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• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Organization of Individual Regiments.

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments..

• Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments

  Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Relative Rank of Junior Officers, Etc.

  Hamilton explains to Col. Rice that his junior officers should understand that their relative rank is arranged according to the order of their appointments. Hamilton also reprimanded Rice for divulging the new appointments to the officers prior to the decision being official. Also asked that if the contractor chooses to provide rye flour in lieu of wheat flour to the troops, he must provide his motives in writing to Hamilton.
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  Certification of payment; George W. Kirkland for pay

  Certification of payment; George W. Kirkland for pay.
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  Certification of payment; John Bray, Contractor, for rations, quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished troops of the United States at New Brunswick, New Jersey

  Certification of payment; $1088.76 to John Bray, Contractor, for rations, quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished troops of the United States at New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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  Certification of payment; Samuel Hodgdon, Superintendant of Military Stores, for his pay, that of John Harris, Store Keeper, and the clerks employed

  Certification of payment; $1300 to Samuel Hodgdon, Superintendant of Military Stores, for his pay, that of John Harris, Store Keeper, and the clerks employed.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to Frederick Sprigg.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Sprigg to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons provides to the Paymaster General a list of expenses incurred by Capt. Amos Stoddard in pursuit of deserters.
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  Report of the Expenses of the National Armory

  The Secretary of War lays before the Senate of the United States an exhibit of the expenses of the National Armory at Springfield Massachusetts with the fullest information he has been able to obtain relative to said establishment.
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  Report on the National Armory

  McHenry transmits a report of the expenses of the National Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts.
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  Exhibit of the Expenses of the National Armory at Springfield

  "The Secretary of War lays before the Senate of the United States, an exhibit of the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information he has been able to obtain relative to the said establishment."

• [No. 37 Armory at Springfield]

  "I have the honor to transmit a report, exhibiting the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information I have been able to obtain, relative to the said statement."

• All the Troops in the Service of the United States

  McHenry asks Hamilton to transmit to him a return of all the troops in the service of the U.S., specifying the regiments to which they belong, being for a report to the President.
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  Recommendations for Improving the Military System

  Secretary McHenry requests action from President Adams respecting certain measures and assignments which he deems indispensable to the improvement of the military system. This report should also be submitted to the Congress. Discusses the Military Academy and schooling for members of the military (including studies of mathematics, geography, and natural philosophy).

• Citation Only

  Cited in Simmons to Eddins, 01/10/1800.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  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.

• Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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  A Report on the Secretary of War, On certain measures which appear to him to be necessary for the improvement of our Military System.

  Report detailing necessary improvements to the current military system. Advocates for a standing army and necessary fortifications and education systems to produce and maintain said military.

• Official Report on the Military Establishment and Recommendations for Improvement

  Lays out in detail proposal for improvements to the current military system. Described a military academy, modification to the corps of artillerists and engineers. Believed these changes were essential for preserving the nation and protecting the country's interests. Cited European countries military successes as evidence that his suggestions were legitimate.

• Comments on President Adams and the Jeffersonian Opposition

  Among other items of interest, General Hamilton decries the spirit of faction that, especially in Virginia, is more violent than ever. The leaders there possess all powers of the local government and seem determined to possess those of the National as well, according to Hamilton. Hamilton is referring to the Jeffersonian opposition to Federalist policy. Also bemoans the "Perverseness and capriciousness" of President Adams. Blames the rising opposition on "Vanity and Jealousy," and writes that "Passion wrests the helm from reason." Concludes that the Federalist government is "in a sad Dilemma," although he is pleased that the Federalists have a "decided Majority" in Congress, and believes that "Good Will towards the Government... predominates" among the "Mass of the People." Hamilton is also pleased that "Sympathy with the French Revolution" seems to be less.

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.