Schuyler requested commission for distant relative. Gave negative opinions of McHenry and those who might lead the President astray in his recommendations for Quartermaster General and Commissary General.
The Navy Department requests the loan of nine 6 pound cannon from the War Department. These cannon are to be sent to Norfolk and then returned within a month.
Though he is not yet exercising the functions of his military office, Hamilton comments on the instructions for the Recruiting Service and the appointment of Colonel Ogden to command a Regiment.
Certification that $622.23 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors Island, New York under the command of Captain Frederick Frye, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the officers and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates through July 1798.
Certification that $154.61 is due John Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at Springfield Massachusetts, being his salary for April through June 1798 including sundry expenses for the Ordnance Department under the direction of Samuel Hodgdon, Superintendent of Military Stores.
Certification that seven dollars is due Joel Cook, late a sergeant in the detachment at Middletown, Connecticut under the command of Captain Edward Miller, being his pay for October 1797.
Reaffirms Washington's right to appoint whoever he pleases to positions in the Provisional Army. Informs him that John Adams' nomination of Smith for Adjutant General was rejected by Senate.
Harris is asked to deliver to the order of the Secretary of the Navy nine six-pound cannon for which he will return others of equal value in one month.
Enclosed are four receipts for bounty amounting to twelve dollars. Dayton would like his pay and subsistence for June and July sent the following week.
Read has paid a bill related to the expenses of conveying Benjamin Wood, a deserter from Fort Mifflin, from Easton to Spring Garden. Should the bill and receipts be transmitted to Simmons?
Pleased to announce the appointment of a major general in the army by the President and the Senate. Refers to upcoming campaign and lists names of potential candidates, including Pinckney and Hamilton, including their qualifications. Mentions congressional military code with laws determining rank and promotion between military offices.
Acknowledges receipt of a letter informing him that Adams has appointed him a Major-General in the army. Expresses extreme dissatisfaction at his being below in rank to Major Generals Hamilton and Pinckney. Points out that Hamilton was only a captain and Pinckney only a colonel during the Revolutionary War, while he had the rank of Brigadier-General.
