Heogg, Coman and Porter were called upon by Carleton Walker, paymaster to the 6th Infantry Regiment to examine damaged shoes. They reported that some, but not all of the shoes are damaged. A separate note indicated that the certificate was received from General Hamilton 3 Oct 1799.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
Hamilton makes major modifications to Wilkison's plan for the disposition of American forces and assesses the strength and utility of each post. He argues that the forces will be more effective if they are more concentrated rather than spread too thin.
After discussing the status of Mr. Roulstone and the recommendation of Mr. Boyle, Hamilton reviews the instructions regarding the use of money intended for the recruitng service. During the winter he intends to review a system of tactics and discipline and attend to the formation of a regiment.
Certification of payment; $182.24 to Ebenezer Stevens, Agent for the War Department at New York for paying sundry artificers belonging to detachment 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers under Lieutenant Nathaniel Leonard.
Encourages Count Rumford to revisit his native country - the United States - and insists that he will be well-received. Discusses the military academy and states that he has been authorized to offer him the position of Inspector General of the Artillery
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning soldiers and Army supplies, quarters, and pay
