Since Mr. Wilson appears to be a genteel sensible young man Hamilton has no objections to placing him in the new battalion. It would seem prudent to appoint young men who may not be of sound politics since the Military State can be a very assimilating influence.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
In addition to enclosing the return for military stores for the last quarter of 1799, there is an appraisal of the three public horses by Captain Harry Garrison, the contractor's agent. Garrison and John Kronkhyte are responsible characters and competent judges of horses. They were appraised high so to have sold them for cash either at West Point or in the country would have been throwing public property away.
Major Craig reports to Samuel Hodgdon that stores for the Ohio and Mississippi are received. Craig also mentions the on-going business of settling the previous year's public transactions.
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.
Sec. of War made liberal appropriations for pay which was previously a problem for the Quartermaster General's Department. Once appropriations bill is passed in Congress, it "will cure the difficulties. . . experienced in that department."
