Extra Compensation & Complaints from the Troops
Item
Type
Autograph Draft Document
Title
Extra Compensation & Complaints from the Troops
Description
Hamilton declares that extra allowances should not be made to officers at the place where they are stationed but extra compensation should be made to those not in the army who perform services such as being president of a court martial or acting as a Judge Advocate. He also notes that complaints from the troops should be adddressed when they are justified but should not be generally indulged by a mature government
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
a person not of the army acting as Judge Advocate ought to be compensated
Mr. Hare in the trial of Captain Vance
Mr. Morton in the trials of Captain Frye and Doctor Osborne
Mr. Malcom in the trials of Major Hoops and Captain Cochran
notable location
New York
notable item/thing
It is right not to make an extra allowance to officers for performing a military duty at a place where they are stationed
except for travelling from another place to that post
this is not applicable to a person, not a member of the army, who may be designated to such a duty
three dollars per day
in the case of the Court Martial of which Major Wilcocks was President, I applied the regulations of December 1798
law and usage consider the two dollars per head as the equivalent for the extra expenses of recruiting officers
justice, the success of the service, and the public good require that right should be done to the troops
the force of discipline can hardly be expected to stifle complaints if material grounds for it truly exist
in some instances the quality of articles, in others their form of workmanship have been faulty
these things admist a revolution will be acquiesced in
in the first essays of a new government they will be tolerated
in a more mature state of its affairs, a government should not stand in need of indulgence from its armies
document number
1799090240100
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |