Certification of payment; $11.50 for retained rations to Lieutenant John Femeton, in Captain Richard Cusacks 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; $475.11 pay to a company, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point New York under command of Captain George Ingersoll.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
Notifies Wadsworth that he has directed the Superintendent of Military Stores to provide Wadsworth with information on the type of orderly books to be procured for the equipping of the Thirteenth Regiment.
McHenry addresses a dispute between himself and the Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, regarding the relative importance of the army and navy. Also notes review of Hamilton's plan of military supply, and is of the opinion that its adoption requires no act of Congress. However, given the controversy on this matter, he will also submit it to the Secretaries of the Navy and State for their consideration.
Harris is asked to deliver to the order of the Secretary of the Navy as many grape shot as are needed to make 700 rounds for 18-pounders and 250 rounds for 12-pounders. Harris must assess their weight and charge them to the Navy Department.
Cited letter or document; cited in Adams to McHenry, 07/19/1799; cited in Adams to McHenry, 07/13/1799; cited in Adams to McHenry, 07/19/1799; cited in Adams to McHenry, 07/20/1799.
Forwards to Adams the asked-for opinions of the department heads [Cabinet] regarding issues arising from the court martial of Sgt. Richard Hunt. Observes that in the Revolution there was no express requirement that courts martial signify a 2/3 approval of a death sentence.
Mentions dispute between Mr. Stoddart and himself, and the possibility of commanders proving to be either a blessing or a curse. Debates congressional authority.
The Chiefs of the Shawnee complain to St. Clair about the behavior of the Chickasaw. They claim that the Chickasaw are breaking the peace and troubling the Shawnee chiefs, women, and children. They ask St. Clair to defend them and stop any possible mischief.
Morris called on Mr. Poe to discuss the powder that was embezzled. Poe will meet with the other gentleman with whom he is associated and discuss the matter. Though they admit that they are accountable for the deficiency, they seem to be waiting for some future time when the powder might be replaced at less expense.
Cited in Hodgdon to Stevens, 07/13/1799. Requests the appointment of a person to take his position, saying that he has no time to commit to it. States that General Hamilton asked him not to resign. Says that he would like to only devote time to solely to the artillery. Argues that he has "served government five times my salary."
