Refers to Lieut. Campbell Smith, who has permission to visit his relatives in Baltimore. Requests information on his return and the service of Major Cushing. Has sent money.
McHenry advised that money should be expended to improve fortifications both on the coast and on the western frontier and a full time military was required to maintain the quality of safety required for commerce and peace.
Driskell acknowledges that he has voluntarily enlisted to serve one year in the Marine Service, unless sooner discharged, according to the Act passed July 1st 1797 which provides a Naval Armament. The rules and articles of the Navy against mutiny and desertion have been read to him and he will be paid six dollars per month.
Letter, citation only.
Document gist of 03/02/1798 as follows:
Peter Hagner informs Ensign Tharp that his letters to Mrs. Tharp and Lt. Muhlenberg are delivered.
Letter, citation only.
Document gist of 02/05/1798 as follows:
William Simmons informs Capt. Frye that, following the passage of Congressional appropriations, Nicholas Fish will pay him.
Cited in Simmons to Hale, 02/02/1798. William Simmons informs Lt. Hale that his receipts are received but settlement will be delayed until Congress passes the necessary appropriations.
Herewith transmitted are the muster and payrolls for January 1798 along with the appropriate receipts. Nelms has not yet returned and is therefore unpaid.
Certification that $124.97 is due Lieutenant Campbell Smith of the Army of the United States, being for his pay and subsistence for October to December 1797.
Certification that $233.20 is due Lieutenant Simon Gross of the Frigate "Constellation", being for his pay and subsistence from September 1, the day he entered on duty, to December 31, 1797.
Pending the Attorney General's decision on the appointment of Lt. Campbell Smith as Judge Advocate, his pay as lieutenant should be separated from that of Judge Advocate and provided to him so that he will have money on hand
The letters related to Wolcott's land business will be forwarded to him. Neither Monroe's memoir nor Frauchet's publication has done any harm nor made any converts. The letter from the Commissioners of Revenue to the House of Represenatives has produced no effect. The calm of that House has been interrupted by an effort to tread upon the power of the President relative to foreign intercourse and by one member spitting in the face of another.
McHenry responds with "candor" and "frankness" to complaints from General James Wilkinson on orders and instructions. The Secretary of War offers explanations for each specific complaint levied by the general. In one of his explanations, McHenry reminds Wilkinson - later to be discovered as an agent for the Spanish after his death - that the Northwest Territory has been infested with spies working to spread disaffection among the Indians.
