McHenry urged Simmons to write various government officials and contractors to submit their accounts for settlement with reasonable hast. If there was some type of delay, McHenry stated that Simmons would then convey the reason to McHenry.
Instructions for inspection of army units, for handling monthly returns of gathered data, and where prisoners fall in the arrangement. Stipulates paper strength of regiments of artillery & infantry; notes differences between company returns and regimental returns; discusses the layout and distribution of the appropriate forms.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Encloses the proceedings of a court martial in the case of Lieutenant Hoffman and asks it be passed along to the President so that he may approve the sentence. He notes that Hoffman's family is well connected and they might prefer his name and sentence not be published.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Complains about Congressional funds for the Navy in comparison to the small amount being provided for the Army. Support of both establishments is necessary for the defense of the United States.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
