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
Adams recommends several individuals for medical staff in the 14th Regiment, as well as a man who has applied for a chaplaincy, whom he wishes added to the list. He also approves the appointment of a substitute officer for one who declined.
Winslow is listed as replying to the Circular of 7/13/1799 in which McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service which would be used in settling their relative rank.
Certification of payment; $78.16 George Davis, temporary surgeons mate, for pay and forage and for attending troops at Fort Jay and Bedlows Island, New York.
Certification of payment; $156.69 James Caldwell, contractor, for rations, quartermaster, hospital stores furnished troops of the United States at New Castle.
Explains reasons for denying the loan of army cannons to the Northampton, Massachusetts militia, because of the need to keep army materiel in the best condition possible. Also encloses appointments for surgeons and surgeon's mates in the fourteenth and fifteenth Regiments [included].
Recommends Robert Goodloe as a trustworthy, hard-working gentleman. Provides his opinion on the responsibilities of the role. Understands that General Pinckney has already made his selections. Seeks a native of North Carolina.
