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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs McWhorter that the Secretary at War authorized an advance for subsistence.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Ellery that his pay and muster rolls were received and that these accounts will be attended to by the Paymaster General

• Circular to the Field Officers of the Twelve Additional Regiments

  Circular to the field Officers of the twelve additional regiments. In this circular, McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service, which be used in settling their relative rank;
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  Response About Status of Officer Who Refused to Lodge a Plea

  Responds to Adams' request for McHenry's opinion on the matter of Ensign David Fero, who was sentenced to dismissal from the army some time before, and had appealed to Adams. Considers the question of whether Fero's refusal to plead innocent or guilty (instead "standing mute") should affect his status, reviewing military and civil precedents, and concludes that such persons were still punished if found guilty. Importunes Adams to not yield to Fero's obstinacy, as it would do injury to the service and the president's reputation. Mentions that a letter informing Fero of his discharge has already been sent.

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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  Letter from the Secretary at War

  The Secretary at War discusses filling vacant offices.
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  Payment to Fort Pitt's Armorers

  Major Craig discusses the Secretary at War's refusal to approve payment to Fort Pitt's armorers with Samuel Hodgdon.
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  Recommendation for lieutenant of the Marines

  States that this letter will be handed to him by John Coates (?), former resident of Antigua, and resident of New York for the last seven years. He served in a Navy Yard in London and now desired to be employed as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marines. Also requests that Hodgdon introduce this individual to the Navy Secretary.
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  Quarterly Returns of the Clothing and Indian Commissary Departments

  Encloses duplicates of the Quarterly Returns of the Clothing and Indian Commissary Departments. Cannot, as of yet, send copies of the vouchers. Indians are gathering, there has been an altercation between some Potawatamies and Miami. There is no news of the lost trunk.

• Letter from the Paymaster of the 2nd Sub Legion

  Letter from Captain Andrew McClary, Paymaster to the 2nd Sub Legion, to William Simmons, War Department accountant. Citation only.

• RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• RE Letters of Enclosure

  Routine letters of enclosure

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Throwing off their uniforms and appearing in frocks...

  "...I have found many officers in my division very fond of throwing off their uniform and appearing in frocks. I have directed them always to wear their uniforms; we discussed and I think agreed on the propriety of that measure in Philadelphia but I do not see it in the regulations. I wish some general rule was made on the subject and particularly that the same system in every respect should be adhered to in my division which you establish in yours. Our artillery corps here are very thin [and] I will be obliged to you to give them directions to recruit."
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  Major Craig sends status report from Fort Pitt to the Secretary at War

  Major Craig discusses the payment of armorers with the Secretary at War.

• The government pays much too dear for its supplies of provisions.

  Hamilton affirms his conviction that the government pays too much for provisions. He suggests a method of dividing the states for more efficient provision of supplies and argues that a competition among contractors should be instituted.

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

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  Letter, Citation only
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  Requests Money for Captain Earnest's Bills

  Requests $2,000 to discharge bills of Captain Earnest.
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  Reports Concern about Marching Troops, Clothing, Purveyor, Quartermaster General

  Has not heard about the Quartermaster General's arrival.Is surprised that troops are marching from Pittsburgh to Bristol--considers it "retrograde with a vengeance." Is also surprised at Craig's account of clothing--the Purveyor claims he did well.
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  Misleading Information

  Hodgdon had not heard of Quartermaster Generals arrival, possible he is in Philadelphia. Hodgdon berated Craig for lacking "superior knowledge or attention" to certain intelligence he relayed to Hodgdon.
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  Certification of payment; estate of Ensign George Woods in Captain Conrad Seyfert’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia, commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney, ordered out to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794

  Certification of payment; $7.60 retained rations to estate of Ensign George Woods in Captain Conrad Seyfert’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia, commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney, ordered out to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794, payable to widow Elizabeth Wood.