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  Disposition of Charles Wright's Pay, Etc.

  Wright asks that the one hundred dollars owed to the late Lieutenant Charles Wright be paid to his order despite the policy that prohibits sums less than five hundred dollars to be handled in this manner. He adds that he had a tiring journey from Knoxville and was detained eight days due to the high waters in French Broad. Sundry officers with their troops have arrived at Fort Wilkinson recently.
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  $100 for Charles Wright

  Wright asks McHenry to pay to John Harris, Keeper of Military Stores, the one hundred dollars which has been requested by Lieutenant Charles Wright of the Third Regiment.

• Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

• Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

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

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• 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..

• Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments

  Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and 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.

• Relative Rank of Junior Officers, Etc.

  Hamilton explains to Col. Rice that his junior officers should understand that their relative rank is arranged according to the order of their appointments. Hamilton also reprimanded Rice for divulging the new appointments to the officers prior to the decision being official. Also asked that if the contractor chooses to provide rye flour in lieu of wheat flour to the troops, he must provide his motives in writing to Hamilton.
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  Certification of payment; John Bray, Contractor, for rations, quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished troops of the United States at New Brunswick, New Jersey

  Certification of payment; $1088.76 to John Bray, Contractor, for rations, quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished troops of the United States at New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to Frederick Sprigg.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Sprigg to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.
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  Report of the Expenses of the National Armory

  The Secretary of War lays before the Senate of the United States an exhibit of the expenses of the National Armory at Springfield Massachusetts with the fullest information he has been able to obtain relative to said establishment.
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  Report on the National Armory

  McHenry transmits a report of the expenses of the National Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts.
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  Exhibit of the Expenses of the National Armory at Springfield

  "The Secretary of War lays before the Senate of the United States, an exhibit of the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information he has been able to obtain relative to the said establishment."

• [No. 37 Armory at Springfield]

  "I have the honor to transmit a report, exhibiting the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information I have been able to obtain, relative to the said statement."

• All the Troops in the Service of the United States

  McHenry asks Hamilton to transmit to him a return of all the troops in the service of the U.S., specifying the regiments to which they belong, being for a report to the President.
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  Recommendations for Improving the Military System

  Secretary McHenry requests action from President Adams respecting certain measures and assignments which he deems indispensable to the improvement of the military system. This report should also be submitted to the Congress. Discusses the Military Academy and schooling for members of the military (including studies of mathematics, geography, and natural philosophy).

• Citation Only

  Cited in Simmons to Eddins, 01/10/1800.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  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.

• Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.