Collection

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  Bill of Exchange for Purchasing Forage for Cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel Butler in Tennessee

  Request for $200 to be appropriated to Amos Bird for the Quarter Master's Department for purchasing forage for cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel Butler in Tennessee.

• Letter to the Secretary of War

  Letter from Major General Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, Secretary of War. Image not available.

• Relative Rank of the Officers of the 16th Infantry

  Hamilton forwards the definitive arrangement of the relative ranks of the officers of the 16th United States Infantry which he approves.

• The Post of Deputy Quarter Master General

  Hamilton explains his concept of the duties and posting of the Deputy Quarter Master General. He believes that Col. Aaron Ogden will accept that post but would deem the post of Division Quarter Master beneath him.

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  Letter, Citation only
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  Accounts Peculiar to the Quartermaster

  Accounts peculiar to the Quartermaster, as with transportation and quartering troops, should be referred to the agent for the Quartermaster to settle and pay agreeable to the practice in such cases. If Simmons prefers to settle them in this manner, they should be referred accordingly.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

• Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.

• Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• Notification of Appointment

  Notified Wilkins that Lt. Col. Ogden was provisionally appointed as Deputy Quartermaster, hopes for Wilkins formal sanction of the appointment which was already approved by the Secretary of War.

• Citation Only

  Letter, Citation only

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• Letter to Major General Hamilton

  Letter from Thomas Parker to Major General Alexander Hamilton. Image not available.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers .

• Applications for Army Appointments and Promotions

  Routine applications for Army appointments and promotions.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Proposed Code of Regulations & Instructions for the Artillery

  Tousard encloses the chapter headings and sections for the "Code of Regulations, Instruction, Etc. for the Artillery of the United States" that he had prepared for Hamilton's approval. Previously hoped for collaboration and cooperation from Maj. Hoops, but believed the advanced nature of the product, no further assistance was needed.

• Court Martial of Uriah Stafford

  Rice describes the circumstances leading to the Court Martial of Uriah Stafford, a soldier of the 16th Regiment, charged with disobedience of orders and striking an officer. He was found guilty and sentenced to 100 lashes on his bare back. Discussed rations and supplies and entitlement to certain quantities of subsistence. Enclosed extracts from Court Martial hearing.