Allowances of Rooms and Fuel to Officers
Item
Type
Draft Document
Title
Allowances of Rooms and Fuel to Officers
Description
Hamilton explains the allowances of rooms and fuel to officers of sundry ranks.
year created
1799
month created
09
day created
02
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
notable location
New York
notable item/thing
To a Major General, for himself four rooms
for each aid, one room and a kitchen
To a Brigadier General, for himself four rooms
for his aid one room and a kitchen
To the Inspector General [Hamilton], in addition to his allowance as a Major General two rooms for offices and one for his secretary
To the Quartermaster General, in addition to his allowance as a Major General, two rooms for offices and one for each assistant or clerk
To the Adjutant General and each principal Deputy the additional allowance of two rooms for offices
To each field officer two rooms
To each Captain one room
To each of the regimental staff one room
To two subalterns one room
To every mess of eight officers two rooms
To every Inspector or Quartermaster of a Division or Brigade one additional room for an office
Allowance of fuel to General Officers requires also to be regulated
To a Major General and Brigadier Generals two and a half cords per month
To the Inspector General, the Adjutant General, each principal Deputy, and the Quartermaster General an additional cord per month
To each Inspector or Quartermaster of a Division an additional half cord per month
no compensation in money to be paid or received in lieu of allowances of fuel
document number
1799090240000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [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] |