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.
Hamilton transmits to McHenry the return of the Army of the United States accompanied by a letter from the Adjutant General that furnishes some explanations.
Notification that the return of the Army which McHenry recently requested was sent. Included in that mailing was a letter from the Adjutant General which provided explanations for expenses.
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay. Hamilton bemoaned current system for obtaining supplies and securing disbursements. Cited instances in detail which he used to support his case of inefficiency.
Lt. Col. Smith sees no possibility of preserving order indispensable to military service unless he is given the power to punish offenders. Prompt punishment cannot be inflicted if every question must be submitted to a General Court Martial.
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.
Notification that Pickering, Wolcott, McHenry, and Stoddert considered letter from Randolf by the President's advice and believed it contained "contemptuous language " that "require[d] censure". Believed that if this was not addressed it would establish a poor precedent.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.