John Woodward should be furnished with the forms necessary for maintaining his account. The Secretary of War wants it to be understood that whenever monies are advanced to an agent not previously instructed in the maintenace of his account, the necessary instructions, forms, and vouchers should be provided to him. Includes a copy of a letter from McHenry to Woodward.
Dr. Charles Brown, Surgeon of the First Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, should be instructed as to what vouchers or evidence is necessary for his claim to be acted upon.
Martha Ridgway, widow and sole administrator of all the singular goods of Aquila Ridgway, appoints Ebenezer Hilyard, bricklayer in Philadelphia, power of attorney.
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 and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Represents case of officers over unhappy troops due to clothing. Requests clothing be sent to their relief. Captain Rickards's recruits need clothing, and Captain Taylor complains of clothing for recruits in Kentucky.
Lists allowed allocation of stationary per regiment under new mandate. Hodgdon impatiently awaiting returns on stores under Craig, Hodgdon had not received new information since April 1798.
The duties of the Paymaster General and the Accountant of the War Department are distinct from one another and nowhere does the law state that one can devolve his duties upon the other. Therfore, the Accountant is not authorized to require the Paymaster to audit and state accounts of expenses of an incidental nature ensuing in the course of military service.
President Adams' reply to the House of Representatives' address, which was in reply to Adams' speech the of the 9th. Adams expresses confidence that the legislative and executive branches of the government will work well together during the coming legislative session.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
