Secure Order, Harmony, and Efficiency in the Service;
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Secure Order, Harmony, and Efficiency in the Service;
Description
Hamilton explains his version of the rules of practice for the Provisional Army.
year created
1799
month created
08
day created
19
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 08/27/1799. (Syrett listed this documents in the Appendix to vol. 23.)
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Major Louis Tousard
commissioners at Fort Wolcott and Fort Adams
Major Daniel Jackson
Secretary of War [McHenry]
battalion which garrisons the posts from Connecticut northward
Quartermasters
Commissaries
Paymasters
Officers in the branches of Expenditure and Supply
notable location
New York
Boston
War Office
notable item/thing
copy of your General Order
allowance fixed by the regulation in the delivery and distribution of fuel and straw to the garrisons on the seacoast
avoid the increased expense
call upon the contractors to lay in adequate stores for the ensuing winter
preserve to superior officers the due respectablity of their stations
prevent ideas unfavorable to subordination
secure order harmony and efficiency in the service
expenditure and supply in its various branches
confine the communications of the Secretary of War to General Washington and the two Major Generals [Hamilton and Pinckney]
sudden and unforeseen emergencies
complaints by inferiors of injuries received
great care ought to be observed to address the Chief and not his subalterns
document number
1799081960000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |