Livingston can produce the original return receipts that prove the error was with Mr. Hershaw (contractor agent).
Upon examination of contractor's accounts for New York, Simmons found that White granted Mr. Hershaw certificate for 403 more rations to be given to White's detachment. Simmons could not overlook this charge and demanded an explanation.
Upon examination of the contractor account for New York, Simmons found Captain Landon drew rations twice in one day. That error made by Landon and the contractor, Mr. Hershaw, charged to Landon's account. Simmons requested receipts to investigate incident.
Simmons noted that accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Strong and Major Buell showed the officers received double rations. Accounts returned for North's government.
Complains that accountant William Simmons has permitted no extra allowances even for a surgeon to attend the Indians at the Treaty of Greenville. Simmons claims such allowances can only be authorized by Congress.
Explains that the rule prescribes that for all field officers who served during the Revolutionary War the relative rank of those of equal grade will be assigned according to their relative rank at the close of that war.
